Daniel Wei started his career as a lawyer in the legal department of a listed company in 1993 and later joined a law firm in 1995. He has over 30 years of experience in practicing law. He specializes in the practice areas of M&A, dispute resolution, real estate and construction, bankruptcy restructuring and liquidation with rich practical experience and deep legal expertise. Daniel served as the executive director of Dacheng Shanghai office, director of Dacheng China, global director of Dacheng.

Daniel specializes in corporate M&A transactions, especially those involving foreign capital and listed companies. He advised B&Q on its acquisition of OBI’s operations in China, Shenhua Holdings (SH600653) on assets stripping and restructuring pertaining to its BMW 4S shops, Boya Bio-pharmaceutical (SZ300294) on its acquisition of domestic bio-pharmaceutical corporations, Fosun Pharma (SH600196) on its overseas acquisition and spin-off, Zendai Group (HK0755) and Sunac China (HK1918) on their acquisition of a number of real estate projects.

In the real estate area, Daniel was one of the advisers to the administrative department for real estate in Shanghai in developing the standard contract for housing pre-sale and the measures for the administration of payments for pre-sale of residential houses. He is experienced in handling investment, construction, financing, M&A and other legal matters for various types of industrial, logistics and warehousing, commercial, and residential real estate projects. He has provided legal services for dozens of well-known residential and commercial real estate projects in Shanghai, including, among others, Chrysanthemum Park, Honwell Garden, Guilong Garden, Zendai Jiayuan, Shui Qing Mu Hua, Jinlin Tiandi, Mandarin Palace, Rancho Santa Fe, Thumb Plaza, JuneYao International Plaza, and the Bund Financial Center. He has also provided legal services for McDonald's, B&Q, Louis Vuitton and other global retail giants in respect of their real estate related matters. He also regularly advises commercial real estate developers on their hotel investment and management projects. In the construction area, he has provided PPP related legal services for the environmental construction project of Shanghai Municipal Investment (Group) Corporation and the APL project of the World Bank. Daniel has also provided legal services for the procurement tendering and bidding, construction and leasing of industrial plant projects for Tyco and Honeywell, both of which are the world's Fortune 500 companies.

In addition, Daniel has always been engaged in major commercial dispute resolution relating to investment and financing since 1995. He has defended the rights and interests of his clients in a number of complex and difficult cases, and helped them to achieve their desired goals successfully. Daniel represented ZhongChong Group and Shanghai Xiangfu Real Estate Co., Ltd in a series of litigation and arbitration concerning an equity cooperation dispute with Bin Jiang Real Estate Group (listed company: 002244), and the total amount of the target exceeds RMB 6 billion. Among the series of cases, the RMB 4.9 billion lending dispute between Xiangfu and one of its minority shareholders is the largest civil-commercial lawsuit that has been heard by the Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court till now. In the dispute between Fosun Group and Shagang Group over the equity acquisition of listed company Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (first instance by Jiangsu High People's Court, (2023) Su Min Chu No. 1), Daniel represented Fosun and assisted the parties in reaching a mediation. The subject amount involved in the case was RMB 13.58 billion.

Daniel is a preparatory member of the Shanghai Bankruptcy Administrators Association. With years of dedicated practice in bankruptcy law, he has served as the lead administrator or liquidation team leader in multiple bankruptcy or compulsory liquidation cases, including those involving assets and liabilities nearing ten billion yuan. Since 2020, Daniel's team has handled over thirty bankruptcy and liquidation cases, achieving commendable legal and social outcomes that have earned full recognition from people's courts, creditors, and debtors alike.

Daniel has provided legal services for quite a number of Fortune 500 companies and reputable domestic enterprises, including CapitaLand, JunYao Properties, Kerry Properties, Shang Shi Real Estate, Sunac China, Vanke Real Estate, Zendai Group and Zhongchong Group in the real estate sector; Shanghai Chengtou, CSCEC, Zhejiang Shunjie and German-based Züblin in the construction and infrastructure sector; BASF, Celanese, CNOOC, Huntsman and Rohmhaas in the energy and chemical sector; Delphi, Shenhua Holdings and Porsche in the automobile sector; B&Q, Hualian Supermarket, McDonald’s, Louis Vuitton and Mary Kay in the commercial retail sector; Novartis, Roche, Boya Bio-pharmaceutical, Fosun Pharma, MicroPort, Shanghai Pharma and Rich Healthcare Group in the pharmaceutical sector; Blum, Heidenhain, Hoppecke, Honeywell, Tyco, Ingersoll Rand, Valspar and Shanghai Electric Group in the equipment and precise manufacturing sector; Vopak and CHEP in the logistics sector; Cargill, Danone, Xueyrong and Guizhou Maotai in the agriculture and food sector; and Hynix-Numonyx Semiconductor in the semiconductor sector.

