Shanshan Xu

Practice Areas

Customs & Import/Export, Trade Compliance & Trade Remedies, Litigation & Arbitration

Professional Memberships

Member of the 13th Shanghai Political Consultative Committee

People's Supervisor, Shanghai Municipal People's Procuratorate

Special Supervisor, Shanghai Customs

Member, Shanghai Business Environment Optimization and Improvement Consultation Meeting

Legal Counsel, Shanghai Chongming Government

Legal Counsel, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce

Former Party Representative, Changning District, Shanghai, CPC

Former Representative, National Congress of Lawyers

Executive Director & Vice President of the Law Branch, Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association

Vice-Chairman, Shanghai Association of Science and Technology Enterprises

Former Invited supervisor, Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People's Court

Deputy Head, Legal Service Group of the first China International Import Expo

Member, Trade and Customs Law Commission, Commercial Crimes Commission, Arbitration Commission of IBA

Member, Trade and Customs Law Commission of IPBA

Former Member, Financial Securities Professional Committee of All China Lawyers Association

Former Member, International Business Professional Committee of All China Lawyers Association

Member, Expert Advisory Group of ICC China National Committee, Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee

Director, Fiscal and Taxation Law Research Association of Chinese Society of Law

Public Interest Lawyer, China Securities Investor Service Center

Member, Expert Committee on Exercise of Shareholding of China Securities Investor Service Center

Director, Shanghai Bar Association

Vice Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee of Shanghai Bar Association

Former Chairman, Working Committee for Invited Members of Shanghai Bar Association

Former Vice Chairman, International Trade Practice Research Committee of Shanghai Bar Association

Former Vice Chairman，Legal Services Association of Changning

Arbitrator, Shanghai International Arbitration Center, The international arbitration court in ganjiang new district, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Zhuhai Arbitration Commission, Qingdao Arbitration Commission, Ningbo Arbitration Commission

The first batch of International Arbitration Expert in Shanghai

Mediator, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center, Shanghai Financial Consumer Dispute Mediation Center, Ningbo Maritime Court

Adjunct Professor, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Lawyer College, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance

Master Tutor, Fudan University Law School, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Law School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Koguan School of Law Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Invited Reviewer, Journal of Customs and Trade

Publications

Research: Hosted the major project of Shanghai High People's Court and Shanghai Institute of Judicial Think Tanks in 2019: Thinking on the Path of Building a Legal Business Environment by Benchmarking the World Bank Business Environment Indicators.

Research: Conducted the major project of the Think Tanks of the CPPCC in Jiujiang: How to improve Cross-border E-commerce in Jiujiang under the background of "Double Circulation"

Research: Conducted the major project of National Security Law Research Institute of Shanghai Law Society: National Security and Enterprise Compliance under Sanctions and Countermeasures from the Perspective of Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Legal Issues of Customs’ Determination of Transaction Value under the Multilateral Trading System，Law Press, 2009

Guidelines for Practice of Corporate Legal Affairs, Compliance Practice of Sino-U.S. Export Control Law, Law Press, 2019

the Frontier of International Economic Law and Customs Law -- Theory and Practice of Customs and Foreign Law, The Conditions and its Protective Effect of the United States Customs to Add Royalty Fee to transaction Price, Law Press, 2017

Tax Law and Case Review (Vol.6), Law Press, 2016

How Export Enterprises Cope with the Risk of US Customs Administration in Compliance, Shanghai Law Research, 2020

A Study on the Customs Risk and Compliance of the Export of Materials for Epidemic Prevention Based on Some Typical Case,, Shanghai Association of enterprise legal advisers, 2020

Perfecting China's Export Control system, CaiJing Magazine, 2019

Case Analysis and Compliance Tips of the Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing Guide, China Customs, 2019

Comparison of legislation and Enforcement of Customs valuation Agreement among China, South Korea and the United States, Research on Customs and Trade, 2018

The First Case on Dispute of Customs valuation of Bonded Logistics Goods, Shanghai Lawyer, 2017

The Presumption of Scienter in the Smuggling, Tax Law and Case Review(Vol.6), Law Press, 2016.

