East Asia - China

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

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The competition team at Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. handles both transactional and compliance matters for global businesses in China. The practice is retained by clients to advise on anti-monopoly law, reviewing commercial policies, and merger filings. David Boitout, Jiannian Fan , and Min Guo  all lead the team with their combined expertise in competition and antitrust law. Associate Xi Chen is based in Beijing and handles merger notifications to SAMR, compliance, and project work.  

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Key clients

  • Accor
  • Air Liquide
  • Alstom
  • Lacoste
  • PSA Group
  • Renault
  • Total
  • Valeo
  • Vallourec

Lawyers

Rising stars

Xi Chen

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Admitted to the Paris bar, Chen Xi is a counsel in Gide's Beijing office. His practice focuses mainly on assisting Chinese clients on their investments and acquisitions outside China, and European clients on their projects in China. Before joining Gide's Beijing office, he was a member of the Competition and Project teams in Gide's Paris office. Chen Xi has extensive experience in advising public and private clients (mostly Fortune Global 500 and listed companies) on their investments in Africa, Europe and China, in various sectors such as mining, energy, infrastructure, agriculture/fishery, pharmaceutical, industry and banking, and involving both acquisitions and greenfield projects. He recently acted for IFC on a major water PPP project in China, Chinalco on the Simandou iron ore mining project (one of the world’s largest mining projects), Chalco and COSCO Shipping on a bauxite mining project in Guinea. Chen Xi has also developed significant expertise in Chinese competition law, helping European clients obtain merger control clearance and advising them on competition law compliance issues in China.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

David Boitout, Jiannian Fan, Min Guo

Other key lawyers

Xi Chen