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Anli Partners's North American office opens in Prince Edward Island, Canada in October 2024, with professional advice from Simone Hui, Partner, James McNutt, Honorary Counsel, and Sara Huang, Consultant. This marks a solid step taken by the Security Council in building a global legal service network and improving the quality and efficiency of foreign-related legal services. Anli is also the first Chinese law firm to establish an office in the province.

The establishment of the North American office is not only an important part of the strategic development of the Security Council, but also a key measure to deepen its international layout. The office will keep up with the pace of the headquarters, fully utilize the advantages of regional characteristics, deeply explore market demand, and cultivate new business growth points; At the same time, building a bridge for close collaboration with domestic offices, deepening business exchanges and cooperation, and laying a solid foundation for Anli to enhance brand influence and strengthen customer service in North America.

The location of the North American office of the Security Council is Queen Street in the historic city center of Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island, known as the Pearl of Canada. The building where the office is located was first built in 1850, adjacent to the Provincial High Court, federal government agencies established in the province, the Governor's Office, and Charlottetown Hall. It has a superior geographical location, rich commercial and historical cultural atmosphere, and is surrounded by many well-known Canadian law firms with a hundred years of history in the province.

Prince Edward Island, as the birthplace of the Canadian Confederation and a member of the Eastern Ocean Provinces, has become a new highlight of Canada's economic growth due to its advantageous geographical location, comprehensive investment incentive policies, beautiful natural environment, and safe social security. This place has successfully attracted the attention and favor of enterprises and high net worth clients from all over the world (including China), becoming a popular choice for investment, real estate, and business cooperation in North America. The establishment of the North American office by the Security Council aims to build it into an important node connecting cross-border legal services in North America and other regions, making it a gateway for expanding North American business. This is another major measure taken by the Security Council to expand its business globally after the successful establishment of the Tokyo branch in Japan. It is also a practical action to implement the new policy orientation of "Chinese lawyers going global" proposed by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Council Legal Affairs Office. In addition, with the strong expertise of the three newly joined lawyers and consultants in investment and mergers and acquisitions, international intellectual property, family trusts, immigration and real estate, and international trade dispute resolution, Anli will further expand the breadth and depth of professional services, providing clients with comprehensive legal services across languages, cultures, and legal systems.

Mr. Wang Qingyou, Head of Firm, congratulated on establishment of office and joining three partners/Consultants.

He emphasized, "With the active expansion of Chinese enterprises' overseas business, the legal industry has also ushered in new opportunities for internationalization. Anli's overseas layout is timely and of great significance. We hope that the establishment of the new office and the joining of the three colleagues can help the law firm deepen professional division of labor, improve service accuracy and professionalism, seize new opportunities for cross-border legal services, provide clients with higher quality and more efficient foreign-related legal services, and lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the law firm"

INTRODUCTION OF FRANCHISE ATTORNEYS/ADVISORS

Xu Xiaomeng

North America Office

Principal partner

Bachelor of Law from JiNan University, Master of Law in International Trade Law from the University of Essex in the UK, and Master of Law in Common Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Canada (graduated with all honors). Our professional fields include foreign investment and mergers and acquisitions, international intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, family trusts, etc.

Lawyer Xu Xiaomeng has successively served in foreign-related law firms, the Commercial Office of the U.S. Embassy in China, Fortune 500 enterprises, large domestic leading listed companies and Internet companies. As the chief legal officer or general legal adviser, he has both legal professional ability and coordination management ability. Since 2005, Lawyer Xu has been selected as an arbitrator for Guangzhou Arbitration Commission (Guangzhou International Arbitration Court) and Nansha International Arbitration Center, serving as an arbitrator or chief arbitrator in multiple arbitration cases with extensive experience in litigation and arbitration.

In the field of intellectual property, Lawyer Xu, as the legal head of a Fortune 500 company and a large domestic leading brand company, is well versed in the necessity and importance of global, forward-looking, and systematic management of intellectual property protection. He is skilled in developing a global intellectual property protection system and framework for large enterprises, thereby achieving comprehensive protection of intellectual property from application registration, daily maintenance to infringement monitoring and rights protection handling.

Since 2015, in order to serve the national policy orientation of "Chinese enterprises going global", Lawyer Xu has presided over and participated in international investment and merger and acquisition business of multiple domestic enterprises, providing comprehensive legal services for Chinese enterprises from selecting invested enterprises, ensuring the legality and compliance of investment and merger, to specific participation in investment and merger commercial negotiations and post investment management.

James McNutt

North America Office

Honorary Consultant

James McNaught graduated from the prestigious Dalhousie University and the University of Ottawa in Canada, with a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws, and a Graduate Certificate in Legislative Law.

Since obtaining the qualification of a Canadian lawyer in 1969, he has been practicing as a lawyer for over 55 years and has been awarded the honorary title of Royal Counsel, which is the highest honor that lawyers under the common law system in Canada can receive. He has served as the Legal Secretary to the Governor of Prince Edward Island, Director of the Legal Compilation Office of the Department of Justice, and Secretary General of the Prince Edward Island Branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

James McNaught has extensive experience in North American law, investment, family trusts, dispute resolution, and other areas, making him an encyclopedia and information treasure trove for Canadian investment and commerce. At the same time, he is also the author of several best-selling books. His novels, historical facts, and legendary stories are widely popular in North America and have been included in the bestseller catalogs of well-known New York publishers several times.

Sara Huang

North America Office

Consultant

Master's degree in English Language and Literature (MA in TEFL) from City University London. My professional fields include Canadian immigration, US and Schengen visa applications, and appeals for difficult immigration cases.

Ms. Huang previously worked at the Foreign Enterprise Service Group (FESCO) and worked at the visa office of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark in China for ten years. She was the first Chinese female visa officer from a Schengen country, responsible for issuing Schengen visas. Ms. Huang currently holds the Registered Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) qualification and is a licensed immigration consultant officially registered with the Canadian Federal Immigration Department. She is also one of the only two types of professionals authorized to act as an immigration agent under Canadian law and has extensive experience in visa and immigration program applications. With her efficient bilingual communication skills and friendly service attitude, Ms. Huang has become one of the few licensed Chinese immigration consultants in the province. In addition to visa and immigration services, Ms. Huang can also provide Canadian investment and real estate services for applicants, including land purchase, housing construction and maintenance. She is committed to assisting immigration applicants in optimizing their landing experience and providing them with high-quality, meticulous, and thoughtful exclusive services.

In the future, the Security Council will also take the establishment of its North American office as a new starting point to further leverage its advantages in cross-border legal services, cultivate legal talents with international perspectives and cross-cultural communication abilities, continue to promote the integration of China's legal service market with the international community, and provide more convenient, high-quality, and efficient legal services and support for two-way investment and commercial activities between China and North America.