Asialaw Profiles
The Guide to the legal markets of the Asia-Pacific

Kevin Qian

Lawyer overview Print-friendly version




MWE China Law Offices

28th Floor Jin Mao Building
88 Century Blvd.
Shanghai Pudong New Area, P.R.C China 200121

Tel: (86 21) 6105 0500/ (86 21) 6105 0566 (Direct)
Fax: (86 21) 615 0501
kqian@mwechinalaw.com
www.mwechinalaw.com


Kevin Qian is a founding partner of MWE China Law Offices.  Kevin received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota, and LL.M from the East China University of Political Science and Law.  Kevin focuses his practice on corporate and commercial law.  He has extensive experience in venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital market and other commercial business transactions.  During his legal career, Kevin has successfully represented numerous cross-border transactions for both Fortune 500 and well-known Chinese companies. 

Kevin was a partner at Allbright Law Offices from 2001 to 2006 and served as a key director of its Executive Committee.  Prior to Allbright, he worked for Philips Electronics Asia and PepsiCo Investment China Co., Ltd as Deputy General Manager and Senior Legal Counsel respectively.  Kevin was the first Chinese lawyer to be elected as Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) International Trade Committee in 2004, and served as the IPBA Program Coordinator from 2009 to 2011.  He has been elected as the head of International Law Committee of All China Lawyers Association since April 2011.  Kevin was recognised as one of Asia’s Leading Business Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (ALB) from 2002 to 2008 for his outstanding practice in corporate law, specially relating to capital markets, corporate finance, and M&A.  In 2006, Kevin was nominated by the International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners.