Cherry Qili Xu

Career

Cherry obtained her LLB degree from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours, ranking top of her year. She was elected the Rhodes Scholar for Hong Kong in 2013 and proceeded to read BCL at Oxford University. She graduated from the BCL degree with a distinction in competition law. In addition to the distinguished Rhodes Scholarship, she has been awarded various scholarships including the Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship in 2016.

Prior to joining Chambers as a tenant in 2016, Cherry completed pupillage with William Wong SC, Johnny Ma SC, Rachel Lam SC and Derek CL Chan SC.

Cherry is developing a broad practice in civil and commercial law with a particular focus on commercial, company, insolvency, securities, insurance, competition and regulatory matters. She is also regularly instructed to act as counsel in arbitrations and related court applications. She has dealt with various arbitration cases in the HKIAC, SIAC and LCIA. She is experienced in dealing with regulatory matters involving securities and competition matters and is regularly instructed to appear as counsel and/or provide legal opinion in related matters. She is also an arbitrator on the HKIAC List of Arbitrators, the Tianjin Arbitration Commission (TJAC) List of Arbitrators, and the SCIA Jiangmen (Jiangmen Arbitration Commission) Panel of Arbitrators.

Cherry is also well sought after for her advice on compliance matters due to her experience in civil, commercial, securities and competition matters. Her clients include government bodies, state-owned companies, financial institutions, listed companies, senior management and professionals. Her professional experience and her deep understanding of the Chinese culture makes her a popular choice amongst clients.

Cherry is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English and Cantonese. With her unique background, she is quick to understand the needs of Chinese clients and has been regularly instructed to represent Chinese clients in cross-border litigation and international arbitration, including acting as sole counsel in trials.

Besides acting as an advocate, Cherry has served as a guest lecturer in the International Commercial Arbitration/International Commercial Dispute Resolution course for LLM students at Peking University since 2016. She has also been teaching the Common Law Course jointly provided by the Hong Kong Bar Association and Peking University / East China University of Political Science and Law. She has sat as a Deputy Adjudicator at the Small Claims Tribunal and served as a Judicial Associate to the judges of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. She is also a member of the Committee on Competition Law and the Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs of the Hong Kong Bar Association.

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