On January 20, 2026, Lvxin Law Journal officially released its "Lvxin Law Journal 2025 Honor Roll: Top 20 Client-Recommended Lawyers (Yangtze River Delta)". Yuyan Chen, Senior Partner at Shanghai Landing Law Offices, earned a place on the list due to his strong sense of responsibility and outstanding market reputation.

In today's complex commercial and legal environment, clients' expectations of legal counsel focus on seamless collaboration, timely responsiveness, risk foresight, and value co-creation.

The Yangtze River Delta region stands as one of China's most dynamic, open, and innovative economic hubs. As market integration deepens, industrial structures upgrade, and internationalization accelerates across the region, high-quality legal services have become a vital component of the area's legal environment and soft power.

The "Top 20 Client-Recommended Lawyers (Yangtze River Delta)" list was finalized following a multi-dimensional evaluation process—including application review, expert panels, and client satisfaction surveys—aiming to showcase lawyers' professional expertise and service excellence while setting industry benchmarks.

Reasons for Selection

Yuyan Chen, Senior Partner at Shanghai Landing Law Offices and member of the Legal Committee of the Shanghai Insurance Association, specializes in resolving disputes involving commercial property insurance, credit and surety insurance, and high-value personal insurance contracts.

His client portfolio features leading financial institutions and large-scale industrial groups, including top domestic insurance groups, state-owned energy enterprises, and rail transit conglomerates.

In a high-stakes commercial property insurance claim dispute involving a leading property and casualty (P&C) insurer, Attorney Chen led his team through a months-long analysis of thousands of pages of engineering cost materials provided by the insured. They constructed a defense strategy that persuaded the court, successfully reducing the client's loss exposure by nearly 20 million RMB.

High praise from clients serves as the strongest endorsement of his professional value:

• Legal & Compliance Director of a major insurance group (8-year working relationship): Praised Attorney Chen as "skilled at solving complex legal relationships and difficult issues in high-value cases."
• Claims Litigation Manager of a branch under the same group: Noted that "Attorney Chen always accurately grasps the key points of contention in a case."
• Board Secretary of a large energy enterprise: Commended him as a "trustworthy partner" who provides "timely responses and pragmatic solutions" in major arbitrations.

As a long-term contributor to Shanghai Insurance magazine, Attorney Chen has published over 30 professional academic papers. He has also released more than 200 public welfare legal articles on insurance across major digital platforms, making legal knowledge accessible and raising public insurance literacy. He has been interviewed over 50 times by mainstream media outlets such as Cailian Press and People's Daily to share insights on industry trends and legal developments. Furthermore, he is regularly invited to participate and deliver keynote speeches at legislative symposiums and high-level academic conferences, contributing to the reform and innovation of insurance legal frameworks.

With his deep command of litigation strategies in insurance contract disputes, Attorney Chen consistently clarifies complex legal relationships for clients amid volatile commercial risks, securing victories and demonstrating professional excellence.

Attorney Profile

Yuyan Chen

Senior Partner, Shanghai Landing Law Offices

Email: yuyan.chen@landinglawyer.com

With over a decade of legal practice, Attorney Yuyan Chen specializes in insurance, dispute resolution, and commercial arbitration. His insurance practice covers commercial property insurance, novel liability insurance, credit insurance, critical illness and medical insurance, and accidental injury insurance. He has handled over 100 major, complex, and difficult cases, leading multiple nine-figure insurance litigations and commercial disputes (including a debt disposal project for surety insurance recovery involving a state-owned P&C insurer, cross-border shipping disputes for foreign cargo vessels, and wind power equipment quality disputes for a leading domestic enterprise). Several of his cases have been published as landmark precedents by the Shanghai Financial Court, the Shanghai High People's Court, and courts across Guangzhou, Nanjing, and Hangzhou.

Qualifications & Affiliations

• Education: Ph.D. Candidate in Law, East China University of Political Science and Law; LL.M., National Chung Cheng University; LL.B., Central South University.
• Affiliations & Roles: Member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang; Member of the Legal Committee of the Shanghai Insurance Association; Adjunct Off-Campus Mentor, Shanghai University School of Law; Adjunct Master's Supervisor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics; Contracted Author for the LexisNexis China Insurance Law Column; Long-term Contributor to Shanghai Insurance Magazine; Founder of Landing Insurance Law Special Issue.
• Honors: Outstanding Young Lawyer of Hongkou District, Shanghai (2024); Legalone Personal Star of the Year (2025).
• Publications & Media: Published 30+ academic papers in professional journals; featured in 50+ interviews by mainstream media (Cailian Press, People's Daily, China Newsweek, etc.); invited speaker at national, provincial, and municipal conferences; author of 200+ public-interest legal articles on insurance.