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XIAO, Wei Founding Partner, Served for many years as the Managing Partner and Chair of the Management Committee at JunHe LLP

Founding partner Xiao Wei is a long-standing practitioner with a wealth of experience in M&A transactions. Clients also benefit from his insight in regulatory and compliance issues.

Chambers Global 2018

Professional Experience

Mr.   Xiao established JunHe LLP as one of the founding partners.


Affiliations   and Awards


Mr.   Xiao serves as Deputy Director of the Strategy Committee of the All-China   Lawyers Association. He was among the first group of lawyers in China to have   been named by the Ministry of Justice as “Top Ten Attorneys”. He was also   identified as “National Outstanding Lawyer” and “Excellent Professional of   the Beijing Municipality”. He served as a delegate to the 8th Beijing   Municipal Congress of the Communist Party of China, member of the Internal   and Judicial Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth   People’s Congress of the Dong Cheng District of Beijing. He was a past deputy   to the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress. He was a member of the   Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the Issuance Examination Committee of the China   Securities Regulatory Commission between 1999 and 2003 and member of the   Listing Company Material Restructuring Examination Committee of the China   Securities Regulatory Commission between 2002 and 2004. Mr. Xiao has served   as a committee member of the First, Second, and Third Sessions of the Chinese   Overseas Friendship Association and the Chinese Society of International Law,   and council member of the 11th Beijing Lawyers Association (BLA). He held the   office of arbitrator of the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), financial   arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration   Commission (CIETAC).  He formerly held   the position of legal advisor to the State-owned Assets Supervision and   Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), legal advisor to the   Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT), member of   Beijing Municipal Committee Legal Experts Pool, member of Beijing Municipal   Expert Advisory Committee on Optimizing Business Environment, expert of   Supreme People's Procuratorate Civil Administrative Prosecutorial   Consultation Network. He acted as the vice president of the second council of   Beijing Real Estate Law Society, expert member of the Council of China PE   Secondary Market Development Alliance, as well as consultant of Investment   Banking Committee of Securities Association of China (SAC). He successively   held the positions of independent director of Shenzhen Guangju Energy Co.,   Ltd., Zhong Ou Asset Management Company, China Pacific Insurance (Group)   Company, Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation (WISCO), Yantai Changyu   Pioneer Wine Co. Ltd., Hua Xia Bank and Bank of Shanghai.


In   2017, Mr. Xiao was recognized by the Financial Times as “Innovation in   Managing and Developing Talent”. He was named as “Managing Partner of the   Year” seven times in a row and “Dealmaker of the Year” for three consecutive   years by Asian Legal Business, a leading law magazine in Asia. He has been   consistently rated as “Senior Statesperson” and “Eminent Practitioner” in   Corporate, Securities, and Mergers & Acquisitions fields by the UK's   authoritative rating agency, Chambers & Partners. He was honored with the   Chambers Greater China "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2025.



Education

LL.B., Peking University


LL.M., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


LL.M., Columbia Law School


Professional Associations

Mr. Xiao was admitted to the Chinese Bar in 1987. 

Language Skills

Mandarin and English



JunHe is the only Chinese law firm to be admitted as a member of Lex Mundi and Multilaw, two international networks of independent law firms. JunHe and selected top law firms in major European and Asian jurisdictions are “best friends.” Through these connections, we provide high quality legal services to clients doing business throughout the world.
As the first carbon neutrality fund sponsored by a law firm in China, the BAF Carbon Neutrality Special Fund was jointly established by JunHe and the Beijing Afforestation Foundation (BAF) to promote carbon neutral initiatives, and encourage social collaboration based on the public fundraising platform to mobilize engagement in public welfare campaigns.