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Dr. Bo XIAO | Executive Director

Practice areas: criminal defense, regulatory and anti-bribery, crisis-management, white-collar crime, dispute resolution

Dr. Xiao has 16 years of legal work experience. He has a Ph.D. degree in criminal procedure law from Fudan University, a Master's degree and a Bachelor's degree from People's Public Security University of China. Dr. Xiao worked as a partner in Zhong Lun Law Firm.


Dr. Xiao's main practice areas include criminal defense in the securities, banking, trust, and TMT industries, white-collar crimes, as well as the related compliance and anti-corruption, crisis management, dispute resolution. He was involved in the investigation and drafting of judicial interpretations on securities crimes presided over by the Supreme People's Court.


Dr. Xiao handled more than 1,000 criminal cases and more than 100 civil and commercial cases. He presided over the trial and participated in the discussion of more than 3,000 cases, and accumulated rich experience in the trial of cases. During his practice as a lawyer, he has provided legal advice and reasonable suggestions to a number of listed enterprises and large financial institutions by using a variety of means, such as combining punishment with civil case, to resolve criminal legal risks. He has published many papers in core journals such as "Law Science", "Politics and Law" and "People's Judicature", and participated in the compilation of many professional books such as "Criminal Trial Methods", "Sentencing Guidelines and Interpretation of Sentencing Procedure Guidelines".

  • Tel: 021 6405 9618
  • E-mail: xiaobo@dingdalegal.com

Work Experience:

Shanghai Dingda Law Firm
Executive Director
Changyan (Shanghai) Law Firm     
Executive Director
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Partner


Education Background:   

Fudan University Law School     
Ph.D. of Criminal Law
People’s Public Security University of China
Master of Law
People’s Public Security University of China 
LLB


Bar Admission:

Admitted in the PRC


Working Languages:

Chinese:native speaker

English:fluent


Lectures & Social Activities:

Mr. Xiao has given lectures in many forums on the following topics:

  1. Participated in the argumentation and modification of judicial interpretation of securities, futures and money laundering cases organized by the Supreme People's Court;

  2. Participated in the formulation, discussion and argumentation of the 9th amendment to the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law (2012) and judicial interpretation organized by the Supreme People's Court for many times;

  3. Participated in the drafting, formulation and demonstration of the sentencing standardization reform and implementation opinions of the Supreme Court for many times, and promoted the sentencing standardization reform and standardization production of Shanghai courts;

  4. Planned and promoted the Pudong Court and the Bureau of Justice to initiate the "public defender" system nationwide, popularizing the compulsory defense for defendants;

  5. Served as part-time lecturer of Shanghai Judge College, acted as teacher for the mainland exchange program between first-time judges of Shanghai court and Hong Kong University students;

  6. Organized lectures on combating and preventing job-related crimes and economic crimes in a number of central enterprises and financial institutions;

  7. Organized lectures on "Characteristics, Identification Rules and Prevention of Job-related Crimes in State-owned Enterprises" for central enterprises and government institutions such as Sinochem group, China Aviation Oil Group, China Communications Group, Political and Legal Committee of Pudong New Area, and Hunan provincial office in Shanghai;

  8. Organized lectures on duty crime prevention, such as the Characteristics and Six Misconceptions of the Bribery Crimes;

  9. Lectured the "Response to and Prevention of Cross Issues in Criminal and Civil Cases in the Capital Market" for China Shipping Group;

  10. Taught "Criminal Risk Management and Prevention of Capital Market" to relevant funds and securities companies;

  11. Lectured the legal compliance managers of more than 40 large companies on the prevention and treatment of criminal legal risks of enterprises and senior executives and the connection of internal anti-fraud investigation and criminal judicial procedures;

  12. Organized the seminar "Criminal Risk Prevention in Cross-border Investment and Financing" for One Belt And One Road investment enterprises organized by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce;

  13. Held the lecture "Criminal Protection and Risk Prevention of Citizens' Personal Information" for Ping An Group.


Selected Cases

Dr. Xiao handled more than 1,000 criminal cases and more than 100 civil and commercial cases. He presided over the trial and participated in the discussion of more than 3,000 cases. The collegiate bench he was responsible for was specialized in the trial of economic/duty crimes and crimes committed by foreigners. Dr. Xiao has accumulated rich experience in the trial of financial crimes:

  1. The first case of insider trading of securities information in Shanghai;

  2. A series of bribery cases involving a senior executive of CICC;

  3. Embezzlement case of a securities manager;

  4. The first case of foreign companies evading foreign exchange in Shanghai free trade zone;

  5. Major criminal cases of illegally operating securities brokerage business and other securities fields; 

  6. More than 100 financial crimes in the fields of bank, insurance and futures, such as loan fraud, illegal operation, disguised gold futures, "racketeer" insurance fraud, illegal absorption of public deposits, and credit card fraud, as well as job crimes involving employees of various financial subjects.

During the period of his private practice, with his intensification of legal thinking and good communication skill, Dr. Xiao successfully helped many listed companies, large financial institutions, and senior executives to resolve criminal legal risks, provided legal consultation and reasonable advice to many financial institutions and executive, provided legal defense for many executives and many companies, achieving favorable results as innocent, immunity, probation, etc. to show leniency.


Selected Publications:

  1. The Legitimacy of The Criminal Courtroom Investigation System (Sole Author);

  2. Supreme People's Court Criminal Trial Method(Co-author);

  3. Sentencing Guidelines and Sentencing Procedures Guide Interpretation(Co-author);

  4. The rules of criminal evidences(Co-author); 

  5. Response to and Prevention of Cross Issues in Criminal and Civil Cases in the Capital Market

  6. The Boundary between Corporate Crime and Executive Crime

  7. Over 20 papers published in the national and core journals such as Law Science, Politics and Law, People's Judicature etc.