Qingxin Meng

Practice Areas

Corporate, International Trade Compliance, Government Regulation, Antitrust & Competition, Anti-dumping & Countervailing Investigations

Career

• Founder of Hylands International Trade Group (Leading a team in handling landmark cases in MOFCOM investigations)

• Legal Counsel at Hylands Law Firm (since 1999)

• Former Legal Officer at Treaty and Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC, now MOFCOM) (1994–1999)

Clients

Served over 150 international and Chinese clients in anti-dumping, countervailing, and antitrust matters, including representation in the following landmark matters:

• Advising China Guodian Corporation and Sinosteel Corporation on full-scope legal support for Belt and Road Initiative investment projects.

• Representing Kawasaki Steel Corporation in negotiating China’s first price undertaking agreement in the cold rolled stainless steel anti-dumping investigation.

• Securing China’s first no injury determination for Japanese and Korean chemical manufacturers in a polystyrene anti-dumping proceeding.

• Acting for Nissan North America, Inc. in China’s first countervailing duty annual review, achieving a zero duty outcome.

• Representing Methanex Corporation in an anti-dumping proceeding that concluded with a no duty ruling.

• Advising Chinese governmental bodies and exporters in responses to multiple foreign anti-dumping and countervailing investigations.

• Advising Western Digital Corporation on Chinese merger control clearance for its acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST).

• Advising China Datang Corporation on antitrust filings related to a series of hydropower asset acquisitions.

• Advising Honeywell International Inc. on the antitrust review of its joint venture with Sinochem Lantian Co., Ltd.

Experience

• Renowned expert in trade remedies, antitrust, and competition law with nearly 30 years of professional experience. Recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers & Partners and Asialaw.

• Advised numerous domestic and international clients in over a hundred anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard cases, earning widespread recognition for responsive and strategic counsel.

• Provides expert guidance to multinational and large domestic enterprises on merger control reviews and pricing-related antitrust investigations.

• As a founding member of Hylands Law Firm's International Trade Law team, led the achievement of landmark outcomes including zero-dumping margins, no-injury determinations, and suspension of measures through price undertakings.

• Served as Legal Officer in the Treaty and Law Department of MOFTEC, contributing to the drafting of key legislation including China's Anti-dumping Regulations, Countervailing Regulations, Safeguards Regulations, and other significant foreign trade and investment regulations.

Industry Sector Expertise

International Trade, Antitrust & Competition, Government Regulation, Corporate Compliance

Expert in these Jurisdictions

China

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Work Highlights

• Achieved first product exclusion, first Price Undertaking agreement, first zero dumping margin, first no injury decision, and first new-shipper review in China’s countervailing duty history.

• Represented multinational enterprises in merger reviews, antitrust investigations, and litigation.

• Co-drafted key legislation including the Foreign Trade Law of the P.R.C. and the Anti-dumping and Countervailing Regulation of the P.R.C.

Awards

Education