SHI, Stone
Senior Partner
Dr. Stone Shi's main practice areas include international trade and customs law, cross-border investment, and foreign-related dispute resolution. In addition, Dr. Shi has a solid theoretical foundation and rich practical experience in private equity funds, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fiscal and tax compliance optimization, as well as litigation and arbitration.
Dr. Stone Shi graduated from the School of International Law of East China University of Political Science and Law, where he obtained a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree in law. He later received a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley (U.S.), and an EMBA from the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University.
International Trade and Customs Law
This area covers trade remedies and customs affairs, forced labor and supply chain regulation, import-export control and response, trade sanctions and compliance, etc. Specifically:
• Trade Remedies: Dr. Shi provides legal services to Chinese export enterprises and industries in responding to anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard investigations by countries such as the U.S., EU, India, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia.
• Import-Export Control and Trade Compliance: Based on the specific characteristics of enterprises, he offers risk assessments for import-export control and trade sanctions, response strategies, compliance solutions and recommendations, and assists clients in establishing compliance systems.
• Customs, Forced Labor, and Supply Chain Regulation: He assists Chinese enterprises in facing law enforcement investigations by foreign government agencies and provides professional legal services for establishing compliance systems and supply chain traceability.
Cross-Border Investment
This includes legal services for cross-border investments in the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and other regions. Specifically, Dr. Shi:
• Designs transaction structures for cross-border investments;
• Conducts due diligence on overseas investment destinations;
• Drafts and revises transaction documents;
• Handles fiscal and tax optimization issues in transactions;
• Assists in project closing and resolves legal issues in post-project operations.
Foreign-Related Dispute Resolution
This involves litigation and arbitration proceedings for major legal disputes arising from international trade and cross-border investment. Dr. Shi has extensive experience in international dispute resolution, such as:
• Representing a large ore import-export group in an international commercial arbitration case with a world-class Brazilian mining company;
• Serving as the long-term legal counsel for the Shanghai branch of a Belgian steel group, handling multiple steel import-export trade disputes;
• Representing a German trading company in international trade disputes with its domestic export suppliers;
• Representing a large private enterprise in Zhejiang Province in M&A disputes with an acquired German company.
Social functions
- Arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Center.
- Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission.
- Expert for Evaluation of Insurance Private Equity Funds of China Insurance Asset Management Association.
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