Dr. Zhan is currently the leader of “Maple +” Immigration Center at V&T Law Firm. “Maple +” established smooth communication and collaboration with the investment institutions/incubators designated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Our partner immigration lawyers maintain smooth communication with IRCC. With these efforts, we provide a one-stop immigration solution not limited to Plan A, which covers ‘Venture Investment + Permanent Residence” for elites with background in business management, tech R&D, finance, marketing & sales, or human resource management, etc. Dr. Zhan qualified as a PRC attorney in 2002, and has 10+ years of experience as a legal practitioner at prestigious law firms. He once served as a PRC legal consultant at the San Francisco office of a leading U.S. law firm, and as a member of the legal department of a NASDAQ-listed company in Silicon Valley. Dr. Zhan has accumulated theoretical and practical knowledge in relation to multinationals employee expatriation and cross-border investment immigration. He published a book On the Application of Law for International Labor Relationships, 2011, Law Press. He founded AngelsGlobal in Silicon Valley and accumulated rich experience in living in North America, serving global startups, and investing in early-stage startups. With his broad network in North America technology entrepreneurship and investment community, he has organized the Global Top Universities Startups & Angels Contest since 2016, and frequently served as a judge at startup contests at prestigious universities such as Stanford University, University of Toronto, Boston University, Columbia University, University of Southern California, etc.. In terms of non-litigation legal service, he provided special engagement legal consulting service relating to the activities such as M&A, private placement of stocks, and financing for enterprises, such as SHANGHAI RAAS, a listed company. He also provided long-term legal consulting service for enterprises, such as SYKES, headquartered in Florida, the worldwide top-5 outsourcing service provider. In terms of dispute resolution, he handled many litigation cases involving disputes between enterprises, as well as commercial arbitration cases processed by China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, etc. He also accumulated theoretical and practical experience in illegal fund-raising case disposition, with a representative paper “The Differentiation between Private Funds and Illegal Fund-Raising”, 10th Issue of Economic Criminology.

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Education

Fudan University Venture Capital Research Center, Post-doc
Fudan University Law School, SJD
University of California Hastings College of the Law, LLM
Nanjing Normal University, M.A. in English Linguistics & Literature

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Practice Area

■ Overseas Investment & Immigration ■ Corporate & Capital Markets ■ Private Equity Funds, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Language Skills

Chinese and English

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Social Activities and Honors

He is the executive secretary-general of CDNCA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Commission, department chair for collaboration at Shanghai Young Entrepreneurs Association Cultural Divisi

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