Areas of practice
Simon Xu specializes in general banking and finance, acquisition finance, privatization finance, structured finance, real estate and project finance, structured trade finance, bond issuance, financial regulation and compliance, establishment, acquisition and closure of financial institutions.
Simon Xu has extensive experience in provides legal advices to domestic and international banks, funds and other financial institutions in onshore and cross-border acquisition finance, privatization finance, real estate and project finance transactions, and have participated in certain representative transactions including the financings for privatizations of Sina, 58.com and Chindata.
Simon Xu is sophisticated in financial regulation and compliance, and general banking and finance business, and has been providing legal and regulatory services to certain foreign banks in relation to their business operation and marketing activities in China, including legal advices on new business, products and structures. Simon Xu also has strong expertise in the area of domestic and international trade financings and provides long-term legal services to certain international commodity trading firms on structured trade financings.
Simon Xu has been continuously named as highly recommended lawyer and rising star partner in banking & finance area by International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and Legal 500, and was named as one of the 2023 China Top 15 Rising Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (ALB).
Work experience
Simon Xu joined King & Wood Mallesons in 2018.
Simon Xu graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law and received his LLM in civil and commercial law.
Simon Xu's working languages are Mandarin and English.
