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Lion’s Law, P.C. is a Massachusetts-based law firm, servicing clients primarily in Massachusetts and their needs across other US states and sometimes globally, particularly China. We combine our legal expertise with a value of high integrity, effective, responsive, creative, and practicability, to achieve outstanding results and ultimate goals for our clients.

Our team works hard to understand clients’ business and then apply our individual and collective legal expertise and human touch to deliver excellence. This combination of business intelligence, experienced legal skill, and responsible attitude results in a unique and personal approach for each of our clients.

Our clients range from startups, emerging companies to well-established companies across diversified industry clusters, including venture capital and angel fund, nonprofit, healthcare, biotechnology, drug discovery, CRO, recruiting and staffing, real estate broker, real estate developer, chemical and industrial product distributor, education consulting, emerging technologies, medical device, restaurants, export and import, business incubators.

We deliver excellence and we are your trusted advisers.

Practice Areas
Corporate&BUSINESS, INVESTMENT & TRANSACTIONS： (I) We assist clients on corporate structuring & entity formation; general corporate counsel; acquisition & sale; and private fund formation & investment transactions.
EMPLOYMENT： We have an extensive experience on drafting employment documents, including Offer letters; Proprietary information and goodwill protection; Massachusetts non-compete document; Independent contractor agreements; employment agreements; restrictive stock option agreements; and Employment policy, etc. We also provide advice to client on Wage & Hour compliances (minimum wage, overtime, exempt/nonexempt); Massachusetts sick leave and parental leave compliance Advice on workplace privacy issue; and Dispute resolution of employment claims including mediation, arbitration, administrative proceedings and litigation.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE AND LITIGATION： When a dispute arises or anticipated to take place to arise, it is imperative that clients being counseled on the appropriate course of action to avoid any party initiating any dispute resolution, particularly a lawsuit. Legal advice is necessary to determine the appropriate course of action. Our team resolves disputes for clients through various methods of alternative dispute resolution as well as litigation. Alternative dispute resolution includes mediation, and/or arbitration. We have experience and proven success representing clients in a wide array of disputes from complicated commercial matters to civil disputes. Our approach to resolving a business dispute is strategic, analytical, and practical with an aim to achieve the best results in the most cost-effective manner for clients.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION： We are one of the few law firms with English and Chinese bilingual skills in Massachusetts representing a broad array of tax-exempt organizations. We are proud to use our accumulated knowledge and networks with other professional service providers, such as CPA firms, to meet our clients’ specific challenges and opportunities. Our team is capable of providing knowledgeable insights and customized advice on legal issues facing most tax-exempt organizations in Massachusetts. Our nonprofit clients operate education research, photography association, Chinese culture center, children’s after school and summer camp, scientific research, and civic and voter education. We will provide the service on Incorporation of the nonprofit organization; Application of Tax-Exempt Status; Counseling; and On-going Compliance.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY： We provide legal service on TRADEMARK, Trade Secrets and confidential Information, including Performing and analyzing results of trademark screenings and searches; Drafting and issuance of trademark opinion letters; Filing and prosecution of state and federal trademark applications; Management of client trademark portfolios; Negotiation and drafting of trademark transfer and license agreements; Protection and enforcement of trademarks in cease and desist proceedings or infringement litigation; Counseling clients about trade secret and proprietary rights protection strategies and policies; Drafting confidentiality, non-disclosure, intellectual assignment policies and agreements; and Representing both company and individual client in trade secret misappropriation dispute and litigation.
ESTATE PLANNING： Preparation of wills, revocable/irrevocable trusts, advance medical directives, living wills and durable powers of attorney. Preparation of HIPAA medical information releases. Preparation for the smooth transition of wealth after your death, minimize the impact of estate taxes and protect your estate from creditors and the creditors of your children Strategies to avoid expenses that deplete the value of the estate you pass on to your heirs Planning to ensure that the property you designate will go to the people you designate after your death and protect inheritances in the event that your heirs get divorced Traditional gifting strategies including traditional gift trusts, generation gifting trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, grantor retained unit trusts, grantor retained income trusts, family limited partnerships, and family limited liability companies Planning for life insurance payments, including irrevocable life insurance trusts Planning for marital deductions and exclusions, including marital deduction trust planning, disclaimer trusts, qualified terminable interest property trusts, intentionally defective grantor trusts, and credit shelter trusts Planning for overses assets and non-citizen taxpayers.

