Vincent Qian is the senior partner of the firm and is currently serving as the Lead of the Dacheng Belt and Road (B&R) Research Center and Co-Lead of the Dacheng Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Sector Group . His main practice includes mining and energy, real estate, engineering construction, cross-border investment, international trade, corporate M&A, restructuring and liquidation and dispute resolution.
He was admitted to bar since 1996 and had worked in the central government in charge of natural resources administration under the State Council for several years. He has extensive experiences in both transaction, litigation and arbitration, with particular expertise in handling different legal matters in respect of mining and energy (including renewable energy), real estate and construction engineering, project financing, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring, liquidation, ecological and environmental protection, production safety, ESG, corporate compliance and risk management, cross-border investment and trade, and representation of litigation and commercial arbitration. He serves client from both domestic and around the world including Minmetals, Rio Tinto, Chinalco, Zijin Mining Group, China-Coal, etc..
He is currently serving the following positions:
chairman of B&R and Int’l Legal Practice Committee of Beijing Chaoyang Lawyers Association (BCLA);
member of the Strategic Development Committee of the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA);
vice chairman of the China Working Group of the International Bar Association (IBA);
officer of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum of IBA;
Africa legal expert of the China Mining Association (CMA);
China law expert of the World Bank Group's WBL Project, ;
mediator for Foreign-related Cases at Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court;
arbitrator of Shenzhen International Court of Arbitration (SCIA);
arbitrator of Beihai International Court of Arbitration (BICA);
arbitrator of Dalian International Court of Arbitration (DICA) ;
member of the Energy and Mining Expert Committee of DICA;
extramural academic advisor of LL.M program of Peking University;
extramural academic advisor of LL.M program of Renmin University of China.
In addition, he had also previously served as director of the B&R Legal Practice Research Committee of BCLA, vice chairman of the Natural Resources Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association (BLA), Vice chairman of the Environment and Nature Committee of BLA, deputy director of the Legal Professional Committee of CMA, member of the Expert Committee on Civil and Administrative Cases Supervision of Super People’s Procuratorate, Leader of Dentons China Region Mining Practice Group, Leader of Dentons China Region Mining and Natural Resources (including Agriculture, Forestry, and Pesticides) Sector Group, lead of Dentons China Region Energy Sector Group and head of the Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Practice Group at Dacheng 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 BLA, quoted in the Legal 500 as the Project and Energy Lawyer (2020 and 2025), quoted in “Who's Who Legal” as the Mining Lawyer (2020), recognized as "Beijing Foreign-Related Service Lawyer" by BLA and “the BRI Lawyer" by BCLA.
He received bachelor’s 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.

Rio Tinto - provided legal services for its exploration activities in China for ten consecutive years, including legal consultation, review of joint venture contracts, updating of Legal Register and legal training on legal compliance, provided due diligence services for Rio Tinto’s China Exploration Team and provided geological and spatial data compliance legal consulting services for Rio Tinto’s exploration activities in China;

Minmetals Rio Tinto Exploration Co., Ltd. - served as its perennial legal counsel, providing Chinese legal consulting services for its mineral exploration and development business within the territory of China;

Minmetals Exploration and Development Co., Ltd. - served as its perennial legal counsel and provided comprehensive legal consulting services advised on projects in Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Canada, Tanzania and other regions; for its coal, lead-zinc, gold, iron ore and rare earth exploration and mining projects in domestic provinces and autonomous regions including Gansu, Henan, Guangdong, Qinghai, Guangxi, Anhui, Jiangxi and Inner Mongolia, provided due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting and reviewing of contracts and agreements, and assisting in closing;

Ferro-Atlantica (now Ferroglobe) - provided Chinese legal advice on the acquisition of various quartz resources in China;

China Minmetals Corporation - undertook a legal environment research on rare earth investment and completed the industry research report; provided comprehensive legal services for disposal of over 100 zombie enterprises within the group, including review of disposal plans, consulting on restructuring, liquidation and bankruptcy of the enterprises to be disposed of, formulation of the Legal Procedure Guide for Enterprise Liquidation, and provision of policy and legal consulting related to the disposal of zombie enterprises for the management personnel of the group company;

Shandong Lutai Holding Group Co., Ltd - provided coal mine safety production compliance advice in a case of a major production safety liability accident in a coal mine in Shaanxi Province;• provided legal due diligence on an energy company for a proposed debt restructuring project;

China National Coal Development Co., Ltd. - provided annual retainer services for its business operations and legal consulting services on investment and M&A as well as project development, construction, operation and maintenance of overseas projects in Australia, India, Pakistan, Turkey, etc.; provided due diligence and transaction advisory services for the acquisition of a technology company in Huainan, Anhui province;

Beijing Jingyi Industry Group Co., Ltd. - provided annual retainer consulting services for more than a dozen of its subordinate enterprises, including bidding, property management services, real estate leasing, project cooperation, labor law, corporate restructuring, disposal of non-performing assets, corporate liquidation, etc.;

Department of Land and Resources of Jiangxi Province - provided annual retainer legal advisory services for four consecutive years;

China Environmental Geology Monitoring Institute - provided annual retainer consulting services for equipment procurement, engineering construction, intellectual property rights protection, technical services and other related aspects of the national groundwater monitoring project supported by the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission, including bidding and government procurement compliance, reviewed and modified equipment sale and purchase contracts, engineering construction contracts, technical service contracts and commercial real estate lease contracts;

Beijing Geological Engineering Prospecting Institute - provided legal consulting services for its daily operations, including investment, labor relations, corporate restructuring, production safety, and litigation, arbitration, enforcement case representation; provide liquidation and improvement consulting services for assets and personnel of the Bolivian project invested by the company;

