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  • TEL

    86 21 – 51096488 - 108

  • EMAIL

    weixin@ricc.com.cn

  • LOCATION

    Shanghai

  • LANGUAGE

    Chinese and English

WEI Xin/ Equity Partner

Sam Wei graduated from the Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law. He is the founder and senior partner of RICC & CO., specializing in corporate financial legal services, including equity investment and financing, restructuring by M&A, equity incentives, corporate governance, legal services for film and television cultural enterprises, and commercial litigations.

 

Sam Wei serves as a member of the CPPCC Committee of Changning District, Shanghai; part-time professor and master's supervisor of East China University of Political Science and Law; arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission; and was selected into the Shanghai Youth Legal Talent Pool. He also serves as a director of the Shanghai Bar Association, director of the Information Technology Working Committee, director of the Legal Technology Committee, and director of the Sports Professional Committee; legal adviser to the Changning District Government of Shanghai, perennial legal adviser of the Shanghai Administrative of Sports, and legal adviser of the Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District Management Committee.

  • Representative Cases

    Sam Wei is skilled in handling complex commercial disputes, especially equity and debt recovery disputes. Representative cases include:

    •Mr. Shi v. Shengao shareholder equity dispute case, won the lawsuit and obtained a compensation of 400 million yuan for client ;  

    •Industrial Bank v. Jinan Iron and Steel related to confirming storage dispute, won the lawsuit and obtained a compensation of 200 million yuan, and the case was selected as a guiding case by the Supreme Court;  

    •The equity dispute resolution and compulsory liquidation project for Jiangsu Xinghua Jiade Real Estate Company;  

    •Representing Guangming Group's subsidiary companies to handle multiple litigation cases involving personality confusion and shareholder damage to creditors' interests.


    Sam Wei also expertised in the entertainment and sports industries, with representative cases including:

    •Providing full legal services for the films "Continent",“Surprise”, "Duckweed", "Pegasus", "Wild Grass", "Only Fools Rush In", "Born to Fly", "Godspeed", "Just For Meeting You", etc.;  

    •Hosting the legal services for multi-rounds of equity financing between "Tingdong Film Industry" and Bona and Alibaba;  

    •Providing entertainment law legal services for Bilibili, Rainbow Chamber Singers, and Ctrip;  

    •Providing legal services for Han Han, Fu Shouer, Wang Zuozhong, and Mandarin band;  

    •Serving as legal adviser of the Shanghai Sports Bureau, hosting projects such as Xujiahui Sports Park and Hongqiao Sports Park, and undertaking multiple decision-making consulting and research projects of the General Administration of Sport of China.


    Sam Wei is highly trusted by clients in corporate commercial legal services and compliance legal services, with representative cases including:

    •Providing special compliance risk control services for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), Guangming Group, and Shanghai Petrochemical.


  • Insights

    The professional research by Sam Wei:

    《The Equity Setting of the Start-up Business》, 《Partnership Mechanism of Ali Baba》, 《Practices of Equity Incentive Plan》, 《The Interpretation of NEEQ》, 《The Analysis of Crowd-funding Model》, 《The Legal Practice of Financial Leasing》, 《The Risk Management for Financial Leasing Company》, 《The Analysis of and Strategies to the Business Opportunity in Free Trade Zone》, 《The Risk Management of Internet Finance》, 《The Secret Code of a Successful Commercial Litigator》 and so on. He has also co-authored a book named Winning by Partnership.

     


  • Social Activities

    上海市长宁区政协委员

    上海市长宁区青联常委

    上海仲裁委员会仲裁员

    上海市律协宣传委副主任

    上海市律师协会信息化工作委员会主任

    上海市律师协会法律科技委员会主任

    上海市律协体育业务研究委员会副主任

    上海市体育局兼职政府法律顾问

    上海市体能协会监事长

    中共上海市金融工作委员会法律专家库专家

    上海市地方金融监管局法律专家库专家

    上海市人民政府合作交流办公室法律顾问

    上海青年法学法律人才库(上海市法学会评定)

    中国(上海)自由贸易试验区管理委员会保税区管理局法律咨询专家库专家

    华东政法大学兼职教授

    华东政法大学兼职硕士生导师

    上海政法学院硕士研究生兼职导师

    华东政法大学校友会理事

    华东政法大学教育基金会理事

    华东政法大学“星光教育基金”创始人

    共青团华东政法大学委员会大学生社会法律援助中心社团顾问

    华东政法大学文伯书院兼职导师

    上海海事大学法律硕士专业研究生校外指导教师

    2014/2015/2016年普陀区信访积案专项治理工作特邀律师

    第一届上海体育争端解决中心专家

    上海市体育总会第十届会员大会个人会员

  • Honors and Awards

    Mr. Wei was rated as one of the A list China’s elite 100 lawyers of 2021 and TOP 10 lawyers in Changning District. In 2015, he was awarded as the Example with Perseverance of China Backbone by China Business Network. In addition, he has also been awarded as the outstanding lawyer of the first session of Putuo District, Shanghai; and the gainer of Shanghai Youth Civilization Unit Project of 2013-2014 year.