LIN Wei

Dr. Lin serves as Executive Director of P.C.WOO & ZHONGLUN W.D. LLP, Senior Partner of Zhonglun W&D Shanghai Office, and Foreign Lawyer of P.C. Woo & Co., Solicitors (Hong Kong).

Dr. Lin is qualified to practice law in China and registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong. Specializing in cross-border mergers & acquisitions, insolvency restructuring, overseas compliance & anti-corruption, and complex commercial dispute resolution, he provides legal counsel both to multinational corporations and financial insurance institutions operating in China, as well as offers comprehensive legal services supporting Chinese state-owned and private enterprises in their global expansion. This includes strategic overseas investments, financial investments, and compliance-driven international operations management, particularly in Belt and Road Initiative jurisdictions.

Dr. Lin has advised numerous Fortune 500 companies on their China operations. His current and former clients include: General Electric (USA), Alstom Group (France), Ping An Insurance Group, Taiping Insurance Group, Taikang Insurance Group, Barclays Bank (UK), Deutsche Bank (Germany), BNP Paribas (France), Dah Sing Bank (Hong Kong), Bank of Communications Financial Leasing, Tian'an China Investment Group, Uni-President China Investment Group, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, Norinco Group, Joyy Inc., and Perfect World Co., Ltd.

Dr. Lin has participated in numerous international arbitration cases in relation to cross-border investment and maritime affairs, in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris, Geneva), and engaged in dozens of transnational Mergers and Acquisitions projects with an amount over billions of U.S. dollars in Europe, United States, Asia and Africa, involving real estate, engineering construction, machinery manufacturing, new energy, medicine, food, fashion consumer products, educational media, e-commerce, IT industry, etc.

Dr Lin graduated from the Universitéde Paris II in France with a doctorate degree in law. Prior to joining Zhonglun W&D, Mr Lin worked for Ping An of China, as well as the well-known international law firm in Shanghai and Paris. Currently, Mr. Lin is also a registered foreign lawyer of P.C. Woo & Co. in Hong Kong, China representative of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers), Asia-Pacific regional director of INTERLAW,  visiting professor and external tutor of University of Paris II, Emlyon Business School, Skema Business School, Central South University, Sun Yat-sen University, East China University of Political Science and Law, East China Normal University, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and an expert mediator of the Asian Court of International Arbitration (ACIA), Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), and Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Center,  

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES

Dr. Lin has published numerous articles on Chinese and foreign publications such as "International Economic Law Series", "Peking University Law Review", "China Maritime Law Annual Report", "World Shipping", "Notarization Seminar", "Law Press", etc. Major publications and lectures are as follows:

* "Study on the Exercise of Subrogation Rights by Marine Insurers in China", Volume 10, Annual of China Maritime Law, Dalian Maritime University Press, 1998;

* "A Preliminary Study on the Utmost Good Faith Duty of Marine Insurers", Volume 13, China Maritime Law Annual Report, Dalian Maritime University Press, 2001;

* "Study on the Influence of Unreasonable Deviation on the Contractor's Exemption Rights", World Shipping, Issue 2, 2000;

* "Study on the Impact of Contract Law on China's Freight Forwarding Legal System", World Shipping, Issue 6, 2000;

* "Study on the Implementation of The Notification of the Insured's Involvement at Sea", Annual of Maritime Law (Peking University Review of Maritime Law), Law Press, fifth series, September 2001;

* "Study on the 'Guarantee' in the Marine Insurance Law", International Economic Law Series, Xiamen University Press, Fifth series, July 2002;

* "Introduction to the French Real Estate Announcement System", Notarization Seminar, Issue 1 (Issue 26 in total), 2005;

* "Analysis of Some Legal Issues Concerning Chinese Enterprises Mergers and Acquisitions in France", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 2, 2009 (published in August 2009);

* "The Relationship Between the Transfer of Bill of Lading and the Transfer of Ownership of Goods - The Influence of 'Control Rights' on the Relationship Under the Rotterdam Rules", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 3, 2009 (published in November 2009);

* "Legal Practice Analysis on Chinese Enterprises Acquiring Japanese Enterprises", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 3, 2009 (published in November 2009);

* "How Chinese Lawyers Help Chinese Enterprises to 'Go Abroad' for Merger & Acquisition" - Chinese Enterprises Go Abroad for Merger & Acquisition Law and Tax Issues Summit, September 2009, Beijing, China;

* "How Lawyers Can Help Chinese Enterprises to 'Go Abroad' for Merger & Acquisition", Shanghai Lawyer, Issue 7 (Issue 673 in total), 2010;

* "Personal Data Protection in Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition", International Youth Lawyers Association 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting, September 2012, Barcelona, Spain;

* "The Chinese Legal Environment Related to Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition", 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Asian Law Association, November 2012, Bali, Indonesia;

* "Protection of Fashion Design in China", International Fashion Law Seminar, Union Internationale des Avocats and International Youth Lawyers Association, February 2013, New York, USA.

* "Discussion on the Development Model of Law Firms", 26th Annual Meeting of the Asian Law Association, October 2013, Singapore.

* "Legal Protection of Chinese Enterprises Go Abroad under the 'Belt and Road' Pattern", Law Press, 2015, Beijing, China.

* "Comprehensive Operation of Corporate Merger & Acquisition and Legal Risk Prevention and Control", China Legal Publishing House, 2016 (Second Edition, 2018), Beijing, China.

* "Chinese Investment in Africa - Risk Control & Dispute Resolution", China Law Press, 2022, Beijing, China.

ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

* China International Investment Arbitration Forum -- Vice Chair

* INTERLAW Independent Law Firms Alliance -- AP Director

* Université PARIS II Panthéon-Assas (France) -- Visiting professor

* EmLyon Business School (France) -- Visiting professor

* School of Knowledge Economy and Management (France)-- Visiting professor

* East China University of Political Science and Law -- Visiting professor 

* East China Normal University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

* Shanghai University of International Business and Economics -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

* ZhongNan University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for Ph.D in law

* Xi'An Jiaotong University -- External Supervisor for Ph.D in law

* ZhongShan University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

HONORS

* Awarded as "25 Hot Lawyer in China" by ALB China Law Awards in 2011;

* Awarded as "China Top 15 Rising Lawyers" by ALB China Law Awards in 2013;

* Awarded as "China Client Choice Top 20" by ALB China Law Awards in 2013;

* Nominated for "Shanghai Excellent Young Lawyers" by Shanghai Bar Association in 2014;

* "One Thousand Foreign-related Business Lawyers" by Ministry of Justice of P.R.China in 2019;

* Awarded as "China Top 15 Overseas Investment Lawyers" by ALB China Law Awards in 2025.