Xu Wei/Partner
+86 159 5093 0606
xuwei@grandwaylaw.com
Suzhou
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Education background
LL.B., Nanjing Normal University
LL.M., Temple University (U.S.)
Ph.D. in Civil and Commercial Law, University of International Business and Economics
Postdoctoral Fellow, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)
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Areas of expertise
Complex dispute resolution
Private funds
Securities enforcement and compliance
Cross-border investment
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Membership
Director of the Arbitration and Lawyers' Mediation Special Committee of the Suzhou Lawyers Association
arbitrator with the Suzhou Arbitration Commission and a number of other arbitration institutions
member of the foreign-related lawyer talent pools of Jiangsu Province and Suzhou Municipality
member of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee on Foreign-Related Legal Services and Foreign Affairs
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Working Language
Chinese, English
From 2006 to 2014, adjudicated civil, commercial and criminal cases in the people's court system;
From 2015 to 2018, served as Partner at Jiangsu Gold Group Law Firm;
From 2019 to 2024, served as Partner at Beijing Kangda Law Firm Suzhou Office;
From 2024 to 2026, undertook postdoctoral research at the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC);
Since January 2026, Partner at Grandway Law Offices.
Served clients / Service performance
Serving as regular legal counsel to a number of state-owned enterprises and listed companies, and providing specialized legal services for actual controllers and senior executives of listed companies in matters involving illegal information disclosure, insider trading and other securities violations.
Providing specialized legal services for a state-owned enterprise in its bond issuance and direct-financing instruments, and for a listed company in its equity incentive plan.
Representing the actual controller of a listed company in a stock pledge-style repurchase dispute with a securities company (the case was included in the People's Courts Case Database and selected as one of the Top Ten Enforcement Cases of the Shanghai Financial Court for 2018-2023); representing a listed company in a series of securities misrepresentation disputes; representing a company in an equity transfer contract dispute against Haiyin-affiliated entities; representing a well-known animation company in a private fund equity buy-back dispute; and representing a listed company in an investment contract dispute against a Shaanxi provincial state-owned enterprise.
Representing a Shanghai real estate company in a housing sales-agency contract dispute, and representing China Construction Eighth Engineering Division in a construction project contract dispute with a developer in Kunshan.
Providing specialized legal services for a number of private fund managers in registration, major-event changes, fund product filing and outbound investment.
Providing specialized legal services for a listed company's equity investment in a semiconductor equipment company in Busan, South Korea, and for a private enterprise's investments in Vietnam and Singapore.
Providing specialized legal services in due diligence, contract negotiation, transaction structuring and drafting of legal documents for the investment and M&A projects of a number of well-known real estate enterprises.
Publications
Fiduciary Duties of Private Fund Managers, Law Press China, July 2026;
Rethinking and Restructuring the Rules on Cross-Border Income Taxation in the Context of the Digital Economy, Journal of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Issue 1, 2023;
Rethinking and Restructuring the Rules on Cross-Border Income Taxation, International Taxation, Issue 2, 2022;
Reconstruction of International Tax Rules to Meet the Challenges of Digital Economy, Beijing Law Review, Issue 2, 2023;
Fiduciary Duty and Formation of Merger and Reorganization Insider Information, US-China Law Review, Issue 2, 2023;
The Dilemma and Solution of the Multilateral Legal Framework of International Taxation, Beijing Law Review, Issue 3, 2023;
A number of research reports have received written instructions from provincial- and ministerial-level authorities.
