Cecilia Shang Benting

Cecilia Shang Benting runs a private immigration law practice, located in Portland, OR, with most of her work dedicated to EB-5. Attorney Benting manages immigration accounts for multiple individual investors and companies. She has experience helping companies comply with immigration law requirements during start-ups and expansions of operations, and she also has expertise in investor case processing, including Form I-526 filings. Attorney Benting works with clients in both the United States and China, advising on immigration, the EB-5 program, and investment opportunities.

Before becoming a private legal consultant, Benting served as an international trade specialist at Ater Wynne LLP, also located in Portland. In this role, she conducted intensive legal research in international business and immigration law, including EB-5 and EB-1. She practiced law in China for 15 years before immigrating to the United States, working as a senior legal consultant at the Globe-Law Law Firm in Beijing, where she helped expand the firm’s North American business and represented clients in U.S. business matters. She also worked as an attorney at Jincheng Law Firm (now Jincheng Tongda and Neal) in Beijing, and was a founding partner and attorney at Kingdom Law Firm. Attorney Benting’s Shanghai-based law practice handled a variety of matters, including mergers and acquisition, international business, intellectual property rights, and initial public offerings.

From 1994 to 1998, Benting also served as a law lecturer at Shanghai Customs College, and she currently teaches Mandarin at an Oregon private school. She is fluent in Mandarin and English and provides translation services for her clients. She received her Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of Fudan University and then earned her Master of Laws from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia. Attorney Benting has an active attorney license from the state of New York.