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Vincent Qian is the senior partner of the firm. His main practice fields include corporate M&A, real estate, engineering construction, mining and energy, cross-border investment, int’l trade and dispute resolution. He was admitted to bar since 1996 and had worked in the ministry in charge of natural resources administration under the State Council for ten years. He has extensive experiences in both transaction and litigation/arbitration, with particular expertise in handling different legal matters in respect of mining and energy development and investment. His main clients include state-owned enterprises, listed companies, foreign-funded enterprises and foreign enterprises, financial institutions and government agencies as well such as China Minmetals, Rio Tinto, Chinalco, Shougang Group, China Coal, China Africa Development Fund, etc. He is currently the lead of the One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) Research Center of the firm and the co-lead of the Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Sector Group. He has served as the leader of the mining practice group and the leader of the mining and natural resources sector group of Dentons China region since the firm’s combination with Dentons. He also served as the head of the energy, natural resources and environment practice group of Beijing office. He has been widely recognized in the legal industry. He was awarded the "Beijing Excellent Lawyer" by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Beijing Lawyers Association, quoted in the Legal 500 as Project and Energy lawyer, quoted in “Who's Who Legal” as Mining lawyer, recognized as "Beijing Foreign-Related Service Lawyer" by Beijing Lawyers Association, and “the BRI Lawyer" by Beijing Chaoyang Lawyers Association. He received Bachelor degree in engineering from Chengdu University of Technology (formerly Chengdu College of Geology), LL.B from China University of Political Science and Law, LL.M from Peking University and LL.M from Chicago-Kent College of Law, respectively. In addition, he was frequently invited to present expert opinions as a legal expert or as a guest speaker at various professional conferences.