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Ye（Daniel）Wei
Wei Ye Senior Partner
Corporate and M&A
Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency
Dispute Resolution
Real Estate, Construction and Energy
Detailed introduction
Mr. Daniel Wei started his career as a lawyer in the legal department of a listed company in 1993 and joined a law firm in 1995. He specializes in the practice areas of M&A, real estate and construction, and dispute resolution with rich practical experience and deep legal expertise.
Daniel was one of the advisers to the administrative department for real estate in Shanghai in developing the standard contract for housing sale and the measures for the administration of payments for pre-sale of commercial residential houses. He is experienced in handling investment, construction, financing, M&A and other legal matters for various types of major commercial and residential real estate projects. He has provided legal services for dozens of well-known residential and commercial real estate projects in Shanghai, including, among others, Chrysanthemum Park, Honwell Garden, Guilong Garden, Zendai Jiayuan, Shui Qing Mu Hua, Jinlin Tiandi, Mandarin Palace, Rancho Santa Fe, Thumb Plaza, JuneYao International Plaza, and the Bund Finance Center. He has also provided legal services for McDonald's, B&Q, Louis Vuitton and other global retail giants in respect of their real estate related matters. He has also provided PPP related legal services for the environmental construction project of Shanghai Chengtou and the APL project of the World Bank. He also regularly advises commercial real estate developers on their hotel investment and management projects.
In addition, Daniel specializes in corporate M&A transactions, especially those involving foreign capital and listed companies. He advised B&Q on its acquisition of OBI's operations in China, Shenhua Holdings (SH600653) on assets stripping and restructuring pertaining to its BMW 4S shops, Boya Bio-pharmaceutical (SZ300294) on its acquisition of several domestic bio-pharmaceutical corporations, Fosun Pharma (SH600196) on its overseas acquisition and spin-off, and Zendai Group (HK0755) and Sunac China (HK1918) on their acquisition of many real estate projects. In addition, he has always been engaged in major commercial litigation and arbitration relating to investment and financing since 1995.
Daniel has provided legal services for quite a number of Fortune 500 companies and reputable domestic enterprises, including CapitalLand, JunYao Properties, Kerry Properties, Shang Shi Real Estate, Sunac China, Vanke Real Estate and Zendai Group in the real estate sector; Shanghai Chengtou, CSCEC, Zhejiang Shunjie and German-based Züblin in the construction and infrastructure sector; BASF, Celanese, CNOOC, Huntsman and Rohmhaas in the energy and chemical sector; Delphi, Shenhua Holdings and Porsche in the automobile sector; B&Q, Hualian Supermarket, McDonald's, Louis Vuitton and Mary Kay in the commercial retail sector; Switzerland-based Novartis, Roche, Shang Shi Pharmaceuticals, Boya Bio-pharmaceutical and Tong Ren Pharmaceuticals in the pharmaceutical sector; Blum, Heidenhain, Hoppecke, Tyco and Ingersoll Rand in the equipment and precise manufacturing sector; Vopak and CHEP in the logistics sector; Cargill, Xueyrong and Guizhou Maotai in the agriculture and food sector; and Hynix-Numonyx Semiconductor in the semiconductor sector.
- Advised B&Q on its acquisition of OBI's operations in China
- Advised Tong Ren Pharmaceuticals on its pesticide asset stripping
- Advised Shenhua Holdings (SH600653) on assets stripping and restructuring pertaining to its BMW 4S shops
- Advised Boya Bio-pharmaceutical (SZ300294) in Jiangxi on its acquisition of several domestic bio-pharmaceutical corporations
- Advised Fosun Pharma (SH600196) on its overseas acquisition and spin-off
- Advised Zendai Group (HK0755) on its acquisition of many real estate projects at home and abroad
- Provided legal services for dozens of well-known residential and commercial real estate projects in Shanghai, including, among others, Chrysanthemum Park, Honwell Garden, Guilong Garden, Zendai Jiayuan, Shui Qing Mu Hua, Jinlin Tiandi, Mandarin Palace, Rancho Santa Fe, Thumb Plaza, JuneYao International Plaza, and the Bund Finance Center
- Provided legal services for the environmental construction project of Shanghai Chengtou and the APL project of the World Bank
- Advised commercial real estate developers on their hotel investment and management, including, for example, the cooperation between Zendai Real Estate and Radisson on the Thumb Plaza project in Shanghai; the cooperation between Zendai Real Estate and Jumeirah on the Shanghai Himalayas Center project; the cooperation between Zendai Real Estate and BanyanTree on the West Town project in Zhujiajiao, Shanghai; the cooperation between Jiulongwan Real Estate and Wyndham and Howard Johnson on the Jiuzhaigou projects, respectively; the cooperation between Jiayi Hotel Management Co., Ltd. and Hilton on a project in Siming District, Xiamen; the cooperation between Rongqiao Group and IHG on the Crowne Plaza Hefei project and the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Tianjin project
- 2012 EMBA, China Europe International Business School
- 2000 LL.M., in Business Law, University of Hertfordshire Law School
- 1999 LL.M., Fudan University Law School
- 1993 LL.B., Fudan University Law School
- 2015 - date Dentons Shanghai Office
- 2003 - 2014 HHP Attorneys-At-Law
- 2001 - 2003 Beijing Tongda Law Firm Shanghai Office
- 1995 - 2001 Shanghai Everbright Law Firm
- 1993 - 1995 Shanghai Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. (SH600623)
- Certified independent director of listed companies
- Improving the Supervision over the Acts and Systems of the Securities Market, Shanghai Economic Forum, May 2001
- Three Points Requiring Attention of Developers to Avoid Order Disputes, Real Estate Times, June 2003
- An Analysis of the Legality of Assigning, Transferring or Leasing Land Use Rights by Management Committees of Development Zones, the Real Estate Practice Forum on the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Some Issues regarding the Application of Laws in the Trial of Cases concerning Disputes over Contracts for State-owned Land Use Rights, November 2005
- Living Status and Training Strategies of Young Lawyers, the Collection of Thesis of Huangpu Lawyers' Forum, 2008
- Significant Impacts of the Latest Judicial Interpretation on Trial of Housing Lease Cases, the Collection of Thesis of Huangpu Lawyers' Forum, 2009
- Suggestions on Building China's Housing Security System (A Study on Issues regarding the Practice and Developments of Real Estate Laws), China Law Press, November 2014
- Executive vice president of Guizhou Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai
- Deputy director of the Legal Committee of Shanghai Real Estate Economic Society
- Member of the Legal Committee of China Real Estate Association
- Member of the Legal Division of Shanghai Real Estate Chamber of Commerce
- Member of the Construction and Real Estate Committee of All China Lawyers Association
- Member of the Construction Law Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association
- Independent director of Jiangsu Tongda Technology Co., Ltd.
- Independent director of Shanghai Xuerong Bio-technology Co., Ltd.
- Independent director of Argus (Shanghai) Textile Chemicals Co., Ltd.
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