Skip to Main Content
Amigo L. Xie

Dr. Amigo L. Xie is a seasoned lawyer focusing on corporate and M&A, data privacy, human resource advice and compliance, real eastate, pre-merger control filing and foreign investment control with over 20 years of experience in the Greater China market.

Amigo advises clients on a wide array of legal issues regarding China, including formation of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, partnerships, sole proprietorships, branches, representative offices, franchising operations, agencies or other commercial presence, cross-border restructuring, strategic investments, venture capital or private equity transactions, dissolution and bankruptcy, sell downs of shares in Chinese listed companies, management buyout, employee stock ownership plans, outbound investment, regulatory compliance in lifestyle, or healthcare products and services, employment management and compliance, real estate ownership, leasing, or transactions, pre-merger control clearance, foreign investment control advice.

Amigo also advises multinational corporations and local businesses across diverse industries, such as information technology, fast-moving consumer goods, professional services, and healthcare sectors, on comprehensive data privacy and compliance matters. His expertise includes data mapping, crafting employee data privacy policies, establishing nonemployee data privacy notices and consent mechanisms, developing privacy and data security compliance programs, drafting data-related agreements, navigating international data transfer challenges, responding to data breaches, and managing routine data protection tasks like records of processing activities and data protection impact assessments.

Amigo has widely published articles on various legal topics. He has published news alerts and analyses on legal news platforms and law journals, such as LexisNexis, The National Law Review, Lexology, JD Supra, and Concurrences (award nominated).

  • Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Recommended Lawyer
    • Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms in China, 2025
    • Corporate (including M&A) in Hong Kong, 2024-2025
  • Named to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, 2024-2025
  • Chair Professor of Chen An International Law Development Foundation
  • Visiting professor, International Economic Law Institute, Xiamen university
  • PRC National Bar Association
  • Shanghai Municipality Bar Association
  • Speaker, “International Data Transfers under Chinese Law” March 2022, PrivSec China Virtual Forum organized by GRC World Forums
  • Speaker, “China’s Data Protection Officer Recruitment Drive: How Ready is the People’s Republic of China for Half-a-Million DPOs? ” February 2022, PrivSec Global Virtual Seminar organized by GRC World Forums
  • Speaker, “Latest Developments in China-U.S. Trade: CFIUS, Export Controls & Sanctions,” December 2019, Finance Law Research Center, Xiamen University, Law School, Xiamen
  • Speaker, “VIE structure and Foreign Investment Law in China”, International Economic Law Institute, December 2018, Xiamen University, Law School, Xiamen
  • Speaker, “China Tax on Investment Income of Non-Resident Enterprises in China,” April 2013, Seminar on International Economic Law and Dispute Resolution Procedures: Issues and Reforms, Xiamen
  • Speaker, K&L Gates’ Global Associate Symposium, April 2012, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Speaker, “Chinese Tax on Indirect Transfers of Businesses in China,” January 2011, Pacific Rim Tax Institute, Menlo Park, CA
  • Speaker, “From Law School to Law Practice,” October 2010, Xiamen University, Law School, Xiamen
  • Speaker, “Analyzing financial market access regulations in Taiwan,” September 2009, Cross Straits Banking Summit, The Banker, Xiamen
  • Speaker, “China Outbound Direct Investment Regulations," September 2009, Seminar on Legal Issues Regarding China Outbound Investments, Guangdong Bar Association, Xiamen
Additional Thought Leadership Pages
Additional News & Event Pages
Return to top of page

Email Disclaimer

We welcome your email, but please understand that if you are not already a client of K&L Gates LLP, we cannot represent you until we confirm that doing so would not create a conflict of interest and is otherwise consistent with the policies of our firm. Accordingly, please do not include any confidential information until we verify that the firm is in a position to represent you and our engagement is confirmed in a letter. Prior to that time, there is no assurance that information you send us will be maintained as confidential. Thank you for your consideration.

Accept Cancel