Mr. Zhao Xiao obtained his LL.B from Wuhan University Law School and his LL.M from Central University of Finance and Economics Law School.

Mr. Zhao has been working in Jingtian & Gongcheng since 2017 and was approved to be a partner by the firm in 2020 (prior to this, he had been working as a lawyer for 9 years at the Shine Lawyers).

Mr. Zhao is currently a member of the Labour and Social Security Law Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association. Mr. Zhao is experienced in providing legal services to large and medium-sized enterprises. Mr. Zhao is adept at providing high-quality employment and labor legal services for domestic and foreign enterprises, including representing clients in labor dispute cases and negotiations, dealing with non-competition and trade secret disputes, providing legal consultation, reviewing, drafting and revising policies and regulations and legal documents, and formulating layoff plans. In addition, Mr. Zhao has numerous successful cases in trade secret and talent contention, HR compliance, employee settlement, executive layoff, crisis management, labor dispatch and HR outsourcing as well as corporate control contention. Mr. Zhao has been invited by well-known institutions such as Wolters Kluwer, WeLegal and LexisNexis to hold seminars on labor law and retained as a special lecturer by Legal-Culture.

Representative clients of Mr. Zhao include: CITIC, China Huaneng, China Huarong, SINOPEC, CASIC, SINOPHARM, SINOMACH, MCC(China Metallurgical Group Corporation), China Railway, PICC, Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, Changan Auto, Geely Auto, Hanon Systems, GuoDu Securities, China Bohai Bank, CNIC, Chow Tai Fook, 5I5J Group, NIO Capital, Ocean Link, Merck Group, WILO China, Mindray, YongHe Group, Mingsen Yuanyang, Ernst & Young, D&J China, Dongfang Anzhen, Zhihu, Rising, Cheetah Mobile, Digital Domain, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Fresh Hema, Ormazabal, Chuangxin Lezhi, Transblock, AHA Entertainment, Lingban Technology, Rokid, Weifan Telecom, Shenglangma, XY Consultation, Joy View Education.

Mr. Zhao was admitted to PRC bar.

Education Background

Wuhan University,  LL.B

Central University of Finance and Economics, LL.M

 

Work Experiences

Jingtian & Gongcheng, Partner

Jingtian & Gongcheng, Lawyer

The Shine Lawyers, Lawyer

 

Professional Qualifications

Qualified PRC Lawyer

 

As the labor law counsel to Sinopec Group Capital Limited, he provides standing legal services and dispute resolution services to support the company's daily human resources management, helping the company to resolve employee disputes with satisfactory results.

He provided legal services to Sinopharm to sort out labor and personnel disputes and improve the system flow. He sorts out the laws and regulations relating to labor law in each of the company's branches and portfolio companies, and establishes a compliance system that meets the needs of the companies, taking into account the business characteristics of each branch and portfolio company. After a thorough background investigation, he grasped the risks and pain points in the company's human resources management, and combined with his judicial practice experience, he assisted the company in completing the combing and rectification of its human resources compliance system through a legal proposal.

He provided special legal services for a subsidiary of a large state-owned enterprise group and a Fortune 500 company on employee resettlement. He formulated a targeted relocation plan for the client, taking into account the company's business objectives and project background, and participated in the whole process of employee negotiation, which ultimately achieved the desired effect of full resettlement.

He provided special legal services for the revision of the system of CNIC Co., Ltd. After a thorough background investigation, he grasped the client's needs in human resources management, combined with judicial practice experience, and assisted the client to complete the combing and rectification of the human resources compliance system with reference to the relevant regulations of the State Council SASAC.

He provided legal services for a company under CASIC in labor dispute resolution. He represented the company in the second trial stage of a labor dispute with a former employee, and achieved a good result of mediation in the second trial on behalf of the company when the previous labor arbitration and the first trial all found that the labor relationship was terminated in violation of the law and required continued performance, and the company was able to terminate the labor relationship with the employee smoothly, minimizing the company's economic loss and negative impact.

