Muchen Fan

Profile

Legal professional with a broad understanding spanning China and Anglo-American legal systems, offering multidimensional insights across legal, financial, political, and technology domains, backed by extensive experience in both major corporations and governmental entities.

Self-taught in modern programming languages and frameworks, and able to independently develop interactive applications and harness AI to address practical business and legal needs.

Aims at leveraging multidisciplinary expertise to bridge the gap between legal practice and technological innovation, driving efficient solutions for complex institutional and business challenges. Committed to continuous learning and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on delivering value in dynamic and international environments.

Professional Experience

• Coordinated with the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Shanghai Party Committee to produce research reports by soliciting opinions from various internal departments on the revision of legal documents, consolidated feedback, and operational data.
• Independently completed research tasks assigned by political leaders, such as preparing briefing memos for the reception of the Hong Kong Department of Justice delegation, and contributed to the compilation of rule-of-law white papers in collaboration with the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Political-Legal Committee.
• Collected legislative developments and guiding documents issued by the Supreme People's Procuratorate periodically, distilled them into study materials for all prosecutorial staff in Shanghai, monitored the learning progress of grassroots prosecutorial offices, and promptly reported any irregularities.
• Collaborated with colleagues to assess prosecutors’ theoretical research performance by tracking publication activity across the jurisdiction, producing assessment reports, and compiling statistics on other performance indicators for every Shanghai procuratorate level.
• Assisted in drafting official documents, proofreading, formatting, and managing confidential communications; actively supported team operations and contributed to the successful organization of major events such as the Prosecutorial Recommendations Review Meeting.

• Managed partnership with ICBC credit card department to ensure seamless financial operations for all Lego China employees, monitoring and tracking employee credit card usage compliance.
• Independently managed all account payable operations for Lego Shanghai office, reporting directly to the Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, while improving vendor communication protocols and implementing systematic filing procedures to enhance financial controls and audit readiness.
• Collaborated with colleagues to ensure full tax compliance by coordinating with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on corporate tax filings, conducting comprehensive tax form reviews, and optimizing tax refund processes to maximize financial efficiency.
• Established and maintained a comprehensive document management system for all financial records, serving as the primary custodian of physical receipts and invoices to ensure regulatory compliance and support internal audit requirements.

• Assisted judges in court hearings, responsibilities including drafting hearing transcripts, case management and order drafting.
• Held meetings with both parties and attorneys regarding case procedures, crucial timelines and case management issues; cases topics include heritage disputes, divorce matters and juvenile crimes.

Education

• Courses including: Company Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Intellectual Property Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Business Transactions, Tax Law.

• Chinese law courses including: Contract law, tort law, company law, intellectual property law, tax law, securities law.
• Anglo-American law courses including: Contract law, property law, tort law.
• University common courses including: Introduction to economics, Chinese accounting, etc.
• Activities: Member of SUFE student union's new media center, responsible for designs of various propaganda materials; Member of SUFE law school student union's media department, maintenance of school official WeChat account.

Certifications & Qualifications

Additional Skills

• Capable of building web and desktop applications, as well as mini-programs, from scratch. Experienced with tech stacks including Next.js and PostgreSQL. Proficient in traditional, dockerized and cloud-based deployments and operations. Familiar with Git-based collaboration and CI/CD processes.

• Skilled in digital content creation tools such as Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.

• Proficient in mainstream office software, including the Microsoft Office Suite.

• Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Proficient), Shanghainese (Proficient)