Leo Yu Partner
Beijing, Shanghai
  • Practice： Employment and Labor、Litigation and Dispute Resolution、Arbitration and Mediation
  • Languages： Mandarin、English
  • Tel： （86-10）5809-1368
  • Email： yu.xin@jingtian.com
  • Practice： Arbitration and Mediation、Employment and Labor、Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Languages： Mandarin、English
  • Tel： （86-10）5809-1368
  • Email： yu.xin@jingtian.com

Mr. Yu Xin focuses on the mid-level and high-end fields of labor and employment law, especially in TMT and financial industries. Mr. Yu has received his Bachelor of Law from Wuhan University and now is a Master candidate of Law in Renmin University of China.

Mr. Yu specializes in providing commercial and effective legal services in human resources and labor law for large enterprises and entities, and has had plenty successful experiences in representing clients in matters concerning trade secrets protection and talents competition, HR compliance, employee settlement, dismissal of senior officers, handling emergencies, HR outsourcing, human cost and tax planning, and battle for control of enterprise,etc.

Mr. Yu has published many articles of labor law practice in Wolters Kluwer, LexisNexis, Labor Lawyer, Modern Industry and Commerce, and he is a columnist of Wolters Kluwer. Mr. Yu has been invited to participate in the labor law seminars in Beijing and Shanghai by many famous institutes such as Wolters Kluwer, LexisNexis, Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, Corporate Counsel Union, Zhaopin and Cambridge.

Education Background
Renmin University of China  Master of Laws
Wuhan University  LLB

Working Experience
Jingtian&Gongcheng  Partner
River Delta Law Firm Beijing Branch  Lawyer
CreditEase  Legal Adviser
Anbang Insurance Group  Legal Adviser
Maipu Communication Technology  Sales Compliance Adviser

Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
Admitted to practice in the PRC

News & Publications/Representative Works
April 2014  Published the article entitled China Legislation Review of Labor Law over the Past Two Decades in the journal of Labor Lawyer.
Sep 2015  Published the article entitled The Battle of Layoff in Group Negotiation in the journal of Labor Lawyer.
June 2015  Writed a book entitled Salary, Welfare, and Performance. Management.
June 2017  Published the article entitled The Interpretation of Relocation in which the Objective Conditions Produce Major Change—In the Perspective of Legal Practice in Beijing and Shanghai in the journal of LexisNexis.
June 2017  Published the article entitled The Storm of Supervision and its Response— Interpretation of “Special Inspection of National Labor and Social Security” in the Perspective of Capital Market in the journal of LexisNexis.
March 2018  Published the article entitled Typical Loopholes and Risk Analysis of Non-compete Agreement in the journal of Wolters Kluwer.
In a series of layoffs projects of Technicolor（China）, he provided comprehensive legal services, including but not limited to：overall solutions, submitting materials to and negotiating with the Labor Union, submitting materials and contacting to the local government, and negotiating directly with employees.
In the layoffs project of the Shenzhen Subsidiary of China Merchants Securities International, he provided legal services, including but not limited to: overall solution guidelines, compensation proposals, consultation services, and the draft of legal documents.
In the layoffs project of Lenovo caused by financial outsourcing, he provided comprehensive legal services, including but not limited to: overall solution guidelines, compensation proposals, consultation services, and the draft of legal documents.
In the layoffs project of Weatherford Tianjin Factory caused by closure, he provided comprehensive legal services, including but not limited to: overall solutions，submitting materials and contacting to the local government, consultation services，negotiating directly with employees，and crisis management.
He provided systematic legal services on HR compliance for iQIYI, including but not limited to: comprehensive background investigation and interview, analysis of the legal risk, design of the overall compliance scheme, and the revision and draft of legal documents.
He provided systematic legal services on HR compliance and manpower cost planning for Haidilao, including but not limited to: comprehensive background investigation and interview, analysis of the legal risk and cost, design of the overall compliance and cost-optimization scheme, and promoting the scheme to be executed.
As the adviser on Chinese law, he provided compliance-reviewing legal services  and issuing legal opinions on Staff Violation Treatment，which CITIC Group has formulated and requires all to comply with at the group level.
He provided comprehensive reviewing services on all rules and regulations of Generali China Life Insurance , including but not limited to：employee handbook, attendance system, performance management regulations ,and labor contract.
Whether employer needs to provide housing fund for non-full-time labor.
Talking about the “Right and Wrong” of the Democratic Procedure of Enterprise Rules and Regulations——From the Perspective of the Judicial Practice of the Second Paragraph of Article 4 of the Labor Contract Law
Analysis of Typical Loopholes & Risks in Non-compete Agreements
Analysis of Typical Vulnerabilities and Risks of Non-competition Agreements
Regulatory Storm and Response | Interpretation of “National Labor and Social Security Special Inspection” From the Perspective of Capital Markets
Analysis of Employee Placement during Company Relocation and Asset Transfer
Wolters Kluwer annual interview] non-competition dispute: changes happen over details—an interview on Yu Xin and Hu Ke of Jingtian& Gongcheng