Study on Customs Responding to Lawsuits and Law Enforcement based on the WTO Auto Parts Measures Case, Tax Law and Case Review (Vol.6), Law Press, 2016

Improvement of Import Duties on the Mail Items based on the Analysis of a General-Cargo Smuggling Case, Review of Customs Law, Law Press, 2013

Study on the Criminal Risks in Overseas Agent Purchase based on the Stewardess Agent Purchasing Case, Journal of Shanghai Customs College, 2019

Importers/Exporters “Safe Harbor” in the Commodity Classification from the Perspective of the Trade Facilitation, Tax Law and Case Review, Law Press, 2012

Study on the Protection of Financial Consumers based on the ‘Abuse’ under the Dover Act, The Frontier of Financial Rule of Law: Financial Development and Financial Legal Environment, Law Press, 2011.

Study on the Coordination of Tariff and Income Tax in International Transfer Pricing Regulation--From the Perspective of the United States, Finance and Tax Law Review(Vol.10), Law Press, 2009

Study on the Power Distribution between E.U. and Member States based on the Constitutional Treaty--Comments on the Veto of Constitutional Treaty by France and Netherlands and the Significance of E.U., Contemporary Law Review, 2007

Guidance of transfer pricing and customs valuation, 2018

International Law: Politics and Value, China University of Political Science and Law Press, 2005.

WTO Cases, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2004.

Personal

As one of the pioneers in the field of customs and trade control legal services, Lawyer Xu has worked for over 20 years to provide legal services for varieties of enterprise clients in aspects of commodity classification, customs valuation, origin planning, cross-border e-commerce, inspection and quarantine, etc. She also has profound practical experience in dealing with customs inspection, smuggling investigation, administrative reconsideration, administrative litigation and criminal defending.

In terms of sanctions and export control compliance, Lawyer Xu makes full use of her multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdiction service ability to assist enterprises in formulating import and export compliance policies and building a compliance system.

Lawyer Xu has represented a large number of complex deal negotiation, design, and dispute settlement in many aspects including international disputes, goods transactions, technology transfer, private equity, joint venture and cooperation, and various distribution arrangements. Lawyer Xu safeguarded the interests of her clients with her excellent theoretical foundation, rigorous analysis ability, and skilled evidence application ability.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

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Experience

Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2019 to present

Senior Partner, Shanghai Hiways Law Firm, 2007-2019

Associate, Richard Wang & Co., 2000-2007

Lecturer, Shanghai Customs College, 1997-2004

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Work Highlights

Customs

Represented an administrative reconsideration / litigation case of huge amount tariff -- a customs valuation dispute case of a multinational automobile company (selected into the "Top Ten Classic Cases of Foreign Legal Services in Shanghai").

Represented a smuggling case confirmed innocent by the Supreme Court -- a smuggling case caused by disputes over commodity classification of cosmetics raw materials of a famous import foreign firm.

Represented a classification case supported by the World Customs Organization -- a false declaration of commodity classification case of a multinational auto parts company.

Represented the first case in Shanghai after "Plead Guilty and Punishment" was written into the Criminal Procedure Law -- a case of an executive of a listed enterprise suspected of smuggling common goods for carrying a watch without declaration.

Represented a case promoting the General Administration of Customs to improve the application of evidence standard of preferential origin -- a huge tax refund case caused by the application of rules of origin by a world top 500 health care product company.

Assisted a multinational medical device company to deal with a case involving imported controlled chemicals.

Assisted a stainless steel joint venture company to deal with a case that its imported stainless steel products were questioned by the customs about the fairness of the transaction price due to related transactions.

Assisted a well-known international chocolate enterprise to deal with a case about overseas food manufacturer registration in customs system.

Assisted an international chemical company in applying to China customs for packaging certificates of dangerous goods and dealing with compliance issues about GHS label and MSDS of dangerous chemicals.

Provided legal advice for a chemical company about its consultation on whether its imported products should be declared as hazardous chemicals.

Assisted a company to deal with a case about being investigated by the customs the mixing of materials in its outbound processing business.

Represented a multinational drug company to handle the disputes over the customs valuation of drug prices.

Assisted a foreign company to deal with the investigation of unloaded goods shipped back to China.

Assisted a baby carriage company to apply to the Customs for the seizure of export products that infringe its intellectual property rights.

Represented the client in a case of smuggling dual-use items, striving for the exemption of criminal responsibilities.

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