Xiao CHEN

Representative Matters

• Providing legal consultation services to Team Canada (Canadian Olympic Committee and Paralympic Committee) in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

• Representing a prestigious Chinese commercial bank in protecting and enforcing its pledge right upon realty assets for a loan with millions of USD value

• Providing core legal advice and direct negotiation services to a Chinese green energy battery manufacturing public listing company in its USD 2.6 billion joint-venture transaction with Cummins, Daimler Truck and PACCAR for their new factory in United States.
• Representing an new energy manufacturing company in its product liability lawsuit in state court of New York, together with New York team of DeHeng, successfully resolve this case with a great satisfaction from the client.
• Representing a Mexico leading manufacturing company to resolve its tariffs issue with Customs law enforcement agency
• Representing a corporate client in its international sales contract dispute for imported sets of equipment
• Representing a Chinese leading trust company in its investment contract dispute in China
• Representing a Fortune 500 corporate client in its water processing engineering contract dispute in China
• Representing a prestigious European motor vehicle manufacturer to enforce its contractual rights against a Chinese company, providing legal consultation services for a full cross-border dispute resolution plan
• Representing a Fortune 500 corporate client in China for global recall of its consumer products
• Representing a Chinese supplier in complex sales contract against U.S. corporate buyer in arbitration and follow up resolution proceedings
• Representing a prestigious I.T. corporate client for its sales and financing compliance issue

Education Background

• J.D., University of Houston, United States (2011)
• MLI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (2007)
• LL.B, East China University of Political Science and Law, China (2005)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar admission in P.R. China
• Bar admission in New York
• Bar admission in Arizona (Inactive)
• Bar admission in Federal District Court (Arizona)

Professional Background

• Before joining DeHeng, Mr. Chen associated with a U.S. law firm (Phoenix Office), two leading Chinese law firms (Shanghai Office and Beijing Office), and another prestigious Chinese law firm which has joint operation with an international law firm.

Recognitions and Affiliations

• Arbitrator, Xi'an Arbitration Commission (and its International Commercial Arbitration Court) in China
• Attorney Practice Mentor for Graduate Program Students, Renmin University of China Law School, Beijing, China
• Expert, International Compliance IC 500 Think Tank in Beijing, China
• Lawyer List of Handling Foreign-related Matters in Beijing Bar Association, for the practice areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Finance and Capital Market, and International Trade

Selected Publications

• Articles:
• "Key Practice Points for Chinese Bankruptcy Proceeding to Obtain Acknowledgment by U.S. Court", ranked by PKULAW.COM as one of the Best Law Firm Article for the Year of 2015 (2015)
• Medical Devices & Consumer Health Products 2022, Chambers Global Practice Guides. (2022)
• Enforcement of Foreign Judgments – CHINA, LEXOLOGY Getting the Deal Through (2022, 2023)
• "Force Majeure Issue Analysis in the International Sales Contract under COVID-19", DeHeng Insights (May, 2022)
• "Investment on Laos - the Continental Connection Nation in ASEAN, after the China-Lao Railway Opens for Services", DeHeng Insights (May, 2022)