闵熹 Partner

Min Xi

Attorney Min specializes in major commercial litigation and arbitration, with in-depth research and extensive practical litigation experience in areas including finance, investment and financing, supply chain, corporate equity and governance, real estate and construction projects, as well as the intersection of civil and criminal law. He has handled a series of influential and complex litigation and arbitration cases, including multiple instances of reversing unfavorable outcomes in second-instance or retrial proceedings, and cases that were remanded, revised, or accepted for retrial by the Supreme People’s Court. The cumulative claim amount of cases he has handled amounts to hundreds of billions of RMB. Attorney Min’s clients include numerous financial institutions, listed companies, and well-known state-owned enterprises. He also conducts long-term teaching on litigation practice at law schools of institutions such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University.

[First Case Recognized as Capital Withdrawal through Patent Application] During the enforcement phase of representing a state-owned enterprise in a contract dispute case with a dairy company, a separate lawsuit was initiated. This approach accurately identified and substantiated the opposing shareholder's act of capital withdrawal, wherein non-proprietary technology previously contributed as capital to the company was converted into personal patents. Ultimately, the shareholder was successfully added as a judgment debtor, holding them jointly and severally liable within the scope of the withdrawn capital.

[Supreme Court Remands for Retrial After Second Instance] Represented a golf sports company in a land lease contract dispute with a township government in Shanghai. The case involved contentious issues such as the validity of contracts for golf course land. After the first instance at a High People's Court, successfully persuaded the Supreme Court in the second instance to remand the case for retrial. The client ultimately obtained full compensation exceeding 150 million RMB.

[Reversal to Victory in Second Instance] Represented a state-owned enterprise in a series of construction project contract disputes against a local private enterprise in a grassroots court in Inner Mongolia. After the client's primary claim for the final payment was dismissed and the counterclaim for a full refund was upheld in the first instance, representation was taken over for the second instance. By addressing flaws in the first-instance appraisal report and the criteria for determining the impossibility of fulfilling the construction contract's purpose, and by integrating authoritative expert opinions, comprehensive legal and similar-case research reports, and highly effective visual charts, the outcomes for both the primary claim and the counterclaim were completely reversed, turning defeat into victory.

Represented a district-affiliated urban investment company and a land development center in Shanghai in a series of cases and projects arising from land acquisition and reserve activities with a private group company. Through comprehensive approaches including mediation enforcement and bankruptcy disposal, the land acquisition and reserve process was successfully completed, with the total involved amount exceeding 1.3 billion RMB.

Represented a subsidiary of a privately listed metal group in a series of trade financing cases against a steel trading company, with a total claim amount exceeding 820 million RMB. By adopting a strategy of leveraging criminal proceedings to facilitate civil resolution, a settlement was successfully achieved, and full recovery was obtained through debt-for-asset arrangements.