Professional profile
About Randy
Practice Focus
Randy Fan is a Partner at the regional office in Eastern China of a premier full-service law firm, based in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, and a core member of the firm's Cross-Border Dispute Resolution and Trade Remedy Practice Group. His practice is built around two connected disciplines: defending exporting manufacturers in international trade remedy investigations, and resolving high-stakes multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes.
In international trade remedies and customs compliance, Mr. Fan defends Chinese manufacturing groups against U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) Section 781 anti-circumvention inquiries under the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1677j), administrative reviews in anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Form 28 and Form 29 audits, and European Commission anti-subsidy proceedings.
In cross-border commercial litigation and arbitration, he represents multinational corporations and private equity and venture capital investors in shareholder disputes, breach of contract claims, and international commercial arbitrations under the HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC and ICC rules.
In multi-jurisdictional asset freezing and preservation, he coordinates emergency interim measures, Emergency Arbitrator applications, Worldwide Mareva Injunctions in offshore jurisdictions such as the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, and property preservation orders from PRC Intermediate People's Courts.
Local Practice
Quanzhou is one of China's major export manufacturing bases, with deep clusters in footwear, apparel, textiles, stone processing and light industrial goods serving global supply chains. Many of these manufacturers have shifted assembly to Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and other third countries, which brings them within the scope of U.S. Section 781 anti-circumvention scrutiny and AD/CVD coverage. Mr. Fan's regional practice reflects this economy: he advises exporters on component sourcing, substantial transformation arguments, CBP audit responses and contractual tariff indemnities, while supporting overseas investors and fund managers in shareholder and financing disputes connected to the region.
Representative Work
Mr. Fan's representative work includes defending regional light industrial, apparel and new energy manufacturing exporters in multiple U.S. DOC Section 781 anti-circumvention inquiries, establishing non-circumvention status under the substantial transformation and component sourcing tests; representing an international private equity fund in a USD 45 million Red-Chip shareholder dispute and securing a BVI Worldwide Mareva Injunction, an HKIAC Emergency Arbitrator interim order and an immediate PRC Intermediate Court asset freeze within 72 hours under the 2019 Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings; and resolving a USD 30 million cross-border distribution and intellectual property licensing dispute involving parallel court actions in Hong Kong, Singapore and Mainland China.
Languages and Engagement
Mr. Fan holds an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution and International Trade Law and an LL.B., and is admitted to the Bar of the People's Republic of China. He is fully bilingual in Mandarin and English and conducts legal advocacy and negotiation directly in English. He is available to advise export manufacturers, investors and multinational corporations on trade remedy defense and cross-border dispute resolution.
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