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Chunbin Xu focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, regulatory compliance and corporate governance, nonprofits, anti-monopoly, as well as other general corporate matters.
Based in the Shanghai office, Chunbin advises Chinese and foreign clients in a broad range of industries on their investments and operations, including aviation, automobile, manufacturing, energy, technology, commercial and distribution, publications, telecommunication, and hotels and travel business industries. He assists clients with transaction structuring and transaction documents and advise clients on a variety of issues, such as industry policies, regulatory and compliance requirements, import and export, competition law, commercial transactions, employment issues and other relevant issues.
Passed the People’s Republic of China (PRC) bar examination in 2011*
*Same as the other international law firms, our China offices and staff are not permitted by the Ministry of Justice of China to practice PRC law.
Representative Experience
Recent Representation of Chinese Clients
- Representing a major Chinese airline on US-China export control and various regulatory compliance matters related to its U.S.-China operation as well as litigation in the U.S.
- Representing a major Chinese cargo airline in response to U.S. government’s inquiries.
- Representing a subsidiary of a leading Chinese nuclear group corporation in its overseas nuclear projects in the UK and France, including the largest nuclear energy project contract that Chinese companies have ever won in the European market.
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- Representing a leading Chinese airline group corporation and its subsidiaries as the long-term general counsel on various matters in relation to business operation and regulatory compliance in North America (including without limitation issues of competition law, data privacy, export control, aviation regulatory compliance, responses to government investigations, etc.)
- Representing a leading Chinese high-tech AI company in its regulatory compliance of U.S. export control and sanction laws.
- Representing several subsidiaries of a leading Chinese nuclear group corporation with respect to their various U.S. export control law and sanction law compliance and risk control matters.
- Representing a leading Chinese insurance group corporation and its subsidiary as the long-term general counsel in various overseas’ business operation and regulatory compliance matters.
- Represented a state-owned nuclear fuel company and its subsidiary in the negotiations and executions of Enrichment Fuel Supply and Service Agreement with U.S. partners and a set of ancillary agreements.
- Advised and prepared white paper reports to a leading Chinese nuclear group company in relation to (i) Legal and Economic Market of a Potential Site for its Proposed Establishment of U.S. Headquarters; (ii) Overview of Geothermal Market and Opportunities; (iii) Analysis regarding Possible Next Step Transaction with (including possible acquisition of) Westinghouse; and (iv) United Sates Nuclear Export Controls.
- Represented a Chinese leading airline company in its response to the anti-trust investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice with a successful result of quite closing of case without any penalty charges.
- Represented a PRC state-owned asset management company in document drafting and negotiation with respect to its issuance of new shares to strategic investors.
- Recent Representation of Foreign Clients
- Advising a U.S.-based aircraft manufacturing company on its proposed license and distribution agreement with a Chinese aircraft company as well as proposed investment by Chinese investors in the client’s subsidiary in Europe.
- Assisting a major South American airline in its various regulatory compliance matters in China as well as its renewal of license and permit with CAAC, registration authority and IATA China office. Assisting the same airline in negotiations and settlements with GSA and sales agents in a passenger class lawsuit in China.
- Advising a global manufacturing leader of mechanical pipe joining & pipe union products on matters related to joint venture, land purchase, construction and regulatory compliance matters and investigations in China.
- Representing a Japanese motor manufacturer in negotiation and agreement drafting with respect to its cooperation with its Chinese partner in the local production and sales of a premium brand in China.
- Representing the China headquarters of the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer in its acquisition, greenfield investments, strategic alliance, business restructuring, and regulatory compliance in China.
- Representing a U.S.-based healthcare company in its incorporation and operational license for market entry in China.
- Representing a leading nuclear technology research and development institute in its regulatory compliance and China-related operational matters.
- Advised a leading multinational manufacturer of business jets and rail in its various China related matters including, without limitation, distribution structure, data privacy, employments, and regulatory compliance, etc.
- Represented various U.S.-based global non-profit organization in its market entry and regulatory compliance in China.
- Advised a world leading European headquartered automobile company’s China headquarters with respect to business expansion on insurance agency business and other consumer services compliance.
- Represented a U.S.-based digital cinema devices manufacture in its various commercial transactions in China and other regulatory compliance issues.
- Represented a leading provider of technology and business service for the telecommunications industry in the PRC internal investigation in relation to FCPA compliance issues.
- Represented a French publishing company in its joint venture with its Chinese partner.
- Represented a leading global timeshare exchange corporation in its in-bound investment and restructuring and other regulatory compliance issues.
- Represented a leading provider of communications networking solutions in its China entry strategy, entity formation and ongoing corporate compliance issues.
Education
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LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2017
LL.M., Peking University School of Law, 2012
LL.B., Peking University School of Law, 2010
Admissions
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New York
People's Republic of China
Languages
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Chinese (Mandarin)
English
Chinese (Shanghai)