22 | Acquisition International, October 2025 Legal Excellence from Shanghai to Shenzhen One of China’s leading commercial law firms, Hui Ye Law Firm has been on the receiving end of numerous industry awards over the years, and it consistently ranks amongst the top law firms in both China and the Asia-Pacific region more broadly. Wu Dong, the deputy director of the firm’s office in Shanghai, has been recognised in this feature as the Leading Cross-Border Investment Attorney of the Year 2025 – China, and we caught up with him for more on his illustrious career. Contact: Wu Dong Company: Hui Ye Law Firm Web Address: https://www.huiyelaw.com/ A commitment to the delivery of tailored, innovative legal solutions to address the diverse legal and commercial demands of its global clients unites Hui Ye, a legal firm boasting expertise across various sectors, including corporate law, M&A, and foreign investment. Crucially, the firm’s diverse experience spans sectors such as industrial manufacturing, new internet technology, entertainment, and healthcare, all of which benefit from its provision of high-efficiency, top-quality legal services to firms of all sizes. Hui Ye is one of the 15 largest legal firms in China, and it blends this remarkable capacity for legal resources with wide-ranging expertise to deliver its comprehensive service suite through 37 locations in China. This is just the beginning for the firm, which is currently preparing to open branches in Tianjin, Xuzhou, Zhongshan, Hohhot, as well as Atlanta, New York, and Los Angeles in the US. Aiding this reach is a wealth of strategic partnerships, through contacts based in European nations such as France and Germany. Wu Dong, who has more than 20 years of legal expertise to his name, specialises in corporate and commercial law, intellectual property law, and financial expertise at the firm. Over the course of his tenure with Hui Ye, he has provided his encompassing knowledge to an array of native and foreign-funded enterprises in China, such as PepsiCo, American Standard, China Eastern Airlines, and China Hydropower. These companies have all spoken incredibly highly of Wu Dong’s professionalism, which underpins his approach. Graduating from the Northwestern University School of Law in the United States with a master’s in international law, Wu Dong also studied under the tutelage of Professor Gu Gongyn, a renowned corporate law expert, during his domestic education at the East China University of Political Science and Law. With this background to boot, Wu Dong has provided his legal expertise in numerous high-profile cases, ranging from restructuring and listings through to joint ventures, litigation, arbitration, and more. Examples of these cases cover the provision of legal services for central and state-owned enterprises alike, and highlights from this unrivalled portfolio include supporting both the Shanghai Bai Mao’s ¥1 billion joint venture and capital increase project and China Eastern Airlines’ acquisition of Japanese equity in the Shanghai International Airport Hotel. Concerning litigation projects specifically, Wu Dong’s notable successes include handling the equity dispute of the Shanghai Xie Jin Film & Television Company. Outside of Hui Ye Law, Wu Dong serves as an external supervisor for master’s candidates at his former university – where he is also a member of the Education Development Foundation and on the Alumni Association – holds the position of interview examiner for the Shanghai Bar Association, and regularly guest lectures on both corporate law and crossborder investments at the local Shanghai Law School and Qingdao Law School. Wu Dong is also immensely proud to serve as an arbitrator of commissions in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Zhuhai, and Dalian, as well as a mediator at both the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Hengqin International Commercial Mediation Center. Other highlights of Wu Dong’s extracurricular activities include serving as the Vice Director of the Corporate Law Committee at the Shanghai Bar Association from 2003 to 2015 and as an editor of Shanghai Lawyer Magazine from 2009 to 2011. Acclaim has followed as a result of these varied roles, of which the above represents just the tip of the iceberg, and Wu Dong has received titles including Outstanding Individual in Judicial Administration, in addition to being named as one the Top Ten Public Interest Lawyers in China by the Law Firm 50 and featured on The A-List 2020 for the top 100 legal elites in China by Business Law. More recently, Wu Dong made the list of the Best Lawyers in the Asia-Pacific Region for Corporate and M&A in the Legal 500. Of the more than 1,200 lawyers working under the Hui Ye Law Firm, Wu Dong is certainly one of the best, embodying everything great about one of China’s leading legal institutions. For this, it is our pleasure to recognise him with a spot in this feature.
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