Siqi Lai

Practice Areas

SIQI LAI’S MAJOR PRACTICE AREAS INCLUDE CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL (WITH FOCUS ON DISOUTE RESOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL), ALL MATTERS IN RELATION TO CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL.

Siqi has developed an in-depth expertise and successful experience in disoute resolution of commercial, He has provided fruitful legal support to domestic and foreign enterprises and entrepreneurs in the disposition of commercial disputes (including litigation, arbitration, and mediation and negotiation related to the disposition of disputes), and has received favorable comments from a large number of clients.

Career

Before joining Baijus law firm, Siqi worked at a prominent PRC law firm. He has worked as a volunteer for internationalNGOs and spent a year teaching in the Republic of Mauritius.

Professional Memberships

Arbitrator，Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission(Shanghai International Arbitration Center, "SHIAC")

Mediator, China Council For The Promotion Of International Trade(China Chamber Of International Commerce) Chongqing Mediation Center

Mediator, China(Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone Commercial Mediation Center

Deputy Director, Chongqing Lawyers Association Arbitration Professional Committee

Work Highlights

[Case of a contractual dispute between an investment company and a government concerning a Public-Private Partnership project]

The project was the largest local Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project of a government, which was later disputed due to significant changes in the project implementation environment. An investment company faced the extreme risk of being directly claimed for hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of days due to a "pay-on-demand" bond issued by the company. Mr. Lai assisted his client to resolve the compensation risk and assisted the client to negotiate with the counterparty in a fair manner, which eventually led to a proper resolution of the dispute.

[Dispute between a real estate development enterprise and a construction enterprise over a construction project construction contract]

The case involves a residential area in a provincial capital city in China, the developer and the construction enterprise due to the dispute in the process of project implementation led to the suspension of the building for nearly a year and still negotiation is fruitless, a real estate development enterprise loss is very great and facing the delay in the handover of the house and the administrative penalties and civil disputes; Siqi accept the commission, the reasonable use of civil litigation procedures, only three months to assist a real estate development enterprise to settle disputes and successfully achieve the goal of the litigation.

[Case of a citizen of the Republic of Mauritius who was criminally detained by the public security authorities of a certain place on suspicion of fraud and a series of civil disputes]

A Mauritian businessman was facing criminal investigation of suspected fraud and dozens of related lawsuits. Siqi was urgently entrusted by the Embassy of the Republic of Mauritius in China and the family of the businessman to resolve the disputes and assist the Mauritian citizen to return to his home country smoothly in just a few days.

[Case concerning a dispute between a multinational enterprise and a construction enterprise over a construction project construction contract]

A multinational enterprise had a dispute with a construction company over matters related to the construction of a construction project, and the funds in its bank account were frozen by the construction company, resulting in damage to its bank credit and corporate reputation. After accepting the commission of a multinational enterprise, Siqi completed the first and second trial procedures in the shortest possible time and won the case, which safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the multinational enterprise.

[Dispute over cooperation agreement between an advertiser and an advertising agency]

The case lasted for five years, through the first trial, second trial and retrial procedures, the number of court sessions up to fifteen times, in an advertising company to master the majority of the core evidence, and filed a counterclaim requesting an advertiser to compensate for the situation, Siqi in the trial process successfully persuaded the court to change the traditional "who claims, who proves" the burden of proof allocation practice, to achieve judicial audit and assist an advertiser to ultimately obtain a favorable outcome. Lai successfully convinced the court to change the traditional practice of "whoever claims, whoever produces evidence" and realized a judicial audit and assisted the advertiser to win the case. The case was extremely controversial and protracted, causing a wide impact in the local advertising industry.

[Dispute over an equity transfer agreement between a fund company and a related enterprise]

Siqi was entrusted by a fund company to deal with the arbitration case of the dispute of equity transfer agreement between the company and the related enterprises. This case coincided with force majeure in the process of handling, the arbitration institution efficiency was greatly reduced, Siqi reasonable use of arbitration rules only took 4 months to assist a fund company's arbitration request for the arbitration institution to obtain all the support, and fully safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client.

[Chongqing Branch of the People's Bank of China（State Administration of Foreign Exchange Chongqing Branch）]General counsel.

Languages Spoken

Mandarin

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Awards