Practice areas

Dispute resolution; Entertainment & sports; Investment & financing; M&A

Introduction

Wei Xin is the founder and principle lawyer of Ricc & Co. He is an adjunct professor of East China University of Political Science and Law and an arbitrator of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission. He specialises in legal services for commercial disputes and has served a large number of clients in the entertainment, sports, internet, technology and medical industries.

Wei is skilled at handling complex commercial dispute resolutions in the areas of corporate equity, financial investment and trade financing. Cases he acted on include: the dispute between Mr Shi and shareholders of Sheng’ao Corporation, which resulted in Shi being awarded RMB400 million (USD63 million); the bonded warehouse dispute between Jinan Iron and Steel and Industrial Bank, with the result of winning an award of RMB200 million for the client; and the equity dispute resolution and compulsory liquidation project of Jiangsu Xinghua Guardian Real Estate Company.

In the entertainment and sports industry, Wei has provided legal services for many well-known institutions such as Han Han (Tingdong Films), Bilibili, Ctrip Entertainment and Rainbow Chambers Singers, among others. He has provided whole-process legal services for many films, including The Continent, Duckweed, Pegasus, Only Fools Rush In and Wild Grass. Wei is also the legal counsel for Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau and several sports enterprises, and participates in legislation, industrial management and industrial reform. Under his leadership, Ricc & Co is listed on media, entertainment, sports by China Business Law Journal.

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