Founding Partner|Yanbin (Kelly) XIE
Kelly Xie earned her bachelor's degree in economic law from China University of Political Science and Law, and her LL.M. in American Legal Studies from William & Mary Law School in the United States. Trained in both Chinese and American law, Kelly brings over two decades of experience across corporate, capital markets, and cross-border practice, giving her deep insight into corporate strategy, capital operations, and internal governance, with particular depth in compliance, tax, and regulatory matters. Prior to entering private practice, she spent five years as in-house counsel at New World Property’s South China Office.
Throughout her career, Kelly has served as ongoing legal counsel and M&A advisor to a wide range of domestic and international companies, handling commercial disputes both within China and across borders. Her clients span industries including real estate, internet, smart manufacturing, education, fund management, logistics, film and media, forestry, and food production, and include Hong Kong G2000 Fashion, APM Jewellery, Guangzhou Industrial Investment Capital Management, Huarong International Financial Holdings, Carnival Group, Kadde Properties, Crown Worldwide Group, Pearl River Financial Leasing, Guangzhou Urban Development Investment Fund Management, Guangdong Textiles Import & Export, Guangzhou Dafu Investment, Guangdong Zizi International Hospital Management, Guangzhou Shengkai Real Estate, and Guangzhou Qiaoyi Real Estate Development, among others.
Kelly’s investment and financing practice covers due diligence, deal negotiation, transaction structuring, drafting, reviewing, and executing transaction documents, as well as compliance advisory on funding, foreign exchange, and tax matters. As the legal counsel to Carnival Group, she has supported numerous projects across mainland China and provided legal opinions for the group’s public disclosure to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In commercial disputes, Kelly is known for going beyond the obvious. She digs carefully into the facts, builds rigorous legal arguments, and always keeps the bigger picture in mind, weighing commercial practice, industry norms, and client priorities to achieve the most favorable outcome.
Kelly also maintains strong working relationships with investment banks, capital advisors, accountants, tax consultants, and immigration agencies both in China and abroad. This network allows her to offer clients a fully integrated suite of services spanning overseas investment and financing, tax planning, company incorporation, immigration, banking, trust, and fund management, all under one roof.