Rao Jing

LAWYER

Practice Areas and Work Experience

Expertise: Entertainment law, Foreign legal services, Dispute resolution and Enforcement of Judgement

Professional Affiliation:  Member of the Special Committee on Foreign Affairs of Beijing Entertainment Law Society

Experience:

  • 15 years of legal practice, with comprehensive legal service capabilities.
  • 12 years of experience as a legal director in the entertainment industry, having served numerous leading domestic and foreign film and television companies, talent agencies, performance companies, music companies, MCN companies, and animation companies which focus on fundraising for film and television dramas, copyright transactions, production/promotion for film/TV/Music, talent agency business.
  •  Provides legal consulting services for well-known companies and artists worldwide, work closely with Hollywood, BBC, Broadway together with Oscar Winners, Golden Globe Winners,Tony Winners .
  • Capable of providing comprehensive bilingual legal services for company operations and project management, including early risk prevention, project implementation progress control, and dispute resolution worldwide.

Key Projects

  • In charge of the business negotiation, document drafting, and deal closing of China-US Co-production film “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon: The Green Destiny” (Starring Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen).
  • In charge of the business negotiation, document drafting, and deal closing of a copyright transaction of a BBC documentary film.
  • Providing legal service for importation of South Korean film“Roaring Currents”.
  • Providing legal services for the musicals “The Secret”(working with Jay Chou team) and “The Johnathon Lee Musical:Spirit of Life”(working with Johnathon Lee team).
  • Providing legal service for animation movie “Tacit Blue” and animation TV drama “The Mirage House in the Clouds”.

Educational Background

  • LLM, University of Southampton, 2011

Professional Qualifications

  • Admitted to the Chinese Bar 2024
  • Qualification to perform as Talent Agent by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China

Awards

  • The Co-production film “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon: The Green Destiny”was awarded “Award for Special Contribution to International Promotion of Chinese Cinema 2016” by Film Bureau, SAPPRFT, China.
  • The animation movie “Tacit Blue” had won“2020 ConCarolinas Short Film Festival” “the Best Animation Film at the Switzerland International Film Festival” 2020 and other 34 wards in major and leading international film festivals.
  • The animation TV drama “The Mirage House in the Clouds” had won “2019 Festigious Film Festival (USA): the Best Fantasy Film award”, “Los Angeles Festigious Film Festival: the Monthly Best Fantasy Film award” and 22 wards in major and leading international film festivals.

Working Languages

Chinese, English

SerVice COUNTRY/REGION

The USA, United Kingdom
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