- Language
- Chinese, English
- Contact
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010-57763888hwei@tylaw.com.cn
Wei is one of China’s leading antitrust and competition lawyers. With more than twenty years of experience, he has been widely recognized as a leading antitrust lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500, and other major legal directories for over a decade.
Wei has handled hundreds of merger control filings, from simplified procedures to transactions requiring remedies. He regularly advises on complex, sensitive deals across sectors such as semiconductors, internet, and pharmaceuticals, and is known for guiding clients through clearance strategy, stakeholder management, and regulatory risk in high-stakes transactions.
He also has a formidable reputation in antitrust litigation. Wei has represented clients in many of China’s most significant antitrust disputes, including the 3Q war, Apple v. Qualcomm, and JD v. Alibaba, among others. Many of these cases have helped shape antitrust enforcement and litigation practice in China.
In addition, Wei is regarded as a pioneer in antitrust investigations initiated by the SAMR and its local branches. He has represented clients in landmark matters, including China’s first international cartel case, first RPM investigation, and first IPR-related abuse investigation. His practice spans cartel, RPM, and abuse cases, as well as merger filings and judicial review proceedings before specialized IP courts and the Supreme People’s Court.
- JX Metal / Tatsuta, acting as Monitor Trustee
- Simcere / Tobishi, advising Simcere
- Qualcomm / Autotalks, advising Qualcomm
- SK hynix / Intel NAND business, advised SK Hynix
- Didi / Uber China, advised Didi
- JD v. Alibaba - represented JD to file antitrust complaint against Alibaba before the SAMR, which resulted in a record penalty; and further brought a follow-on damage claim against Alibaba, which broke the record case value in the history of antitrust lawsuits in China.
- Apple v. Qualcomm - defended Qualcomm in the antitrust lawsuit and FRAND lawsuit brought by Apple in China.
- A number of first-ever antitrust litigations in China - including the first judicial review case on merger review decision, the first judicial review case on RPM decision, the first abuse of administrative power case heard by the SPC, the first hub-and-spoke case, and etc.
- A number of SEP-related antitrust investigations in China - represented relevant patent pools and a number of major SEP holders.
- Education
- Xiamen University ，Master of Law
- American University Washington College of Law，Master of Law
- Social Activities
- Deputy Director and General Secretary at the Antitrust Committee of the ACLA
- Arbitrator at CIETA
- The First China Expert at the ICC Commission on Competition
- Honors
Recognized for many consecutive years by Chambers and Legal 500 as a top-tier lawyer in the field of competition law/antitrust. He has also been named multiple times by China Business Law Journal as one of the “100 Outstanding Lawyers in China Business”, and has received honors including Asian Legal Business’s “China Top 15 Litigators” and China Law & Practice’s “Competition Law Lawyer of the Year”.
