Xuehua Wang

Dr Wang is the founding partner of BHP. Dedicated to providing superior services to clients around the world, BHP wins high and wide praise for assisting its clients in achieving satisfactory results. Dr Wang specialises in commercial arbitration & litigation, trade remedies, international investment arbitration, international trade and investment, etc.

Dr Wang obtained his Doctor of Laws, Master of Laws and Bachelor of Economics from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE). He used to serve as the deputy dean of the UIBE Law School, the director of the International Business and WTO Specialized Committee of All China Lawyers Association, the director of the International Investment and Trade Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, a council member of Beijing Lawyers Association. He also once worked as a joint tutor for LLM at Tsinghua University Law School and an adjunct professor at China University of Political Science and Law.

Dr Wang currently serves as an arbitrator of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (only four in China), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC), Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission/Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), Hainan International Arbitration Court (HNAC), China Chongqing Arbitration Commission (CQAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration and the Arbitration Center Across the Straits (ACAS).

In the field of trade remedies, Dr Wang acted as the leading counsel for petitioners in China’s first anti-dumping case, first countervailing case and the first anti-dumping and countervailing investigation. He also acted as the leading counsel for the Chinese government in a series of world spotlighted cases in respect of the safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products imposed by the United States.

In the field of litigation and arbitration, Dr Wang has represented many well-known corporations in hundreds of complex cases, including those before CIETAC, BAC/BIAC, HKIAC, ICC Arbitration Court, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Asian International Arbitration Center (AIAC) and other arbitration institutions, as well as litigation cases in the Supreme People’s Court of China and provincial high people’s courts. He has also assisted clients as a Chinese law expert witness in various overseas arbitration and litigation cases.

Dr Wang has published a variety of academic papers on international commercial law, and established the WeChat official account of “Huanzhong Commercial Arbitration”, serving as the editor-in-chief and writer.

Dr Wang is a leading figure in international trade and investment law in China, enjoying high reputation and international prestige with many awards. Chambers has rated him as an “Eminent Practitioner” in international trade law for consecutive years (2010-present) and as one of the “Most in Demand Arbitrators” in China in 2022 and 2023. Dr Wang has also been awarded as a National Outstanding Lawyer, Outstanding Lawyer, and Outstanding Firm Director by All China Lawyers Association, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and Beijing Lawyers Association for many times.