Jia Weiheng

Introduction

Jia Weiheng is licensed to practise law in China, New York state, and before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In more than 20 years of practice in China and the US, Jia has focused on cross-border M&A, regulatory compliance, as well as labour and employment. With about seven years of legal education in Japan and over four years of practice in the US, he is one of the few lawyers in China who can truly practise law in Chinese, Japanese and English. Blessed by his unique multicultural background and strong trilingual language skills, Jia has extensive experience in representing multinational corporations based in the US, UK, Japan, and the EU, among many other jurisdictions.

Jia has represented corporate clients on numerous deals involving M&A, formation and dissolution of joint ventures, and disposal of assets or business lines. He has substantial experience in advising on regulatory and compliance matters covering a variety of issues including anti-bribery and business ethics, anti-monopoly/unfair competition, as well as data security and protection. Jia is one of the few Independent Compliance Monitors in China recognised by the multilateral development banks including World Bank Group and Asia Development Bank.