He provides standing legal services and dispute resolution services to Hanon Systems (Beijing) Co., Ltd. by providing a full set of legal services for system sorting and revision, and establishing an efficient and compliant management system in conjunction with the company's human resource management requirements. He has also represented the company in resolving labor disputes with a number of employees, achieving satisfactory results for the client.

He provided a special legal service for a well-known multinational electrical equipment company on employee resettlement. After thorough background investigation, he understood the production and operation of the company and the respective characteristics of the employees, proposed an accurate and perfect resettlement plan from the perspectives of policy, compliance, law, requirements of the local Human Resources and Social Security Bureau as well as practical experience, and assisted the company in successfully completing the task target of employee resettlement, which ultimately achieved the desired effect of full resettlement.

He acted for Alibaba Group Holding Limited in resolving a labor dispute. In a dispute case between the company and a former employee, he settled the dispute for Alibaba Group Holdings Limited on issues related to share incentive and restricted stock grant, and obtained a successful outcome.

He provides legal services on HR system optimization and dispute resolution for Zhihu, revising Zhihu's full set of HR management system, and creating the most suitable HR regulatory system and providing personalized and professional legal services on HR system compliance, taking into account Zhihu's unique employment relationship and corporate culture.

He acted as the legal advisor and agent of Beijing branch of 5I5J Group, providing comprehensive legal services for the Xiangyu Butler layoff Project, including but not limited to: providing comprehensive solution, negotiating with staff, providing full review services for all the rules and regulations of company, including but not limited to: employment contract, employee handbook, attendance checking system and performance management rules.

In a series of layoffs projects of a well-known technology company, he provided overall legal solution for the resettlement of 107 employees as a result of the dismissal of 2C product line, including but not limited to: providing comprehensive solution, providing consulting service, drafting legal documents, communicating and coordinating with labor administrative authority, negotiating with employees and handling of aftermath.

He provided labor dispute resolution legal services to a securities company, assisting the company in handling a series of labor dispute cases with a number of employees and providing human resources legal advisory services, which were fully recognized by the client.

In the senior management dismissal and stock repurchase project of a financial leasing company, he served as a company lawyer and provided legal services to the company, including but not limited to: formulating plans, drafting legal documents, and negotiating with senior management.

In a collective labor dispute case between a well-known A-share listed real estate brokerage company and 25 employees, he provided case agency services for the company.

In a contract dispute case between a well-known media company and an actor, he acted as the company's attorney, providing services such as drafting a lawyer's letter and representing the case in court.

In a labor dispute between a senior executive and LivaNova(China) Medical Technology Co., Ltd., he served as a labor attorney and won the lawsuit and recovered more than RMB 2.3 million in salary losses for the senior executives.

He served as a company lawyer in a labor dispute and unfair competition case between Digital Domain Group Limited and a famous colorist. And provided services including but not limited to: representing client in labor disputes, drafting criminal reports of occupational embezzlement, and communicating and coordinating with public security authorities.

In a labor dispute between an technology company and its employees, he served as a company lawyer, providing services including but not limited to: representing labor dispute cases, drafting criminal report materials for occupational occupation cases, and communicating and coordinating with public security organs.

He has provided legal services in resolving labour disputes for companies such as Merck Group,WILO China, Mindray, Mingsen Yuanyang, D&J China, China Bohai Bank, Dongfang Anzhen, Chuangxin Lezhi, YongHe Group, Fresh Hema, 5I5J Group and Transblock with satisfactory results for the clients.

Acting as the labor law counsel of Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, Sinopec Capital Co., Ltd., CASIC, NIO Capital, Hanon Systems, Zhihu, Guodu Securities, Yonghe Medical, Beijing Asia-Pacific Finance Consulting Co., Ltd , AHA Entertainment, Lingban Technology, Rokid, Weifan Telecom, Shenglangma, XY Consultation, Joy View Education., etc.