Hylands Law Firm

Corporate，Banking & Finance，Wealth Management & Inheritance

Partner

February 2019–Present | Beijing Hylands (Shenzhen) Law Firm | Senior Partner January 2010–February 2019 | Beijing Zhongyin (Shenzhen) Law Firm | Senior Partner August 2003–December 2009 | Guangdong Yueshang Law Firm, Guangdong Wansheng Law Firm | Full-time Attorney January 2001–July 2003 | Guangdong Tiandi Yuan Law Firm | Trainee Attorney, Full-time Attorney July 1983–December 2000 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Hunan Hengyang Branch Business Department & Guangdong Huizhou Pingyang City Credit Union | Chief Accountant, Audit Supervisor, Deputy Section Chief of Planning and Credit Division, Deputy Director of Office, Business Department Director, Deputy General Manager and Chief Accountant

Professional Background Attorney Xu holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Economics, is a certified accountant, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. He specializes in corporate listing and enterprise legal risk management, tax law, serves as an arbitrator for the Zhaoqing Arbitration Commission, an independent director of listed companies, a member of the Legal Affairs and Internal Affairs and Judicial Affairs Committee of the Seventh Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Futian District People's Congress, and an expert for the Supreme People's Procuratorate's “Civil and Administrative Case Consultation Network.” With 18 years of financial and accounting experience and 22 years of legal practice, he possesses both financial expertise and corporate management knowledge, combining seasoned legal experience with deep financial industry insights. His practice focuses on tax law, accounting and finance, securities and banking, real estate, corporate governance, family wealth and succession planning, asset management, compliance, and government regulation. He possesses extensive experience in tax planning, corporate compliance, specialized government legal services, bank lending, financing guarantees, venture capital, private equity and investment funds, insurance, foreign investment, corporate shareholding restructuring, domestic and international stock and bond issuance and listing, corporate mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy liquidation, corporate legal counsel, criminal defense, administrative litigation, civil litigation, and arbitration. Has handled over 100 criminal defense cases, more than 3,000 civil litigation and arbitration matters, over 100 administrative hearings, reconsiderations, and litigation cases, and thousands of non-litigation legal services.

Chinese

Qualification as a Chinese Attorney Qualification as a Chinese Certified Public Accountant Qualification as an Independent Director of a Listed Company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Professional Affiliations January 2022–December 2025 | Shenzhen Lawyers Association | Member, Asset Management and Finance Specialized Committee January 2022–December 2025 | Shenzhen Lawyers Association | Member, Tax Law Specialized Committee January 2022–December 2025 | Shenzhen Lawyers Association | Member, Third Volunteer Service Group of Lawyers Dispatched to the First Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court April 2021–March 2026 | Zhaoqing Arbitration Commission | Arbitrator, Sixth Term

September 1996 – November 1999 | Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences | Economics | Graduate Studies September 1985 – July 1988 | Xiangtan University | Law | Undergraduate Studies September 1981 – July 1983 | Hunan Banking School | Accounting | Secondary Vocational Education