2017.10.12
A delegation from the World Bank Group (“WBG”) visited W88优德手机版 on September 22, 2017. The delegation consisted of Ms. Pascale Helene Dubois, Vice President of the World Bank Group, Ms. Merly M. Khouw, Chief Investigation Officer of the Integrity Vice Presidency, Ms. Lisa K. Miller, Chief Integrity Compliance Officer of the Integrity Vice Presidency, and Ms. Alexandra M. Habershon, an Officer of the Integrity Vice Presidency. The delegation consulted on W88优德手机版’s practice on helping Chinese enterprises to establish compliance risk management systems and discussed ways to develop a better exchange and cooperation mechanism in this field. Mr. Xiao Wei, Chairman of W88优德手机版’s Executive Board, together with W88优德手机版’s partners includingMr. Zou Weining and Mr. Zhou Xianfeng, attended the meeting with the WBG delegation.
WBG’s delegation introduced their new approaches regarding anticorruption, integrity compliance and other field and shared their new strategies as well as some typical cases in reducing sanction risk and its consequences with W88优德手机版. Mr. Xiao Wei introduced the current status regarding anticorruption in China, as well as the new environment, topics and issues that China-invested enterprises will experience with respect to overseas compliance and anticorruption as guided by the Belt and Road initiative. The meeting was very successful and Ms. Dubois, Vice President of WBG, noted that the meeting was “very productive”. WBG and W88优德手机版 agreed to closer cooperation in anticorruption investigations and compliance, and will make a joint effort to help Chinese enterprises to establish sound integrity compliance policies in accordance with both Chinese laws and international standards.
Mr. Xiao Wei is one of W88优德手机版’s founding partners. He has led W88优德手机版 to grow into a top law firm providing general legal service in China through 28 years of development. In recent years, Mr. Xiao has not only led W88优德手机版 to improve its legal service, but also has gradually launched digitalization and management reform within the company. Through the “W88优德手机版 China Friends Circle” platform, W88优德手机版 has developed better cooperation and exchange with lawyers from across the country. Mr. Xiao was awarded the “Managing Partner of the Year” for 2017, 2016, 2013 and 2009 by Asian Legal Business, a leading law magazine in China. Chambers Asia-pacific also named Mr. Xiao in the 'Ranked Lawyers - Senior Statesmen" list in both M&A and Securities for 2016 and 2017.
Mr. Zou Weining focuses on cross-border dispute resolution. He has successfully represented many leading Chinese and foreign companies in their lawsuits and arbitration cases before the courts and arbitration institutions of China with respect to complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, product liability and international trade. Cases that he has handled have been listed in the “Top 10 Foreign-Related IP Cases of Recent Years” as selected by the No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing and in the “Top 50 IP Cases of China 2010” as selected by the Supreme People’s Court of China. For his exceptional legal expertise and service, Mr. Zou was named by Who’s Who Legal as the world’s leading commercial litigation lawyer of 2015, and in 2016, he was listed with Asialaw Profiles in its list of “Asia-Pacific’s best lawyers”.
Mr. Zhou Xianfeng has significant experience on a broad range of engineering and legal issues, including risk management, EPC, claims and counterclaims, project insurance and performance bond and dispute resolution in domestic and international large energy and infrastructure projects. Mr. Zhou adheres to the principle of offering clients legal service at an international service level, with Chinese characteristics. He was ranked among leading lawyers for Project and Infrastructure and Construction Projects in Chambers and Partners, and was recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a leading practitioner for construction projects.
