Wilson is a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm based in the firm’s Beijing headquarters. He received his LL.B. degree from the University of International Business & Economics in Beijing in 1994 and an LL. M. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in the United States in 2001. He was licensed to practice in the PRC in 1998. Prior to joining Zhong Lun as a partner, Wilson worked in a state-owned import & export company as a legal manager and in prestigious American law firms as a senior associate for a number of years. He is fluent in using English as working language and to conduct hearing in English. His practice focus includes resolution of foreign-related/overseas disputes and banking/financing disputes as well as white collar crime & criminal compliance. Wilson is an arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, Harbin Arbitration Commission, Chongqing Arbitration Commission, Langfang Arbitration Commission, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC, also listed as HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators for Financial Services Disputes, i.e., the FSD Panel), the American Arbitration Association International Dispute Resolution Center (AAA-ICDR), the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and etc. Wilson is the General Secretary of China Forum of Financial and Investment Disputes (CFFID). He is also the Founding Member and Country Convenor of ARIAS, a non-profit organization that promotes improvement of the insurance and reinsurance arbitration and mediation process for the international and domestic markets. He has been recommended in the dispute resolution area by both Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific as “Leaders in Their Field” and by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Greater China Region with high ranking for consecutive years. He has also been rated repetitively by EuroMoney as the Benchmark Asia Pacific Local Dispute Star, and as the Best in Financial Service Disputes – China.
Wilson has backgrounds and expertise in both transactions and dispute resolution matters, which have provided him with a solid basis as a representing lawyer, an arbitrator, and an expert witness, and empowered him to steer the negotiation with sophisticated skills combing the ADR approaches including mediation/reconciliation, or debt-restructuring and other means to achieve the utmost client interests and to resolve the disputes with the most efficient timeline and the least costs.