Tianjin International Mining Rights Exchange Co. – provided legal consultation on its corporate governance and operational compliance audit;

Minmetals Non-Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. - provided legal consultation on the validity of land use rights and mining rights of the joint venturein Jiangxi Province;

Inner Mongolia International Mining (Beijing) Co., Ltd. - provided legal consulting services for the daily operation of the company, including investment, international trade, labor relations, corporate restructuring, trade, supply chain financing, etc.;

Tibetan Angtai Mineral and Geological Co., Ltd – provided legal consultation on sale of its equity to Chinalco including deal structuring, negotiation and drafting of transactional documents and closing;

China-Africa Development Fund Co., Ltd. - provided consulting services for its liquidation in Hong Kong and termination of project companies in Republic of Congo and South Africa; provided consulting services for disposal of its SPV in the British Virgin Islands which owns mining assets in Zimbabwe;

China National Metal Products Co., Ltd. - provided legal services for the acquisition of an automobile factory in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, including due diligence, transaction structuring and documentation;

China Aviation Industry Group Corporation (AVIC) - acted as legal counsel in its acquisition of the Italian automobile audio equipment manufacturer ASK through its subsidiaries, including negotiation, contract drafting and revision;

Shanghai Guoyuan Mining Technology Co., Ltd. - provided legal services for acquisition of a bauxite project in Qingzhen, Guizhou Province, including due diligence, documentation and assisting in the closing and provided follow-up consultations afterwards;

Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Co., Ltd. - provided legal services for its investment in a heavy sands project in Mozambique, including contract negotiation and establishment of a joint venture;

Inner Mongolia Guangna Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. - provided legal services with respect to border port construction and acquisition of a Mongolian mining project, including negotiations and drafting amendments to the agreement;

Zhao Zhiming et al - provided legal service in acquisition of 100% of the equity of a furniture company in Dezhou City, Shandong Province, owned by a BVI company, including due diligence, drafting and amending contract agreements, participating in negotiation and assisting in deal closing;

Tibet Huayu Mining Co. Ltd. - acted as legal counsel for its acquisition of a target company of a copper-gold project owned by a Canadian company located in Tigray Province, Ethiopia, including due diligence investigation, transaction structuring, drafting of legal documents, reviewing and amending the share transfer agreement, joint venture contract and assisting in deal closing, etc., jointly with overseas law firms, issued a legal opinion on the operational compliance matters of its Seychelles company;

China Coal - provided due diligence and transaction advisory services for its subsidiary company's share acquisition project, provided legal services in acquisition of shares of two target companies;

Sino-Zijin Resources (Beijing) Co., Ltd. - provided legal services for its acquisition of equity in a company based in the Republic of Fiji to carry out a mineral grass-root exploration;

Beijing Yuanji International Trade Co., Ltd. - Provided legal consulting services for its African market expansion, foreign cooperation and international trade projects;

Beijing Rueger Precision Instruments Co.,Ltd - acted as a special legal consultant for liquidation of the Sino-Swiss joint venture;

Beijing Jingyi Jingye Electric Technology Co.,Ltd. - participated in the compulsory liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings of its subsidiary as a shareholder's agent;

Beijing Sprague Electric Co., Ltd - acted as a special legal consultant for liquidation of its Sino-American joint venture ;

CSCEC Municipal Engineering Co., Ltd. – represented client in participating in a competitive negotiation for restructuring investment into an insolvent companyin Jiangsu Province;

Vesuvius France - represented the client before the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court and the Higher People's Court of Henan Province in an international trade dispute litigation case;

Shougang Mining Co. - represented the client in a land use rights infringement case before the High Court of Hebei Province as well as the Supreme People's Court (SPC);

Gao Zhanguo - represented the client in the arbitration case of the equity transfer dispute filed in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC);

Shanghai Yuxiangfeng Economic and Trade Development Co., Ltd. - represented the client in the re-arbitration of its trade agency dispute filed in CIETAC;

HKU SPACE (BEIJING) Consulting Services Co., Ltd. - represented the client in a lease contract dispute case before the Beijing Chaoyang District Court;

BEIJING Jingyi Century Electronics Co., Ltd. - represented clients for more than 30 sale and purchase contract disputes filed in the Beijing Arbitration Commission and other courts in China;

Inner Mongolia Xiduo Railway Co. Ltd., - represented the client in a case of annulling an arbitral award and represented the client in the subsequent litigation after succeeding annulment of the arbitration award;

Qingzhou Wonderful Home Plaza Co., Ltd., - represented the client in a second trial case for a lease contract dispute case before the SPC;

Shandong Lutai Holding Group Co. Ltd. - represented client in a case for the second instance and retrial proceedings before the SPC;

China National Coal Development Co., Ltd. - represented the client in a case filed in the CIETAC for disputes over international sales contracts (conducted in English);

Langsen Automobile Industrial Park Development Co., Ltd., - represented client in the case of engineering construction project contract dispute filed in the CIETAC (conducted in English);

Cedar International Trust Co., Ltd. - represented the client in a retrial case of a dispute over the non-enforcement of a notarized credit rights document before the SPC;

Beijing Geological Engineering Survey Institute - represented the client in a number of litigation, arbitration and enforcement cases within China;

Ulanqab City Bureau of Transportation – represented the client in filing an application for civil procuratorial supervision case with the Ulanqab City People's Procuratorate (UCPP) regarding infringement dispute arisen out of overlying mining rights by construction project and succeeded in obtaining the procuratorial supervision opinion from UCPP.