Who We Are

Trident China Venture Restructuring is an affiliate of the international law firm IPO PANG.

Restructuring a distressed venture requires expertise in four main areas: legal, accounting, regulatory, and general management.

Restructuring a distressed Chinese venture requires an additional element of expertise, and that element is experienced insight to Chinese law, the Chinese market, and the Chinese way of thinking.

The four team managers of Trident bring decades of Chinese experience to bear on the arduous task of restructuring and turnaround.

• Legal – Peter Pang

Mr. Pang is the founder and Principal Attorney of IPO PANG P.C., a premier international law firm well-known for its ability to obtain difficult, hard to get licenses, permits, approvals and government support for entry by a foreign enterprise into highly regulated Chinese industries, including pharmaceuticals, gaming, telecommunications, television, information technology and retailing, weaponry.

The firm, with substantial expertise in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, equity and cooperative joint ventures, intellectual property, corporate law and political lobbying in China, has been in China since the early 1990’s and is known as one of the oldest joint venture law firms. Mr. Pang was formerly general corporate in-house counsel to several Fortune 500 companies, including Shell Oil Company, Hershey Foods Corporation, Dole Food Company, and Nissan North America.

Mr. Pang specializes in helping multi-national companies in establishing a foothold and making an investment in China. He is a lobbyist with many years of experience and is well connected with the central government in China. He also specializes in protecting Famous American Brands from piracy and counterfeiting. Mr. Pang has been the principal driver behind over US$5 billion of M&A transactions over the last 30 years, 15 of which involved Sino-American matters. Mr. Pang advises American companies on how to be competitive in the China and global economy and has held various senior level legal positions, board seats and executive management roles.

As a seasoned business lawyer and entrepreneur, Mr. Pang was most recently the chief legal representative and Board member for a US publicly listed lottery and gaming company, having assisted the company in being the first to deploy an instant scratch lottery game in the PRC by a foreign corporation. He was also the founder and CEO of Globalontime.com, a logistics startup company with operations in Guanghzou, PRC and was also the former Director of International Shopping Network, Inc., a home shopping company with operations in Beijing, the first foreign company to introduce home shopping to PRC in 1994. Mr. Pang was also formerly President of CMC Technologies International, Inc., an electronics device manufacturer and oversaw the sale of the company to Australian bidders. Mr. Pang is a noted expert on doing business in the People's Republic of China, an expert on the legal and economic effect of China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), and a well-respected attorney and businessman having represented, founded, operated and sold a number of businesses ranging from internet and gaming companies to manufacturing and distribution companies located in the PRC.

Mr. Pang speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. Mr. Pang is a graduate of UC Berkeley in Biochemistry, Santa Clara Law School where he was a member of Law Review, University of Houston with a LLM in International Economic Law, attended the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and studied law and economics in China and Hong Kong. He is admitted to practice in California, Texas, New York, DC and Pennsylvania, and is specially admitted as Legal Counselor by the Guangzhou Mayoral District for his work on anti-counterfeiting.

A frequently invited speaker, Mr. Pang is considered to be the leading expert on the expanding US-Sino economy and the laws that will govern its growth. Mr. Pang was the chief negotiator for the City of Oakland in its bid to obtain two Giant Pandas for the Oakland Zoo. Mr. Pang brings with him over 25 years of business, management and legal experience in the PRC. Mr. Pang was able to execute initiatives that few other Western companies have been able to do in the PRC and is considered a premier attorney/businessman about the Chinese lottery and gaming business in China and Macau. Mr. Pang is stationed in Shanghai, PRC, and spends his time between the firm’s offices in Guangdong Province, Shanghai and affiliate offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and other locations in China, as well as the firm’s liaison office in Oakland, California, USA.

• Forensic Accounting – Andrew Liu

Andrew Liu is a Certified Accountant and brings a wealth of experience in accounting and taxation with foreign companies. Mr. Liu served for ten years as the chief coordinator and spokesman for the foreign investment branch of the Shanghai Tax Bureau. Prior to this, he spent eight years as the Chief Operations Director and Senior Partner at WEIYITONG Finance & Accounting Consulting Co., Ltd. and Harvest Capital Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. Mr. Liu is a member of several professional organizations including CICPA (China Certificated Accountant Union ) and SIFM (Senior International Financial Management Association).

• Regulatory and HR – Peifei Zhang

Peifei Zhang is a senior regulatory, human resources and forensic accountant with multiple specialties, chief among which are matters of corporate registration, environmental clearances, and beneficial tax treatment / tax holidays. Ms. Zhang has nearly 30 years of domestic and international experience working in all areas of administrative and labor law, negotiation with government authorities on behalf of foreign clients, and forensic accounting. She brings to Trident a unique local perspective on governmental and private sector customs, practices, and decision habits gained through a wealth of contacts in government and administrative bureaus. Her recent achievements include successfully helping a US WFOE through bankruptcy proceedings, serving as the chief local contact and court appointed administrator, helping wind down an Austrian WFOE by relocating their offices and tax districts, and assisting the Legal Representative with unique international tax issues that required special rulings from the local tax authority. She also recently assisted a US company with the registration of their factory for chemical products in an environmentally sensitive region. Ms. Zhang was a former instructor in accounting and has received numerous awards for her innovative teaching abilities as well as her dedication to her students. A well respected member of Shanghai society, Ms. Zhang has earned a reputation as the "go-to person" whenever unique problems require unique solutions, and her "guanxi" with government officials at both the local and provincial level is legendary.

• General Management – Richard Van Maanen

Richard (Dick) Van Maanen is a thirty year business executive with broad marketing and operations experience spanning several industries, including the medical, diagnostics, pharmaceutical, and equipment industries. He has over 15 years of management, operations and regulatory experience in China. In addition to his role as a key member of Trident, he also serves as President of the consulting firm Biodexterity Medical Consulting Inc. He brings a unique blend of hands-on knowledge and broad strategic vision to any company in distress. Mr. Van Maanen is a graduate of the University of Guelph (Canada), and has held officer level positions in publicly traded companies.