Bai Xiao

MANAGING PARTNER

Practice Areas and Work Experience

Ms. Bai has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Tsinghua University, a J.D. and a master’s degreein law from the U.S., and her extensive practicing experience in the U.S. and China ensured the integration of her legal knowledge of civil law and common law systems in her current legal practice.

[Dispute Resolution] Ms. Bai is not only proficient in litigation and arbitration, but also specializes in seeking the best interests of clients through mediation and negotiation. Ms. Bai has represented many large foreign trade enterprises in resolving their foreign trade disputes, including arbitration before the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and in the US, and has promoted the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in China.

[Corporate and Commercial] Ms. Bai has long focused on cross-border business solutions and has acted as perennial legal counsel for a number of large foreign trade enterprises, providing  comprehensive legal support to many foreign clients coming in and domestic clients going out, including: designing corporate structures; identifying business partners; conducting due diligence on international trade and cross-border investments; drafting and reviewing contracts, etc..

[Legal Compliance] Legal compliance has become a crucial project for entities from all industries both in China and abroad. Ms. Bai has assisted both Chinese companies and foreign companies in developing full compliance policies such as AML and Cyber Security policies as well as their executions (subject to HK, SG, US, UK and PRC laws).

[Intellectual Property] Ms. Bai also focuses on enhancing clients’ soft power and competitiveness, creating systematic IPR services, including: assisting clients in formulating IPR development strategies and establishing a sound trade secret protection system; advising clients on the best IPR protection and value-added solutions, and representing or assisting clients in patent applications, trademark registration and copyright registration; drafting various IPR assignment and licensing agreements, etc. Ms. Bai has also acted for a number of multinational companies in resolving their IPR
disputes in China.

Prior to joining Zhong Wen Law Firm, Ms. Bai was a lawyer of Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Chicago,USA. She worked in the IP department and handled a lot of related businesses such as confirmation, maintenance, licensing and transfer of IPR.

Key Projects

  • Chinese Listed Company’s Acquisition of Overseas Oil & Gas Assets: CFIUS Filing & Offshore Control Acquisition Project
  • Investment Dispute (HKIAC) between a Chinese Education Group (and its Cayman Islands Affiliate) & Equity Purchaser
  • Arbitration Case for Sales Contract Dispute between a Chinese Company & a Colombian Company at ICC International Court of ArbitrationArbitration case of equity investment dispute between an internet company along with its offshore entities and a BVI company at HKIAC
  • Arbitration case of a sales contract dispute between a Chinese company and a Colombian company at the International Court of Arbitration (ICC)
  • Arbitration case of a sales contract dispute between a Chinese semiconductor equipment company and a US company at CIETAC Shanghai.
  • Conducted legal due diligence and contract review for an overseas loan and guarantee project of a Chinese policy bank
  • Advised on sanctions risks in connection with an overseas loan project of a Chinese policy bank
  • Legal compliance for a CPE Fund and its project-specific vehicle
  • Represented a Chinese policy bank in a financial loan contract dispute
  • Transfer of a Niseko real estate project from Hong Kong investment company.
  • CATL and Ford’s Collaboration on Plant Construction in USA
  • A consultancy firm in the UAE advising a Chinese railway engineering enterprise on an EPC project in Nigeria
  • Served as legal adviser of a famous publishing company in Chicago, USA.
  • Acquisition of a Russian enterprise by a Chinese listed aviation company
  • Technology transfer project between a listed Chinese aviation company and an Argentinean enterprise
  • VIE project for the listing of a domestic live streaming platform in Hong Kong
  • Litigation between a Hong Kong foreign trade company and a German railway company in the High Court of Hong Kong
  • Arbitration case of procurement contract dispute between a Chinese environmental protection material company and a Swiss company at SIAC
  • Arbitration case of reseller agreement dispute between a Network Storage Technology Company in China and a Security Technology Company in Israel at CIETAC HK
  • Arbitration case of agency contract dispute between an investment enterprise in the United Arab Emirates and an equipment manufacturing enterprise in China at The ICC International Court of Arbitration (Singapore)
  • An investment enterprise in the United Arab Emirates applies to the Chinese court for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards

Educational Background

  • LL.M. – University of Chicago Law School                   2017
  • J.D. – Chicago-Kent College of Law                               2009
  • Bachelor of Engineering – Tsinghua University          2005

Professional Qualifications

  • Admitted to the Illinois Bar, USA 2009
  • Admitted to the Chinese Bar 2011

Awards

  • Top 15 Foreign-related Lawyers (2025) -Legalband
  • Litigation Star (2025) -Benchmark Litigation
  • TheA-List Growth Drivers (2024) -China Business Law Journal
  • Stellar Accolade (2024) -LegalOne
  • The A-List Rising Star (2024) -China Business Law Journal
  • Top 15 Women Lawyer in China (2024) -Legalband

Working Languages

  • Chinese, English, French

SerVice COUNTRY/REGION

The USA, United Kingdom, Singapore, Cuba, Spain, Mongolia
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