Gao Mingfei, Founder, Director and Chief Succession Officer of Beijing Deyuze Law Firm

Educational Background

She holds a law degree, an MBA from Renmin University of China, and an EMBA in Global Leadership from China-United States Joint Program & Yale University. She is also qualified as an Independent Director of listed companies.

Professional Experience

February 2008 – January 2018: Senior Partner, Dentons Beijing Office

November 2018: Founded Beijing Deyuze Law Firm

Standard Formulation & Publications

Lead drafter of the Group Standard Guidelines for Legal Risk Management of Succession (T/CAB CSISA 0026-2019)

In 2012, co-authored Overseas M&A of Chinese Enterprises and Risk Prevention & Control published by China Legal Publishing House, in cooperation with the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises

Social Positions

Member, Rule of Law Construction Committee, 10th Beijing Committee of Zhi Gong Party

Member, Committee for Legal Risk, Compliance and Management, Beijing Lawyers Association

Member, Wealth Management Committee (12th Session), Beijing Lawyers Association

Director, Research Association of Finance and Wealth Management Law, Tongzhou District Lawyers Association of Beijing

Vice President, Legal Service Branch of China Social Welfare and Elderly Service Association

Major Practice Areas

Legal risk management for family succession, major litigation and arbitration, bankruptcy and restructuring, private family legal services, emergency succession planning

She devotes special efforts to research and practice on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for social and economic development regarding family security and sustainable family development.

Representative Clients (Publicly Disclosed)

Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia

Liao Jing of the Pan Shiyi Family

Huigu Family

Inheritance Family Club

Antongsheng Special Fund of China Children and Teenagers' Charity Relief Foundation

Awards & Honors

2014: ALB (Asian Legal Business) Leading Lawyers in Asia

2015: ALB Leading Lawyers in Capital Markets (China)

2019: Award for Best Legal Risk Management Institution for Family Succession, Family Business Magazine

2019: Star of Innovation in Family Wealth Management, Asia-Pacific Wealth Forum

2020: Best Performing Institution for Succession Legal Risk Management, Hurun Select

2021: ALB China Boutique Law Firm of the Year

2024: Outstanding Specialized & Refined Law Firm of the Year, Guike

2025: Boutique Brand Law Firm of 2024, Lvxin Community

2025: Most Influential Professional IP in Lifestyle Industry, Yaoke

2025: Most Valuable Partner, RBA Top 100 Private Banking Centers

Core Viewpoints

While striving to expand business scale, entrepreneurs should also focus on stable and long-term development.

Entrepreneurs need to enhance their "risk quotient" and cultivate the capability for business succession.

Family succession is not merely a private family matter, but also a state affair of great significance.

Succession represents a battle for career, responsibility and family honor, and is closely linked to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

It is her aspiration to make China home to the largest number of century-old enterprises across the globe.