Advised UK-based Kingfisher Group, the parent company of B&Q, on its acquisition of Germany-based OBI's operations in China as a whole, with a total transaction value exceeding US$ 1 billion

Advised CITIC Urban Development & Operation Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Beijing Business Center District International Hospital Co., Ltd. This project is a typical case of acquiring the target property through equity acquisition, with the transaction amount reaching 1 billion yuan

Advised Shine Land Enterprises Limited on its share transfer project in Shanghai, and related matters such as industrial land use rights transfer, tax planning, and employee resettlement

Advised Zendai Group (HK0755) on its acquisition of a number of real estate projects at home and abroad

Advised Shenhua Holdings (SH600653) on assets stripping and restructuring pertaining to its BMW 4S shops

Advised Sunac Real Estate on its acquisition of villas of Shanghai Haianxian Real Estate Co., Ltd. in Fengxian, Shanghai

Advised Eagtop Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. on its surplus land transfer project

Advised Fosun Pharma (SH600196, HK02196) on its overseas acquisition and spin-off listing projects, the investment to Steminent Biotherapeutics Inc. by subscribing for new shares, and the acquisition of an Indian pharmaceutical company (Gland Pharma Limited)

Advised Boya Bio-pharmaceutical (SZ300294) on its acquisition of several domestic bio-pharmaceutical corporations

Advised Shanghai Medical Instrument Co., Ltd. on its multiple investment and M&A projects as well as dispute resolution matters

Provide legal services for UOOYAA's proposed listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited through a red-chip structure, including the establishment of domestic and overseas pre-IPO structures, equity restructuring of domestic companies, and other related matters

Advised Shanghai Zhenxin Asset Management Co., Ltd. on transferring its partial equity in Jinan Taihong Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. to Zhejiang Taihong Wanli Technology Co., Ltd., the major shareholder of Jinan Taihong

Advised LV Group on its new store leasing and decoration projects, operational compliance and other projects in Shanghai

Advised GAP stores' operational compliance in Shanghai

Advised Jiayi Hotel Management Co., Ltd. on its cooperation with Hilton on a project in Siming District, Xiamen

Advised Rongqiao Group on its cooperation with IHG on the Crowne Plaza Hefei project in Hefei, Anhui and the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites project in Tianjin

Advised Jiu Long Wan Property on its cooperation with Wyndham and Howard Johnson on the hotel project in Jiuzhaigou

Advised Gorden Land on its cooperation with Melia Hotels International on the Hongqiao Melia Hotel project

Advised Yuanyi Group on its cooperation with Hilton on a project in Hongqiao, Shanghai

Advised Ji'ning Chengtou Cultural Tourism Industry Co., Ltd. on its cooperation with Hyatt on a hotel project in Ji'ning, Shandong

Advised Zendai Real Estate on its cooperation with Radisson on the Thumb Plaza project in Shanghai, with Jumeirah on the Shanghai Himalaya Center project, and with BanyanTree on the West Town project in Zhujiajiao, Shanghai

Represented Fosun in a dispute between three subsidiaries of Fosun International Ltd. and two subsidiaries of Shagang Group over the acquisition of shares in Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and facilitated mediation among the parties, with a disputed amount RMB 13.58 billion

Represented Zhongchong Group in a series of litigation and arbitration concerning an equity cooperation dispute with Binjiang Real Estate, with a disputed amount exceeding RMB 6 billion. In this series of cases, the corporate loan dispute case involving RMB 4.9 billion, involving the largest amount among all civil and commercial cases in Shanghai No.2 Intermediate Court so far

Provided legal services on a series of litigation and arbitration cases for Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited and its affiliated companies

Provided legal services on multiple litigation cases for Danone Asia Pacific (Shanghai) Management Co., Ltd. and its affiliated companies nationwide