ERIC YAO 姚晓春

Eric Yao 姚晓春

Eric is an experienced multi-cultural corporate and securities lawyer. Admitted in the United States, he has spent most of his legal career prior to ILCT in the China and Silicon Valley offices of several top US law firms and global venture investment funds. He has worked on numerous cross-border PE/VC financing, M&A, IPO, fund formation transactions as well as securities filings and other general corporate matters. Throughout his years as both a private practice lawyer and later an in-house counsel, Eric also accumulates valuable exposures to FCPA investigations, employment compensation, labor disputes and technology licensing transactions.

姚律师是一名经验丰富、具备跨文化背景的公司法及证券法律师。姚律师于美国取得执业许可；在加入ILCT之前，他曾在数家顶尖美国律师事务所以及全球性投资基金的硅谷及中国办公室工作。他曾经参与过众多的跨境私募股权/风险投融资、兼并收购、股票公开发行、基金设立、证券申报等交易，也处理过各种一般性公司事务。在多年的律师事务所以及内部法务执业过程中，姚律师也在FCPA（美国《反海外腐败法》）调查、雇佣薪酬、劳动争议以及技术许可交易等方面积累了相当经验。

Initially trained as an electrical engineer, Eric went on to receive advanced degrees in business management and law, ultimately becoming an attorney admitted in the States of New York and Wisconsin. In addition, Eric had worked at HSBC as a commercial banker in China and Hong Kong before he set out to pursue a law degree. His academic and professional background across multiple disciplines positions him uniquely to gain insightful understanding of his clients’ operations and legal needs and wins deep trust from clients and peer legal practitioners alike.

姚律师本科学习电气工程，继而在企业管理和法律学科取得了更高的学位，最终成为美国纽约州和威斯康星州注册律师。此外，在学习法律之前，姚律师曾是一名商业银行家，在中国内地及香港就职于汇丰银行。姚律师跨领域的学术及专业背景令其定位独特，能够深入理解客户的业务运营和法务需求，为他赢得了来自客户和同行的高度认可。

Eric’s connection with ILCT has spanned over two decades, starting with a summer internship he did in Bangkok while a law student and lasting over the years as he and the firm maintains constant contact to keep each other abreast of their professional developments. As ILCT launches its China desk in response to growing client demand, Eric has formally joined ILCT to help bring the superb and well-admired services of the prestigious ILCT team to the vast and ever-increasing Chinese market.

姚律师与ILCT有着超过二十年的渊源，发端于他还是一名法学生时于曼谷在ILCT的暑期实习；其后他和本所从未间断联系，一直就彼此的专业发展互通有无。在ILCT因应不断增加的客户需求成立中国业务部门之际，姚律师正式加入ILCT，助力将声誉卓著的ILCT团队广受敬仰的杰出服务更进一步推向巨大且日益增长的中国市场。