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Huimin XIA

Mr. Xia started his legal career in 2000. He has two years of experience serving as a prosecutor in Beijing and thereafter 20 years of experience working as a dispute resolution practitioner. Mr. Xia is of outstanding professional capabilities and has rich practical experience in the fields of litigation and arbitration, criminal risk management and criminal defense, and he is especially known for his capacity in handling investment disputes and major and difficult cases involving the intersection of civil and criminal law. In the past 10 years, Mr. Xia has represented a significant number of investment dispute cases that shape the judicial landscape. With his sharp insight of the key features of investment disputes, he successfully handled those major, difficult and complex cases by comprehensively using litigation and arbitration, enforcement, take-over, criminal and other means, and achieved satisfactory results and won the recognition of clients.

Representative Matters

Investment Disputes

  • Advised Fujian Gusheng Investment Co., Ltd and Mianyang High-tech Zone Kechuang Industry Co., Ltd in the re-trial proceedings of a share subscription and investment dispute before the PRC Supreme People’s Court

  • Represented member companies of the PKU Founder Group in an equity investment dispute  before Jiangsu High People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Court

  • Represented an industrial investment fund of the Three Gorges Group in a forward equity transfer agreement dispute before Beijing Arbitration Commission (“BAC")

  • Represented a private equity investment fund of China Cinda in a share redemption dispute before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC")

  • Represented a number of funds managed by Source Capital in a share redemption dispute before CIETAC


criminal risk management

  • Advised and defended a former director of Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, in the criminal prosecution of accepting bribes and offering bribes to a senior official of deputy national level

  • Advised and defended the senior management of Tianjin Port Group in the criminal prosecution of dereliction of duty concerning the Tianjin Port Explosion

  • Provided legal advice and criminal defense for Peng, a former management of Hunan Infrastructure Investment Group in a series of criminal bribery cases

  • Provided legal advice to and defended numerous entities and their actual controllers and senior management in criminal investigations and litigations concerning economic crimes and abuse-of-power crimes

  • Advised numerous clients in relation to criminal risk management issues in business operation

  • Represented a number of clients in the criminal report and accusation they lodged against other parties suspect of corruption and bribery, embezzlement, contract fraud, endangering tax administration, infringement of intellectual property rights, etc.


Other Litigation and Arbitration Cases

  • Represented an investment vehicle of a reputable US hedge fund Avenue Capital before the PRC Supreme People’s Court in a loan and guarantee dispute

  • Represented Beijing Yintai Property in a construction dispute before Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court and Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court

  • Represented China Electronics Import & Export in a processing contract dispute before Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court

  • Represented Marubeni Corporation in a capital commitment dispute before Jiangsu High People’s Court

  • Represented Heilongjiang Branch of China Everbright Bank in a lease dispute before Harbin Intermediate People’s Court and Heilongjiang High People’s Court

  • Represented Samsung (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in a sales and purchase contract dispute before BAC

  • Represented Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited in an equity transfer dispute before BAC

  • Represented Beijing Datang Fuel Co., Ltd. in a dispute over coal sale and purchase agreement before CIETAC

  • Represented Honeywell Security (China) Co., Ltd. in a dispute over authorized dealer agreement before CIETAC Shanghai

Memberships & Affiliations

Qingdao International Arbitration Center (Qingdao Arbitration Commission) Arbitrator

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    2003 Chinese Lawyer Practicing Qualification
    1999 Chinese Legal Professional Qualification

  • Education

    Renmin University of China

  • Professional Experience

    Associate, Zhonglun Law Firm, 2007 to present
    Associate, Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm, 2002 to 2007

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English