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Chenxi XIE
Non-equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2151
Email xiechenxi@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Litigation & Arbitration, Construction & Project Development, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance
Chenxi XIE
Ms. Xie has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and civil enforcement relating to construction, corporate equity, finance and international sales of goods. She excels at sorting through intricate facts, accurately grasping key issues and devising comprehensive and effective legal solutions for clients. She maintains a very good winning rate for cases (including but not limited to Supreme Court cases) she represents.
Ms. Xie’s practice highlights include an independent guarantee issuance dispute, where, confronted by a strong team of internationally renowned independent guarantee experts, she defended her client’s rights before the Supreme People’s Court. This case set a precedent in the independent guarantee industry; She also handled a dispute regarding mineral resources covering before the Supreme People’s Court on behalf of a well-known pipeline enterprise, which also provided a precedent.
Ms. Xie has represented clients in many significant and complicated commercial disputes, covering jurisdictions such as the United States, Canada, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Congo, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.
Representative Matters
Recent Domestic Dispute Resolution Cases
Represented a subsidiary of China Construction in a construction dispute before the Supreme People’s Court (second instance)
Represented Sinopec and its branch in a resource covering dispute before the Supreme People’s Court (second instance)
Represented a Chinese SOE in an overseas construction independent guarantee dispute before Xinjiang High People’s Court (first instance) and the Supreme People’s Court (second instance)
Represented Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. in disputes arising out of two EPC contracts before the Supreme People’s Court (second instance)
Represented KPMG in a jurisdictional challenge dispute over the validity of an arbitration agreement in a service contract before the Supreme People’s Court (second instance)
Represented PipeChina in several resource covering disputes
Represented Jiangxi Provincial Natural Gas Investment Co., Ltd. in a dispute arising from a pipeline asset transfer agreement
Represented a CNOOC subsidiary in a dispute arising from a cooperation agreement before Hebei High People’s Court
Represented China Merchants Property Development Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch in its disputes with one of its partners
Represented Veolia China in an EPC related dispute before CIETAC
Acted as counsel for China Securities in several securities margin trading disputes before BAC
Acted as counsel for China Securities in several big-ticket equity investment disputes
Represented SINOSURE in several credit insurance claim disputes before BAC
Represented a nationally renowned trust company before the Supreme People’s Court and multiple high people’s courts in enforcement proceedings against several debtors regarding credit documents made enforceable by notary offices
Represented Zhongrui Investment (Dalian) Co., Ltd. as plaintiff in a loan dispute before Liaoning High People’s Court
Represented SINOSURE in several disputes over claim payment transfer agreements against banks and asset management companies before CIETAC
Represented CDMF in its national debt collection before CIETAC
Advised China Agricultural Industry Fund in potential disputes arising from multiple equity investment projects
Represented a listed company in Hebei in a sales contract dispute before CIETAC against a Swiss company in initiating the arbitration and responding to the latter’s counterclaim of patent infringement
Represented one of the Big Four accounting firms in several disputes arising from service agreements before CIETAC
Acted as counsel for Xinxing Cathay International Group in a BOT dispute against a Chinese company
Represented China Mobile in several copyright disputes before various Beijing courts
Represented a China Electronics Technology Group Corporation subsidiary in a sale of goods dispute before CIETAC
Represented Medela in a sale of goods dispute before CIETAC
Represented Schneider China in a finance lease dispute
Recent International Dispute Resolution Cases
Represented a construction company in a dispute arising out of a construction project in Qatar before ICC
Provided legal service to a Chinese SOE regarding its disputes with the Department of Higher Education of Zambia arising from an EPC contract
Provided legal service to a Chinese SOE regarding its disputes with a certain department of Ecuador Government arising from a supply contract
Assisted a Chinese state-owned construction enterprise in an ad hoc arbitration in Namibia over a construction dispute
Assisted a Chinese SOE in successfully defending a tort case before a court in the New York State of the U.S., with the amount in dispute being about USD 2.7 billion
Assisted a Chinese state-owned electric power design and research institute in its construction of a coal-fired power station in Eastern Europe (including a potential dispute against the employer and subcontractor), with the investment amount of the project being over RMB 7 billion
Assisted a Chinese SOE in a dispute over a supply contract for steel components for a newly built bridge in Germany, with relevant dispute resolution procedures including litigation in Germany and arbitration administered by ICC
Assisted a company as creditor in participating in the personal bankruptcy and reconstruction procedure of Jia Yueting before Central California Bankruptcy Court
Assisted a Chinese SOE in participating in the voluntary dissolution procedure of its U.S. subsidiary
Assisted a Chinese SOE in a series of disputes over exploration service in Congo, with the dispute amount exceeding USD 14 million and relevant procedures including arbitration in China, litigation and interim measures in Congo and recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in Congo
Transactions
Provided legal services to a Beijing Shougang Group subsidiary for its EPC turnkey project in Mexico
Provided legal services for Yashili’s acquisition of Dumex Baby Food Co., Ltd.
Provided legal services for Yashili’s acquisition of Oushi Mengniu
Provided legal services to Xin’ao Energy for its investment in Sinopec’s sales company with approximately RMB 5 billion and participation in Sinopec’s mixed ownership reform
Provided PRC legal services for Mengniu’s acquisition of Yashili, with the transaction volume reaching HKD 12.4 billion
Provided legal services for Mengniu in concluding a strategic alliance agreement with Shanghai Disneyland and becoming the official Shanghai Disney dairy partner
Advised Mengniu on its merger of yogurt business with Danone and setting up of more than ten joint ventures across China
Honors and Awards
The LEGALBAND 2023 Under 40: Top 20 Dispute Resolution Lawyers
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 China Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Key Lawyers
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, China Young Arbitration Group (CYAG)
Member, Permanent Forum of China Construction Law (PFCCL) 14th Working Group
Publications
Guidance and Risk Prevent on Guarantee in International Construction Contract (co-author), Law Press China, 2024
Equity Investment and Funding: Risk Management and Dispute Resolution (co-author), Law Press China, 2020
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
New York State Bar -
Education
LL.M., Cornell University
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law -
Professional Experience
Non-equity partner, Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Compliance Officer, Cathay United Bank Los Angeles Branch -
Languages
Chinese
English