Mr. Qi’s practice areas focus on shareholder/equity disputes and anti-unfair competition.

Mr. Qi has nearly 20 years of experience in the area of shareholder/equity litigation and arbitration. He acted as counsel/arbitrator in cases relating to equity transfer and repurchase, shareholder infringement/withdrawal of capital, change of control, deadlock resolution, dissolution of corporation, senior executive liability and other corporate-governance disputes. He has successfully represented clients in shareholder/equity disputes before Chinese main arbitration institutions as well as intermediary/higher courts and the Supreme Court. Some of his cases have been selected as gazette cases of Chinese court. Mr. Qi also has extensive experience in other dispute resolution areas such as complex commercial contract disputes related to breach of contract, contract termination and indemnification, commercial cooperation dispute, distribution and supply contract, international trade, product liability, EPC turnkey projects, real estate development, transfer and lease, etc.

In anti-unfair competition area, Mr. Qi has represented reputable internet enterprises in handling litigation about data scraping/crawling, commercial defamation, name confusion and business ethics; represented multinational company against domestic company for breach of non-competition and exclusivity obligations; and represented reputable investment fund in civil litigation and administrative reporting procedures against competitor’s unfair use of company name. In addition, Mr. Qi has been advising international and domestic clients on anti-unfair competition compliance and price fixing issues (including commercial bribery, prize-giving sales, advertising, network/data competition and protection as well as price control, etc.), covering the industries of consumer/retail, pharmaceutical/medical as well as automobile and auto parts, etc. His scope of work includes providing compliance due diligence/advice, drafting/reviewing compliance policies, providing compliance training and representing clients in compliance investigation (both internal and regulatory). He has assisted a number of reputable multinational and domestic companies in responding to governmental investigations relating to commercial bribery, bid-rigging, marketing promotion and price fixing. Mr. Qi is adept at evaluating/balancing the commercial needs and compliance risks under specific business model.

From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Qi participated in the Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers. As a visiting lawyer, Mr. Qi studied at London University, School of Oriental and African Studies, and undertook a secondment at the London office of Addleshaw Goddard LLP and at 39 Essex Street Barrister Chambers.

Mr. Qi is currently an arbitrator at the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as Shanghai International Arbitration Center), and he is empaneled as a specialist mediator of Singapore International Mediation Center. Mr. Qi is also on the Shanghai List of Legal Talent for Foreign-related Legal Matters.

Mr. Qi was awarded Rising Stars for 2020 and A-List Lawyers (China's Elite Lawyers) for 2022 by China Business Law Journal, an internationally recognized business law periodical.