Representative Cases:

I. Anti-Corruption and Corporate Compliance

1. Specialized legal services for a company’s criminal risk assessment

2. Legal support for a company’s employee under investigation

3. Embezzlement case involving a company employee

4. Corporate bribery case

II. Bribery and Malfeasance

5. Bribery case

6. Misappropriation of public funds case

7. Perverting the course of justice for personal gain case

8. Abuse of power in the enforcement of judgments or rulings

III. Finance-Related

9. Corporate case involving illegal foreign exchange trading

10. Fraudulent foreign exchange acquisition case

11. Illegal futures trading case

IV. Medical and Pharmaceutical

12. Medical fraud case related to immunotherapy

13. Medical fraud case related to traditional Chinese medicine treatment

V. Civil-Criminal Intersection

14. Corporate case involving refusal to pay labor remuneration

15. Refusal to enforce judgment or ruling case

Research Achievements:

1. The Role of Compliance Programs in Corporate Bribery Cases

2. Building Corporate Anti-Bribery Compliance Systems and Conducting Internal Investigations

3. Criminal Law Assessment of Additional Transactional Steps

4. Guidelines for Cross-Border Capital Transfers and Criminal Risk Identification

5. Distinguishing Money Laundering from the Crime of Concealing or Disguising Criminal Proceeds

6. Judicial Determination and Private Prosecution of Cases Involving Trustees Refusing to Remit Funds

7. Distinguishing the Crimes of Organizing and Transporting Illegal Border Crossings

8. Criminal Law Evaluation of Transporting Illegal Immigrants Within China

9. Four Highlights in the 2025 Judicial Interpretation on Assaulting Police Officers

10. Can Acts Before Judgment Take Effect Constitute the Crime of Refusing to Enforce a Judgment?

11. Interplay Between Criminal and Civil Aspects in Overlapping Cases

12. Hierarchical Principles on Evidence Admissibility and Standards of Proof in Administrative-Criminal Interface Cases

13. Negotiated Defense in Plea Bargaining Cases

14. Establishing the Right to Counsel Presence in Criminal Proceedings

15. Understanding and Applying Article 64 of the Criminal Law

Shizeng Li is a lawyer with professional experience in both public security agencies and specialized criminal law firms, complemented by an academic background from the Law School of Renmin University of China. In the early years of his career, he served at a municipal public security bureau, handling investigations and legal affairs, where he gained deep insight into the discretional logic of judicial authorities and accumulated substantial frontline experience in law enforcement and case handling. After resigning from public service, he was admitted to Renmin University Law School, where he pursued a Master of Laws degree with a focus on criminal law and related interdisciplinary areas.

Upon graduation, Li joined a leading criminal defense law firm and participated in numerous major, complex, and challenging criminal cases. He emphasizes the integration of theory and practice, with a particular interest in cutting-edge issues and practical difficulties in the field of criminal law. His research has yielded several influential contributions to the profession. Notably, his article “Understanding and Applying Article 64 of the Criminal Law” was published in the core legal journal People’s Judiciary, and “On the Establishment of the Right to Counsel Presence in Criminal Proceedings” won first prize at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Criminal Defense Committee of the China Criminal Procedure Law Research Association. He has also authored dozens of legal practice articles on well-known platforms.

To better serve clients with systematic risk prevention and crisis response solutions, Shizeng Li currently practices at Shanghai Dehehantong Law Offices, focusing on corporate compliance and criminal defense.

Sep 2016 – Aug 2020: Public Security Bureau

Jul 2023 – May 2025: Shanghai Jinglin Law Firm

Jun 2025 – Present: Dehehantong Shanghai Law Office

Master of Law, Renmin University of China