Keli Xu majored in law and graduated from the East China University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor of Law degree. Mr. Xu joined Watson & Band Law Offices in 2009. Before that he had served as the chief legal officer for a large state-owned enterprise and a large foreign enterprise in Shanghai. He has provided long-term legal services for a total of 28 domestic and foreign companies. Said services include drafting, review and preparation of legal documents; business compliance operations; investment and financing; equity mergers and acquisitions; and resolution of disputes that enterprises encounter in their routine operations, such as disputes contracts, IP rights, labor and employment and shareholders’ rights, etc. He has thereby accumulated rich experience in the area of corporate and commercial law.

Keli Xu is skilled in arbitration, contentious, and non-contentious legal affairs in the fields of: enterprise risk management, equity mergers and acquisitions, company law, contract law, and labor law, etc. Throughout the years, he has gained rich experience in equity mergers and acquisitions and investment and financing (with the total project value reaching over 3 billion RMB).

Projects and cases in which Mr. Xu has participated include:

  • Equity merger and acquisition project in restructuring of ** listed company (equity acquisition of Shanghai Xinno, Shanghai ***): provided legal consultation, advice and review of the project plan and related legal documents;
  • Smart City PPP project of prefecture-level city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: provided legal consultation, advice and review of the project plan and related legal documents;
  • Smart City PPP project of a city in Hunan: provided legal consultation, advice and review of the project plan and related legal documents;
  • Shanghai *** Research Institute Co., Ltd. (Financing) Project of a Shanghai state-owned group: provided legal consultation, advice and review of related legal documents;
  • Equity transfer and transition program of a telemedicine project company: provided legal consultation, advice and review of the project plan and related legal documents;
  • 100% joint equity acquisition project of Shanghai *** Engineering Co., Ltd. by Shanghai ***** Engineering Group Ltd. and ** listed company: provided legal consultation and legal due diligence services.