Founded in Paris in 1920, Gide is a leading international law firm with 12 offices spread throughout the world.
Gide is physically present in six regions of the world, with 11 offices, enabling it to act on cases globally.
Member of the Paris bar, Chen Xi is a counsel in Gide's Beijing office. His practice focuses on assisting Chinese clients on their investments and acquisitions outside China, and European clients on their projects in China. Before joining Gide's Beijing office, he was a member of the Project teams in Gide's Paris office.
Chen Xi has extensive experience in advising public and private clients (mostly Fortune Global 500 and listed companies) on their investments in Africa, Europe and China, in various sectors such as mining, energy, infrastructure, agriculture/fishery, pharmaceutical, industry and banking, and involving both acquisitions and greenfield projects. He recently acted for IFC on a major water PPP project in China, Chinalco on the Simandou iron ore mining project (one of the world's largest mining projects), Chalco and COSCO Shipping on a bauxite mining project in Guinea.
Chen Xi has also developed significant expertise in Chinese competition law, helping European clients obtain merger control clearance and advising them on competition law compliance issues in China.
He is ranked as a "Rising Star" by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Projects and Energy and Competition/Antitrust. Africa Business Plus also ranked him 63rd in the top 100 of the most influential business lawyers in French-speaking Africa.
He speaks Chinese, French and English.
« Beijing-based counsel Xi Chen is another key figure at the firm, noted for inbound and outbound work focused on acquisitions and greenfield projects. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - China - Projects & Energy : Foreign Firms
« In Beijing, merger notification and compliance specialist Xi Chen heads the firm’s China competition practice while partner-level support is provided by Shanghai-based Asia practice leader David Boitout and cross-border M&A expert Jiannian Fan, along with China tax team head Min Guo in Beijing. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Antitrsut & Competition : Foreign Firms
« Counsel Xi Chen is clear thinking and energetic. »
Legal 500 Asia 2022 - Projects & Energy
« Beijing-based counsel and merger notification and compliance expert Xi Chen leads the practice, which is able to leverage partner-level support from Shanghai’s David Boitout and Jiannian Fan, and Min Guo in Beijing. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - Antitrsut & Competition
« Counsel Xi Chen is clear thinking and energetic. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
« Counsel and China competition practice head Xi Chen is a merger notification and compliance specialist. »
Legal 500 EMEA 2021
