LU Xingwei-北京观韬律师事务所

LU Xingwei

Partner | Shanghai

Dispute Resolution ·Cross-border Trade and Trade Compliance & Remedies ·Compliance and Investigation

luxw@guantao.com

Brief

Attorney LU Xingwei's primary practice areas include import and export controls, sanctions compliance, as well as domestic and cross-border dispute resolution.

Attorney LU has long provided perennial legal advisory services to cross-border e-commerce companies, import and export trading firms, and leading enterprises in specialized manufacturing sectors. He specializes in providing legal services to trading companies and technology-driven enterprises, including matters related to export controls and sanctions compliance. Attorney LU has also maintained long-term collaboration with U.S. law firms, offering Chinese-invested enterprises legal services concerning U.S.-related compliance matters.

Attorney LU specializes in resolving complex domestic and cross-border disputes. He has assisted famous PRC football club in several milestone sports law arbitrations before FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and Court of Arbitration for Sport. Attorney LU has also cooperated with lawyers from different jurisdictions in the overall and specific strategies for several serial cross[1]border cases. In addition, Attorney LU has also handled a series of cases involving company control disputes and disputes over liability for damages to company interests, for several overseas listed companies or well-known funds. He has also provided legal services to domestic and international banks, including UBS Group, Citibank, and Bank of Communications, in matters such as loan contract disputes, guarantee contract disputes, cross-border recovery, and litigation involving foreign financial derivatives.

Work Experiences

Attorney LU Xingwei serves as an evaluater expert for the national high-level talent cultivation program in export controls, and has participated in the Major National Social Science Fund Project. He is currently a practice supervisor for the export control master's programs at four pilot universities—the University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shenzhen University, and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies—as well as a practice supervisor in export controls at Shanghai Customs College.

Attorney LU Xingwei is a member of the China Democratic League and a member of the International Law Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association. Attorney LU first joined Guantao Law Firm in 2012 and returned to Guantao in 2019. He previously worked at King & Wood. Attorney LU's working languages are Chinese and English.

Attorney LU obtained Bachelor of Law in East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), Master of Law in London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and Master of Corporate Law in Cambridge University.

Field

Dispute Resolution Cross-border Trade and Trade Compliance & Remedies Compliance and Investigation