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
- "China: Cross-Border Data Transfer Without Consent," Computer Law Review International (CRi), May 2025
- “Clarifications of Legal Bases for Cross-Border Data Transfers in Landmark Judgment by the Guangzhou Internet Court,” Pratt’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, February 2025, Vol. 11, No. 2
- “From Regulating to Facilitating: Key Developments in China’s Safe Harbor Rules—Part II,” The Global Regulatory Developments Journal, November–December 2024, Vol. 1, No. 6
- “From Regulating to Facilitating: Key Developments in China’s Safe Harbor Rules—Part I,” The Global Regulatory Developments Journal, September–October 2024, Vol. 1, No. 5
- “Key Takeaways From China's Amended Anti-Monopoly Law,” Law360, 9 August 2022
- “China’s Data Protection Officer Recruitment Drive: Are You Ready?” Privacy Law Bulletin, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 2, LexisNexis, Apr 2022
- “What is Simplified under Anti-Monopoly Filing Procedures for Simple M&A Cases?” K&L Gates Client Alert, 2015
- “China Opens Door to Overseas IPOs,” K&L Gates Client Alert, 2009
- “Analysis on Latest Development of PRC Foreign Exchange Regulations on PRC Resident Individual’s Overseas Round-Trip Investment,” Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 14, Number 3, 2007, Peking University Press
- Mentioned, "DIC Corporation’s Acquisition of Guangdong Tong Tak New Materials," Global Legal Chronicle, 12 July 2022
- Mentioned, Trust and data law in MENA among key themes explored at PrivSec Global February 2022 day two, GRC World Forums, 17 February 2022
