Ms. Susan Li is a Partner at Merits & Tree Law Offices with a Juris Doctor degree from Australia. She is holding both Chinese and Australian Legal Practice Certification with over twenty years of extensive professional experience. Her primary practice areas include investment, financing and M&A and her secondary practice areas include taxation, regulatory, and compliance. She has provided professional legal services to domestic and international enterprises in international trade, intellectual property, commercial dispute resolution, and international arbitration. She has also led legal affairs in major transactions such as cross-border M&A, joint venture establishment, corporate restructuring, and divestitures, demonstrating a comprehensive legal service perspective covering the Asia-Pacific region and global markets. Ms. Li also specializes in providing comprehensive legal support to enterprises throughout their entire lifecycle—from startup and compliance operations to capital management and exit strategies—including corporate governance, equity transfers, and legal risk control.

Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Ms. Li served as Senior Partner and Management Committee Chair at Bejing Jingsh Law Firm (Qingdao Office), Associate Attorney at BROADELY REES HOGAN LAWYERS (an Australian law firm), Legal Director and Government Affairs Director for Southeast Asia and Greater China at Kellogg Company (USA), and Vice Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee and Asia-Pacific Tax Director at Kreston Global, accumulating with extensive experience in legal practice, fiscal and taxation affairs, and comprehensive corporate management. She possesses a unique legal and business perspective, excelling at addressing issues from an enterprise standpoint and delivering effective solutions.