Kevin Xu

Professional Experience

• Kevin Xu is Senior Partner of MHP Law Firm. He has been qualified to practice in PRC since 2001 and permitted to practise as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong since 2010. He obtained his overseas legal practice training with Mills & Reeve LLC, Cambridge, U.K. in the year of 2006. During around 17 years of legal practice, he advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, capital reorganization, labor and employment, and others. He also advises foreign universities on their education cooperation projects with Chinese educational institutions and corporate and commercial matters.
  Kevin was elected as a Member of Shanghai Xuhui District Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2016. He is a Member of the Foreign Affair Committee, the Young Lawyer Committee, and the Education and Sports Committee of Shanghai Bar Association. He is also a Member of Legal Advisory Committee of Shanghai Association for Science and Technology. He penned essays and articles in professional legal publications, periodicals and magazines such as China Business Law Journal and Shanghai Lawyers.

Published Articles

• “Apple sues Qualcomm over abuse of dominant market position” , ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL, (February 2017)

• “Anti-trust guideline for automotive industry introduces presumed exemption for vertical agreements”, ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL, (May 2016)

• “New Regulations for QFIIs Foreshadow Trend of Increased Foreign Investment”, China Business Law Journal (September 2012)

• “Equity Incentive Rules Modified for Overseas Listed Companies”, China Business Law Journal (July and August 2012)

• “Capital Contributions to FIEs in the Form of Equity”, China Business Law Journal (June 2011)

• “Naming your foreign investment enterprise”, China Business Law Journal (May 2011)

• “Internet Sales by Foreign Investment Enterprises”, China Business Law Journal (November 2010)

• “Foreign-invested Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities”, China Business Law Journal (March 2010)

• “Commercial Bribery and Risk Control”, Shanghai Lawyers (February 2010)

• “Analysis on Antitrust Regulation on Mergers and Acquisitions”, Shanghai Lawyers (April 2009)

Educational Background

• Master of Law, Fudan University Law School

• Bachelor, Fudan University Law School