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Founding partners, partners, and counsel leading strategy, client communication, and high-stakes workstreams.
Team Structure
A role-structured team for cross-border execution
MagStone's cross-border team covers corporate, funds, securities, intellectual property, and real estate matters, with senior lawyers leading strategy, negotiations, and critical judgment while a bilingual execution bench drives diligence, drafting, and delivery.
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Associates and law clerks supporting formation, financing, diligence, governance, compliance, and drafting workflows.
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Corporate, funds, securities, intellectual property, and real estate coverage for mixed cross-border matters.
Group One
Partners & Counsel
This bench leads matter architecture, negotiation strategy, multi-jurisdictional judgment, and specialist-heavy work. It combines founding partners for cross-border corporate and capital markets matters with senior lawyers covering IP, real estate, M&A, and fund work.
Founding Partner
M&A · Funds · Securities
Meng (Mandy) Lai
Mandy Lai is a founding partner with nearly two decades of experience across cross-border M&A, fund formation, venture financing, emerging technology, and U.S. securities work. Before founding MagStone, she practiced at Davis Polk and Sullivan & Cromwell.
Founding Partner
Financing · Governance · Securities
Ruming (Catherine) Liu
Ruming Liu is a founding partner who advises startups, growth companies, venture investors, and public issuers on financing, M&A, governance, and securities compliance. Her practice bridges private company growth matters with public company capital markets and reporting work.
Founding Partner
Private Equity · Funds · Capital Markets
Yue (Mark) Li
Mark Li is a founding partner focused on private equity, venture capital, fund formation, securities regulation, and M&A. He brings large-firm capital markets training from Davis Polk and DLA Piper and regularly handles sophisticated financing and public-company matters.
Partner
IP · Patents · Trademarks
Enshan Hong
Enshan Hong is a partner leading IP-heavy matters involving patents, trademarks, licensing, diligence, and infringement analysis. His experience extends across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, chemicals, semiconductors, and other technical sectors.
Partner
Real Estate · Development · Disputes
Daniel Dezhan Li
Daniel Li is a partner focused on commercial real estate transactions and disputes. He advises on acquisitions and sales, leasing, development, luxury residential work, and real estate risk issues for investors, owners, lenders, and operators.
Counsel
M&A · Private Equity · Governance
Patrick Li
Patrick Li is counsel in the firm's New York practice, focusing on M&A, private equity, venture financing, governance, and securities compliance. Before joining MagStone in 2026, he practiced at Paul, Weiss and Gibson Dunn.
Counsel
Funds · Venture Finance · Capital Markets
Yifei Xiong
Yifei Xiong is counsel with a broad corporate practice spanning fund formation, venture financing, joint ventures, M&A, and capital markets. She regularly advises sponsors, startups, and emerging companies across technology, healthcare, blockchain, and real estate.
Group Two
Associates & Law Clerks
This bench supports company formation, financings, diligence, governance, compliance, research, and document execution. It is a major source of deal velocity and detail quality, with many team members bringing bilingual or multi-jurisdictional training that is especially useful in cross-border matters.
Associate
Corporate · Venture Finance
Bonnie Chen
Bonnie Chen advises investors and companies throughout the corporate lifecycle, from formation and governance to late-stage venture financings. Her practice also covers securities compliance, M&A, and complex commercial agreements, with prior experience in Asia.
Law Clerk
Research · Contracts · Structuring
Charlotte (Jiangnan) Zou
Charlotte Zou supports U.S. corporate and contract matters with strong research and drafting capabilities. Her background includes projects involving financial structuring and asset-backed securitization, and she works fluently across English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.
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Corporate Attorney
Cross-Border M&A · PE · Compliance
Ying Joy Fan
Ying Joy Fan focuses on cross-border M&A, private equity and venture investments, startup structuring, governance, and compliance. She previously practiced at a Global 100 firm in Shanghai and has deep experience coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Associate
Formation · Cap Table · General Corporate
Kevin Shi
Kevin Shi works on company and fund formation, dissolutions, stock issuances, and other general corporate matters. He provides practical support for entity maintenance, capitalization, and day-to-day transactional work.
Law Clerk
VC/PE Financings · Funds · Corporate
Pin-Wei Chen
Pin-Wei Chen is a law clerk focused on venture and private equity financings, fund and company formation, and general corporate work. Before MagStone, he advised multinational clients on Taiwan corporate and banking regulation matters.
Associate Attorney
Funds · Securities Compliance · Execution
Ruixia Wang
Ruixia Wang focuses on private equity and venture financings, fund formation, securities compliance, and corporate execution. She also brings prior competition-law and M&A experience from practice in Beijing.
Associate Attorney
Cross-Border M&A · Venture Finance · Public Offerings
Sheng-Chan (Sammy) Chen
Sheng-Chan (Sammy) Chen advises on cross-border M&A, venture financing, public offerings, and governance, with particular exposure to AI, biotech, semiconductor, and high-growth technology clients. She also supports family office and pre-IPO investment work.
Associate
Startups · VC Transactions · Governance
Shizhen Tong
Shizhen Tong works with emerging growth companies and venture investors on formations, financings, and corporate governance. Her practice is centered on startup and venture capital workflows.
Corporate Attorney
Venture Finance · Structuring · Compliance
Tianyu Ren
Tianyu Ren advises public and private companies on venture financing, transaction structuring, governance, and regulatory compliance. Before MagStone, he worked on M&A matters at a national firm's Houston office.
Associate Attorney
Corporate & Securities · Funds · M&A
Yanjiao Du
Yanjiao Du has a broad corporate and securities practice covering fund formation, venture financing, joint ventures, M&A, and capital markets transactions. She is admitted in New York and supports both corporate execution and securities-side workstreams.
Next Step
Need the right lead partner and execution bench?
If your matter touches cross-border financings, M&A, funds, capital markets, intellectual property, or real estate, we can align the lead lawyer and execution team to the complexity and pace of the engagement.