• About us
  • People
  • Expertise
    • Sectors
        • Technology, media & communications Technology, media & communications
        • Private Wealth Private wealth
        • Real estate, infrastructure & energy
        • Life sciences & healthcare icon Life sciences & healthcare
        • Aerospace & defence
        • Automotive & mobility
        • Business & professional services
        • Chemicals
        • Consumer & retail
        • Financial institutions & insurance
        • Hotels, hospitality & leisure
        • Logistics & transport
        • Manufacturing & industrials
        • Public services & education
    • Legal services
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Banking & finance
        • Brands & advertising
        • Commercial & consumer contracts
        • Competition, EU & trade
        • Copyright & media law
        • Corporate crime & compliance
        • Corporate/M&A & capital markets
        • Data & cyber
        • Disputes & investigations
        • Employment, pensions & mobility
        • Environmental, planning & regulatory
        • Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
        • Intellectual property
        • Information technology
        • Patents & innovation
        • Private client
        • Private equity
        • Projects, energy & infrastructure
        • Real estate & construction
        • Regulation
        • Restructuring & insolvency
        • Tax
        • Venture capital
  • Locations
    • Europe
        • Locations
        • Austria
        • Belgium
        • Czech Republic
        • France
        • Germany
        • Hungary
        • Italy
        • Netherlands
        • Poland
        • Portugal
        • Ireland
        • Slovakia
        • Spain
        • United Kingdom
        • Ukraine
          Groups & regions
        • CEE Turkish Desk
        • French German group
        • Our offices
    • Middle East & Africa
        • Locations
        • Middle East
        • UAE
          Groups
        • Africa group
        • Israel group
        • Our offices
    • Americas
        • Locations
        • Latin America
        • USA
          Groups
        • Brazil group
        • Our offices
    • Asia
        • Locations
        • Asia
        • China
        • South Korea
          Groups
        • India group
        • Japan group
        • Our offices
  • Insights
    • Insights
        • Featured Topics
        • Artificial intelligence
        • Data Centre Expertise
        • The EU Whistleblower Directive
        • German Supply Chain Act
        • Unified Patent Court
          Content hub
        • Global Data Hub
        • Interface: tech, IP and media law
        • Podcasts
        • Synapse
        • Browse all insights
    • In focus
        • AI
        • Dealonomics
        • Disputes
        • Intellectual property
        • MENA
        • Regulation
        • Browse in focus
    • Events
        • In person
        • Online
        • Browse all events
    • News
        • Media centre
        • Work highlights
        • Firm news
        • Browse all news
  • Careers
  • EN
    • English
    • 中文(简体)
    • Français
    • Deutsch
  • Home
  • People
  • Dr. Laurence Ren
Dr. Laurence Ren
Dr. Laurence Ren

Dr. Laurence Ren

Taylor Wessing

Partner

  • Paris France
Contact Me Today
+33 1 72 74 03 33
vCard
Email me Call me

Laurence Ren holds a doctorate in banking law and is a member of the Paris, Beijing, and New York Bar Associations. She practices French and international business law and has extensive experience in Chinese investment flows in France.

She assists Chinese clients with mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, commercial contracts, international mobility, and litigation related to these transactions.

Laurence also provides general legal advice to Chinese companies established in France, coordinating with the firm's other departments, particularly on matters relating to labor law, tax law, banking law, and intellectual property.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Banking & finance
Corporate insolvency
Corporate occupiers
Corporate finance
Corporate venturing
General corporate

CV

Since 2026 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2024 - 2025 Partner, DS Avocats
2017 - 2024 Counsel, DS Avocats
2006 - 2027 Partner, Law Firm RNB
2006 Lawyer at the Paris Bar (oath taking)
2005 Admission to the Paris Bar School
2005 PhD, in Banking law – Paris I University Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2002 LL.M., University of Washington School of Law, USA
2001 DEA in Business law – Paris I University Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2000 Master of Law, RENMIN University of China

Career

Since 2026 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2024 - 2025 Partner, DS Avocats
2017 - 2024 Counsel, DS Avocats
2006 - 2027 Partner, Law Firm RNB

Education

2006 Lawyer at the Paris Bar (oath taking)
2005 Admission to the Paris Bar School
2005 PhD, in Banking law – Paris I University Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2002 LL.M., University of Washington School of Law, USA
2001 DEA in Business law – Paris I University Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2000 Master of Law, RENMIN University of China

Additional languages

French English Chinese

Laurence's news & insights

View Laurence's insights
/Taylor Wessing/Images/Search Result Thumbnails/Insights News and Event/Locations/France/AdobeStock_44592598 place Vendome
Click here to find out more
France

Taylor Wessing strengthens its international positioning with the creation of a China Desk department and the appointment of Laurence Ren as partner

20 January 2026

by multiple authors

View Laurence's insights

Related news & insights

Sustainability Stories - Notpla
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)

Sustainability Stories: Notpla

30 March 2026
Briefing

by Ian Moore

Click here to find out more
Crayon group lay in a circle

EU Inc. – The 28th Regime: How the European Commission intends to revolutionise the formation of companies

27 March 2026
In-depth analysis

by Philipp Hoegl and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.

Click here to find out more
Bridge frame
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Investing in the German Audit and Tax Advisory Market – Opportunity Amid Regulatory Debate

26 March 2026
Briefing

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
red knotted rope close-up
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

More Than Share and Asset Deals: Innovative Transaction Structures for MedTech Companies

25 March 2026
Briefing

by Christopher Peine

Click here to find out more
aerial view of growing plants
Life sciences & healthcare

Advising on Tropic Biosciences' US$105 million Series C financing

25 March 2026

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Layers of contemporary financial skyscrapers
Banking & finance

Navigating CRD VI: Impact on M&A Transactions

24 March 2026
In-depth analysis

by Dr. Verena Ritter-Döring and Miroslav Đurić, LL.M.

Click here to find out more
Suspension bridge
Energy & infrastructure

German Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Neutrality

24 March 2026
In-depth analysis

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Explaining strategy
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises TPG Management GmbH, a portfolio company of Alpina Partners, on the acquisition of parameta GmbH

24 March 2026

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Handshake
Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises Podimo ApS on the acquisition of arc.studio GmbH

24 March 2026

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
Skyscrapers in the city of London
Banking & finance

21c or not 21c: the impact of new EU banking rules on UK lenders

17 March 2026
Briefing

by multiple authors

Click here to find out more
View all insights

Related people

France
Gilles Amsallem

Gilles Amsallem

Partner

Paris
+33 172 74 03 10
Email me
View profile
Yeng-Rong

Dr. Rong Yang

Associate

Paris
+33 1 72 74 03 33
Email me
View profile
Full team

Meet me at

There are no upcoming events

See all events
Subscribe to our latest insights
  • About us
  • Campaigns and online tools
  • News
  • People
  • Expertise
  • Locations
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Media centre
  • Contact
  • Careers
  • Alumni
  • Data protection & privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Legal and regulatory information
  • Regulatory information on costs
  • Complaints procedure for clients
  • Terms of use
  • Anti-slavery statement
  • Environmental
  • Scam emails

© Taylor Wessing