
Fan Ruilin
Jingtian & Gongcheng
Beijing/Shanghai
Tel: +86 571 8992 6510
Email: fan.ruilin@jingtian.com
Practice areas
Capital markets; M&A; Asset restructuring; Private equity, venture capital & funds
Introduction
Fan Ruilin graduated with an LLB from China University of Political Science and Law and earned his LLM from University College London. He joined Jingtian & Gongcheng in 2010 and became a partner in 2019. Having built a strong professional reputation for advising on complex and high-value transactions, Fan was named “China Rising Lawyer in the Yangtze River Delta Region” by Asian Legal Business in 2023. He has been listed as a recommended lawyer by The Legal 500 and included in Legal Band’s “Under 40: Top 20 business Lawyers” in 2025.
Fan specialises in capital markets and has overseen a number of IPOs and corporate restructuring projects. He has led a wide range of A-share IPOs, including Xi’an Eswin Material Technology, Shouyao Holdings, EFORT Intelligent Robot, Bethel Automotive Safety Systems, Zhejiang Taijua New Material, Getein Biotech, Qingmu Tec, Changsha Kaiyuan, Rayhoo Motor Dies, Landai Technology Group, and Ningbo Sunny Precision Industry.
He is also active in offshore offerings, including Hong Kong IPOs for Chery Automobile, Chaoju Eye Care Holdings, Taizhou Water Group and the A+H project for Qingdao Gon Technology.
In restructuring, Fan advised on the introduction of strategic investors and mixed-ownership reform for Chery, involving approximately RMB20 billion (USD2.9bn), and on the restructuring of China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation’s agriculture and grain business segment, involving assets of roughly RMB20bn.
Fan has also advised on a number of M&A projects, including Shandong Gold’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Shanjin International Gold – widely recognised as the largest M&A transaction in China’s A-share gold sector; Bethel Automotive Safety Systems’ acquisition of a controlling stake in Zhejiang Wanda Automobile Direction Machine and Yubei Steering ; Chery Holding Group’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Nanjing Wondux Environmental Technology; and as counsel to the transferor in change-of-control transactions for Dun’an Holding Group and financial creditors involving Zhejiang Dun’an Artificial Environment and Anhui Jiangnan Chemical Industry.




