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Fei（Henry）Xiao
Xiao Fei Senior Partner
Dispute Resolution
Corporate and M&A
Compliance and Risk Management
Cross-Border Investment and Trade
Detailed introduction
Mr. Henry Xiao is a partner at Dentons Shanghai office and a core member of the firm's real estate department and dispute resolution team. Prior to joining the firm, Henry was a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm and formerly worked as a PRC legal consultant at Rodyk & Davidson, initially in its Shanghai office and then in its Singapore head office. Presently, Henry sits on the Board of Real Estate Law Studies of Shanghai Bar Association.
Henry specializes in commercial litigation/arbitration, M&A, real estate and inbound & outbound investments. He has advised on and documented a broad range of inbound & outbound investment and M&A projects involving joint ventures or wholly foreign owned enterprises in such industries as construction and operation of infrastructure projects, real estate development, venture capital investment, and retail and franchising services.
Henry is a seasoned, effectively bilingual litigator. He regularly represents local and international clients in a wide range of contentious matters and has successfully acted for quite many of multinational conglomerates in their landmark cases. Henry is also an expert of crisis management and has successfully represented MNCs in customs investigations and proceedings.
Dispute Resolution
- Defended a Japanese MNC against a claim by a PRC listed company for more than USD 200 million before Tianjin Higher Court and PRC Supreme Court, involving issues of the fraud exception to the autonomy of documentary letters of credit.
- Represented a German automotive design house in its dispute with a Chinese automobile manufacturer arising from the automobile design service contract through arbitration before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and through litigation before Zhejiang Provincial Higher Court.
- Represented a European fashion giant in an arbitration proceeding before Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC) against a local shopping mall developer in respect of the premature termination of a ten-year lease of commercial premises.
- Represented Philips Lighting and AkzoNobel in their various dispute resolution matters across China in the capacity as their lead counsel.
Crisis Management
- Represented Tyco successfully responding to Shanghai Customs investigation by its anti-smuggling division.
- Represented several confidential clients in handling investigations by Shanghai Customs.
- Represented Ymatou.com in handling the claims by professional complainants and the advertisement investigations initiated by the Shanghai Market Supervision Administration.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Provided PRC legal services for Carlyle Group and Onyx Group's joint global acquisition of Allison Transmission Division of General Motors.
- Advised an American investment company in its global acquisition of Delta Airlines.
- Advised a Prudential-led real estate fund on successfully disposing of a real estate project in Chongqing that was stranded because of the PRC party's legal troubles, after negotiating and executing all details of the exit.
- Advised a state-controlled Free Trade Zone developer on a cross-border transaction to be entered into with a Tokyo-listed media giant as regards the acquisition of a satellite television business in PRC.
FDI & Outbound Investments
- Advised Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Pudong New Area People's Government on the negotiation and preparation of Shanghai Disney theme park project.
- Advised Hines on its development projects in Shanghai and Beijing, including New Jiangwan project, 21st Century Tower project and River House project, etc.
- Advised a Chinese privately-owned real estate giant on acquiring a copper mine located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from its owner, a Canadian public company.
- Advised Asia Pulp & Paper on some legal issues arising from one of the largest debt restructurings ever taking place in Asia.
- 1998 BA/LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law
- 1993 LL.M (with merit), London School of Economics and Political Science
- 2013 - date Partner, Dentons Shanghai Office
- 2009 - 2013 Partner, Jade & Fountain PRC Lawyers
- 2006 - 2009 Senior Associate/Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm Shanghai Office
- 2003 - 2005 Associate, Richard Wang & Co.
- 2000 - 2002 China Legal Consultant, Rodyk & Davidson Shanghai Rep Office/Headquarter
- 1998 - 1999 Associate, Shanghai Beilin Law Firm
- PRC licensed lawyer
- Practical English Business Contract Examples, Taiwan Angle Publishing, April 2013
- A Brief Introduction to the Anti-monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, Taiwan bimonthly FT Law Review, 2008 Annual
- The Primary Task of Foreign Investment and Taiwanese Businesses in Mainland China-The Establishment and Operation of Chinese Subsidiaries, Taiwan bimonthly FT Law Review, June 2006
- Member of the Board of Real Estate Law Studies of Shanghai Bar Association
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