Practice areas

Antitrust & competition

Introduction

Huang Wei is the managing partner of Tian Yuan Law Firm, deputy director and general secretary at the Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Professional Committee of the All China Lawyers Association, an arbitrator at China International Economic & Trade Association, and the First China Expert at the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Competition.

Huang has been listed as a leading lawyer in “Competition & Antitrust” by Chambers & Partners for seven consecutive years, “The A List (China’s Top 100 Lawyers)” by China Business Law Journal for eight consecutive years, “Band 1 in Antitrust & Competition” by LEGALBAND for seven consecutive years, “China Top 15 Litigators” by Asia Legal Business, and awarded Competition Lawyer of the Year 2020 and 2022 by China Law & Practice.

Huang has long been dedicated to antitrust practice, including antitrust litigation, investigation, merger filing, and antitrust compliance, etc. Huang has represented clients in a series of China’s landmark antitrust lawsuits, which among others, include the first antitrust dispute heard by the Supreme People’s Court (Qihoo 360 v Tencent, winning the case representing Tencent), the first judicial review of administrative penalty decision on vertical price agreement (Hainan Yutai case), the first case on arbitrability of antitrust dispute in China, the “choose one from two” antitrust litigation between JD and Alibaba, and the antitrust litigation between Qualcomm and Apple. Huang has assisted clients in a number of antitrust investigations, such as the LCD Panel case, the Moutai Wuliangye case, the Qualcomm case, the world’s three major chip companies, and three globally leading music labels, etc. Regarding merger filing, Huang advised clients from a broad range of industries, such as automotive, semiconductor, consumer electronics, wireless communication, pharmaceutical, chemical, and energy. Huang has also provided competition compliance service to dozens of multinational enterprises and large SOEs as well.

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