Our Team
Connie C. Dai, Partner Dai advises emerging to well-established companies on corporate, investment, business transactions, trademark, trade secrets and employment matters. Her practice covers company structuring, formation, and draft and negotiate variety of commercial agreements. She has formed multiple private equity funds with investment in real estate, AI, healthcare, biotechnology, robotics and IOT, and has represented both portfolio companies and investors in angle round and subsequent series of investments. She also offers advice on employment matters as to offer letter, wage & hour, classification of employment, severance, and noncompete. She has formed and represented multiple tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. Her clients are in biotechnology, CRO, private equity, education advisory and consulting, business incubator, real estate developer and broker, recruiting and staffing, export and import, online distributor for electronic products... more
Attorney Ye Le, Partner Attorney Ye specializes in immigration law, with 12 years of experience helping EB-5 investors obtain U.S. permanent residency, boasting a 100% approval rate. She's skilled in securing EB-5 regional center qualifications, managing annual reports, and advising on lawful funding sources. Ye has also aided investors from Taiwan and Hong Kong in transitioning from E-2 to EB-5 visas for green card success. Her expertise extends to EB-1A, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW, and EB-3 immigration categories, as well as H-1B, L-1, and O-1 non-immigrant visas. She's successfully represented scholars and entrepreneurs, especially in obtaining green cards through EB-1A and EB-2 NIW, and facilitated L-1 visas leading to EB-1C green cards for multinational executives.more
Cheng Yun, Attorney Attorney Cheng Yun specializes in representing corporate and individual clients in civil and commercial litigation. He assists clients with a variety of legal issues, including breaches of contract, landlord and tenant disputes in residential and commercial leases, false representations, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, wrongful termination of contracts, and Chapter 93A of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. Attorney Cheng's practice areas also include intellectual property (IP) law, corporate law, and labor law. He has represented clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in various types of IP matters, including trademark registration, trademark counseling, trademark litigation, copyright infringement litigation, and copyright licensing. Additionally, he drafts, reviews, and negotiates terms of commercial leases. Moreover, he provides consultation and assistance to employers on employment opportunities, employment agreements, manuals, intellectual property transfers, trade secrets, non-solicitation clauses, non-compete clauses, as well as wage and hour issues. Attorney Cheng has helped clients establish several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Before joining Lion's Law, Attorney Cheng worked at Kasowitz law firm in New York City, the Boston City Court, and Kyoto Law Firm in Beijing. He combines attention to detail, strong analytical abilities, a highly personalized approach, and a winning belief to provide clients with exceptional service from start to finish. Attorney Cheng actively participates in legal aid and voluntary counseling provided by the Suffolk County Bar Association in Massachusetts for the community. more
Mark W. Williamson, Attorney Attorney Williamson specializes in trust and estate law, including probate, wealth planning, family business, and tax planning. He is the honorary chairman of the Probate Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association and has served as a Massachusetts representative in the president's cabinet of the Massachusetts Bar Association. As an honorary editor for the Massachusetts Bar Association's "Section Review," Williamson has significantly contributed to educating lawyers on estate planning, elder law, and business succession planning. He is a respected author in his field, notably for "Trust Litigation in Probate Court," recognized as a leading manual on probate litigation in Massachusetts. Additionally, Williamson has played a leading role in international wealth transfer seminars and served as the Chief Trust Advisor for the China Wealth Inheritance Culture Development Institute, aiming to improve the Chinese probate system under the guidance of Kai Chen.... more
Wang Shuyao, Attorney Lawyer Wang has dual experience in dispute resolution and business transactions. She has worked in the Hong Kong office of JunHe Law Firm, engaging in international arbitration, commercial litigation, and capital market bond transactions. Lawyer Wang holds a New York State (U.S.) attorney license as well as a Chinese lawyer license (non-practicing). She has served as a legal assistant for commercial litigation and international arbitration in the Hong Kong offices of Quinn Emanuel and Stephenson Harwood. She currently mainly handles general corporate law, business transactions, and commercial litigation disputes for corporate clients of Lion’s Law Group. ... more