Lei Niu
Lei Niu's practice focuses on dispute resolution, intellectual property, compliance & risk control, debt restructuring & corporate liquidation/bankruptcy, shipping and real estate & construction. Lei Niu has represented many of the world’s leading multinational companies and international financial institutions before the Arbitration Court of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Shanghai Arbitration Commission, as well as various ad hoc arbitral tribunals in London, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, with which he has built a solid practice record in international commercial arbitration. Lei Niu is also a litigation lawyer and has represented clients before China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and various provincial high courts, intermediate courts, district courts, financial and maritime courts in different localities, involving disputes concerning corporate organizations, private equity and investment funds, real estate and construction, finance lease, insurance, intellectual property, shipping, among others. A retrial case instituted through the adjudicatory supervision procedure which Lei Niu won before the SPC was selected by the Court as one of the “Ten Model Cases of the Supreme People’s Court in 2016”. As an arbitrator and mediator, Lei Niu sits on the panels of CIETAC and CMAC since 2005. He also sits on the panels of HKIAC, SIAC (Reserve Panel), SCMA and other well-known domestic and foreign institutions. Lei Niu was appointed as the presiding arbitrator/sole arbitrator/co-arbitrator in hundreds of arbitration cases including cases administrated by domestic arbitration institutions and international arbitration cases in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. · Global Law Office
About
Partner at Global Law Office (Shanghai) focusing on dispute resolution, international arbitration, intellectual property, compliance and restructuring. He has represented multinational companies and international financial institutions before ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, CMAC, SHIAC, BAC and other tribunals and courts including the Supreme People’s Court; he sits on multiple arbitration and mediation panels (CIETAC and CMAC since 2005; also HKIAC, SIAC Reserve Panel, SCMA and others) and has acted as presiding/sole/co-arbitrator in hundreds of cases. A retrial he won before the Supreme People’s Court was selected as one of the Court’s “Ten Model Cases” in 2016.
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Education
- Master of Common Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
- Master of Law, Faculty of Law, University of International Business and Economics
- LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law