Mr. John Yong REN
Managing Partner, PhD
 
Practice Areas
Antitrust, International Trade Remedies
 
Experiences
John Yong Ren is the founder and managing partner of T&D Associates based in Beijing, China. 

John started his career as a certified lawyer in 1988. In 2003, he founded the first and biggest antitrust group in China. Team led by him has been assisting clients on all aspects of AML with expertise in a broad range of antitrust issues, including merger control, cartels, abuses, antitrust litigation，etc. With experiences of participation in the legislation of the AML and related administrative rules as well as good working relationship with three AML enforcement authorities, he successfully represented multinationals in more than 500 merger notifications and dozens of antitrust investigations in China since 2008.     

 
Until now, T&D Associates has been recognized by Chambers as PRC Competition/Antitrust Law Firm of the Year for 11 times from 2010 to 2021.

John is also keen to promote the development of the AML. Since 2005, John has co-hosted in total 27 sessions of AML Symposiums with the Competition Law Centre of UIBE, with participants including senior officials from MOFCOM, NDRC, SAIC, DOJ, FTC, EU DG Comp, JFTC; top antitrust scholars and experts; and in-house counsels of multinationals, etc. Additionally, he translated the book of Antitrust Law and Economics written by Prof. William Kovacic into Chinese.

John also serves as an arbitrator in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and as a panel member in the Antitrust Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association. 

Education
PhD, International Business Law
 
Languages
Chinese (mandarin), English