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Introduction

Cross-border friendship is priceless in challenging times.

Mike Margolis has been helping Chinese businesses and investors succeed in the US ¨C and deal with the global effect of US laws ¨C for over 20 years. As Chambers Global noted, Margolis ¡°heads the Blank Rome LLP group dedicated to representing Chinese companies¡± (2015).

His work falls into three broad categories: (1) representing the Chinese side in all kinds of litigation, arbitration or other dispute-resolution proceedings in the US or with US adversaries; (2) advising Chinese companies regarding US trade sanctions, export controls and other compliance issues; and (3) representing Chinese companies and investors in their commercial dealings with US assets and counterparties (IP, M&A, financing, insurance, trade, contracts, etc.)

Margolis¡¯ clients include household names such as Bank of China, Gemdale, ICBC, JD.com, Great Wall Motor, Tencent and ZTE. Chambers Global reported that Margolis ¡°draws acclaim for his broad litigation expertise¡± (2015). In the US, he is recognised in Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers ranked him among the ¡°Top 100 Super Lawyers in Southern California¡± (2014).

Margolis¡¯ Juris Doctor degree is from the Cornell University School of Law, where he was a note editor of the Cornell Law Review. His parents were university professors ¨C father in philosophy; mother in theatre ¨C which helps explain both why he graduated from high school at age 15 and why he became a US trial lawyer.

Margolis was appointed as an arbitrator for the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Commission in 2018, and served as a distinguished professor at the Lawyers Institute of the East China University of Political Science and Law in 2020. He recently ended a long engagement on the board of the Asia Society (Southern California) and currently sits on the board of the World Trade Center (Los Angeles).

Margolis travels frequently between China and the US, but Shanghai is his home. His friendships with clients and colleagues grew deeply when he stayed in Shanghai through the lockdowns in 2020 and 2022. His clients call him Lawyer Ma and like to say ¡°Âíµ½³É¹¦¡±.