Robert Yuming Bao was admitted to practice law in China in 1996, California in 2004, and U.S. Supreme Court in 2008, also the VP/CLO and Independent Director of major public companies, and part-time instructor, professor and research fellow in US and China. He has extensive legal experience as partner of law firms and leading counsel for renowned MNCs based in Beijing, Tianjin, New York and Los Angeles, represented clients in a great number of major litigations and complex transactions, supported China's Belt and Road Initiative projects in over 70 countries, closely involved in business and strategic decision-making, and played key role in satisfactory resolution of major trade sanctions. He also possesses broad commercial and technical background, received BS and MBA in China, MCS in USA, and enrolled in DBA program jointly offered by HKU and PKU.
Mr. Bao was awarded High Level Talent certified by China's Education Ministry, State Certified Foreign Expert, Top 10 Chief Legal Officers, Top 10 General Counsels for two consecutive years, Councilor and Registered Expert of a number of professional and arbitration organizations, member of honor societies of PKP and UPE, China Lawyer Delegate jointly elected by China and Hong Kong Bars. He joined legal organizations such as ABA, IBA, ACC, LAWASIA, ACLA, and founded ChinaLaw.org and ChinaUsLaw.com. He is a frequent speaker in professional conferences and seminars, and guest for media interview on international and legal issues, also author of popular legal blog with over million readers.
Mr. Bao's major practice areas cover corporate law, trade/investment, finance/securities, regulatory compliance, intellectual property rights, international construction, real estate, employment and immigration. His selected clients include News Corp, Cisco, ZTE, Motorola, AkzoNobel, Standard Chartered Bank, Oversea Chinese Bank, China Investment Bank, Hong Kong South China Group, Jereh Group, Sanyuan Foods, ExxonMobil, Rockefeller University, 21 Century Realty, ReMax Realty, Lucent Technology, Lehman Brothers, Connecticut Board of Education, and celebrities, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs. For more details please refer to Mr. Bao's Biography.
Unfortunately in 2020, Mr. Bao, like Lucas in the film The Hunt, suffered massive and torturous cyber violence following a wrongful accusation, brutal defamation and overwhelming fake news under the abusive MeToo movement in China (The Li Xing Xing Incident). The top Chinese authority eventually found he is innocent and didn’t pursue an indictment after harsh and prolonged investigation, nevertheless to relieve public sentiment over the heat of unleashed and distorted chaos and the tension of US-China bilateral relation, he was deported with an unrelated and confusing pretext triggered by human flesh search. As a result he has to separate with his old parents probably for life, break his successful career and doctorate study, and delay filing lawsuit to uphold his right. For more details please visit www.LiXingXing.org.