Dr. Arthur (Xiao) Dong
Qualified Year: 1996 Bar qualification of the People’s Republic of China
Dr. Arthur (Xiao) Dong is a partner from JunHe LLP. He has worked as a PRC lawyer nearly 30 years. He has focused on complex matters of international commercial arbitration and litigation in relation to cross-border transactions. His expertise covers a wide spectrum, including: international trade, technology transfer and intellectual property protection, cross-border investments, antitrust private litigation and M&A, as well as distribution and franchise disputes. He has been continuously recognized as a leading practitioner in arbitration by renowned organizations such Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, Legal 500, Benchmark, and Asialaw.
Arthur has been enrolled in the listed Panel of Arbitrators/Mediators of several well-established arbitration institutions such as HKIAC, SIAC, KCAB, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC, SCIA, AIAC, WIPO. He is also a council member of the HKIAC. Arthur is a sought-after arbitrator among the Asia-Pacific arbitration institutions. Arthur has been appointed as arbitrator on more than 330 occasions. He is also a frequent speaker on international commercial arbitration and mediation.
He has been acting as legal counsel or arbitrator under the CIETAC Rules, BAC Rules, SHIAC Rules, ICC Rules, UNCITRAL Rules, HKIAC Rules, SIAC Rules, SCC Rules, ICDR Rules, etc. He has served as counsel in more than 30 cases concerning the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards in different jurisdictions pursuant to the New York Convention. He has also been invited to act as an expert witness on Chinese law in several arbitration and litigation cases outside of China.
Arthur is the author/co-author of several books/articles on international dispute resolution. As an active author of law practice articles, he has also published a number of works with Lexis Nexis.