Mr. Weiheng Jia is licensed to practice law in China, New York State, and before the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In his over 20 years of practice in China and the United States, Mr. Jia has focused on cross-border M&A, regulatory compliance, as well as labor and employment. With about seven years of legal education in Japan and over four years of practice in the U.S., he is one of the few lawyers in China who can truly practice law in Chinese, Japanese, and English. Blessed by his unique multicultural background and strong trilingual language skills, Mr. Jia has extensive experience in representing multinational corporations based in the U.S., U.K., Japan, and the EU nations, among many other jurisdictions.
Mr. Jia has represented corporate clients on numerous deals involving M&A, formation and dissolution of joint ventures, and disposal of assets or business lines. Among these representations, more than half involved PRC state owned enterprises, including some as national-level strategic projects. He is highly regarded by his clients for his practical and innovative problem-solving skills.
Mr. Jia has substantial experience in advising on regulatory and compliance matters covering a variety of issues, including anti-bribery and business ethics, anti-monopoly/unfair competition, as well as data security and protection. His services include establishing and implementing compliance policies and programs, compliance trainings, conducting internal audit/health checks, investigations into suspicious employee activities, and taking post-investigation actions.
Mr. Jia is one of the few Independent Compliance Monitors in China recognized by the multilateral development banks, including World Bank Group and Asia Development Bank. He has assisted many Chinese companies to meet the compliance criteria of multilateral development banks and successfully had them released from multilateral bank sanctions.
In labor and employment law practice, Mr. Jia is particularly known for his experience in mass layoffs by leading a number of high-profile redundancy cases, some involving over 2,000 employees. Mr. Jia is also experienced in replacing top management and in labor union and employee strikes.
Prior to joining Han Kun, Mr. Jia was the National Leader of Deloitte Legal Greater China and the National Managing Partner of Qin Li Law Firm, a member of the Deloitte Legal global network. While practicing as a partner at top tier U.S.-based international law firm Squire Potton Boggs, he also served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for a PRC state-owned China stock exchange-listed enterprise group, as well as the China senior legal counsel and compliance officer for a top tier US corporate group.
