Edward Lu

Introduction

Edward Lu is a partner in DaHui Lawyers’ Beijing office and the managing partner of the firm’s Wuhan office. With over a decade of practice, he focuses on complex commercial disputes and investigations, particularly specialising in cross-border matters. He has represented Chinese and foreign clients in hundreds of cases involving Chinese litigation and arbitration, international arbitration, cross-border litigation, government investigations, internal corporate investigations, crisis management, and labour disputes, and has been praised by clients as “knowledgeable in international dispute resolution” and “experienced in all types of commercial disputes including real estate, construction and energy”.

Lu’s dispute resolution capabilities have been tested in real combat. He has successfully represented clients in domestic and international arbitration cases conducted in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and elsewhere. He has prevailed in litigation in various courts across China as a trial lawyer, and has acted as a leading lawyer in a number of cross-border litigations before foreign courts. In recent years, Lu has handled many high-profile cases, including representing a Chinese state-owned investment group in a series of corporate control disputes involving over RMB2 billion (USD283.8 million) in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, with more than 10 arbitration and litigation cases. He successfully represented an American investment company in a series of post-acquisition Chinese litigation proceedings triggered by the scuttling of a RMB600 million acquisition. Thanks to his profound understanding of Chinese law and practice, Lu has been invited on several occasions to provide expert opinions on Chinese law to legal proceedings outside China.

Government and internal investigations are also in Lu’s wheelhouse. He has extensive experience in assisting multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies with complex government investigations, internal investigations, and crisis management, covering anti-fraud, commercial bribery, non-compliant related-party transactions, and trade secret infringement, advertising compliance and labour, enabling clients to avoid penalties and recover substantial losses.

Lu has been recognised as a Rising Star in 2025 by China Business Law Journal, and listed in The Legal 500’s inaugural Arbitration Powerlist – China in 2023. In 2022, he was recommended by The Legal 500 in Dispute Resolution for both Litigation and Arbitration.