On July 7, 2026, LEGALBAND officially released its "2026 LEGALBAND Power List: Top 15 Regional Leading Lights". Relying on her solid legal knowledge, rich industry experience, excellent professional performance, and broad industry recognition, Llinks partner Ms. Wenjie Xing was ranked on the list.
Wenjie Xing
Ms. Wenjie Xing graduated from Southwest University of Political Science & Law majoring in law, and China University of Political Science and Law majoring in civil and commercial law, obtaining a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Arts in English, and a Master of Laws, respectively. Ms. Xing has 13 years of legal working experience. Her practice areas deeply cover core sectors such as equity investment of insurance funds, establishment and investment of private equity funds, and infrastructure and real estate investment and financing. She has long served top domestic and foreign insurance institutions, asset management companies, and private equity funds.
Ms. Xing has represented multiple domestic insurance institutions in investing in nearly 100 domestic and offshore private equity funds, secondary (S) funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, and mezzanine funds initiated and established by well-known private equity fund managers. Ms. Xing has also provided comprehensive legal services for multiple direct equity investment projects of insurance funds and market-oriented debt-to-equity investment projects. She led and successfully registered multiple infrastructure and real estate debt investment plans and equity investment plans, and provided end-to-end legal services for insurance funds investing in multiple trust plans, as well as the initiation and establishment of asset-backed plans and portfolio asset management products. At the same time, she provides perennial legal services for dozens of financial institutions, including insurance companies, insurance asset management companies, securities asset management companies, and debt-to-equity execution agencies. Ms. Xing not only led multiple complex transactions with market benchmark significance but also, relying on her deep understanding of industry regulatory dynamics, actively participated in the drafting of multiple important industry standards for the Insurance Asset Management Association of China, contributing professional wisdom to the compliant development of the industry.
Ms. Xing was previously ranked in LEGALBAND's "2020 Top 30 Legal Rising Stars"; and was nominated for "Rising Star of the Year" at the IFLR1000 China Awards in 2023 and 2024. In 2025, she was honored with the "Special Recommendation" in the insurance sector in The Legal 500 "2026 Asia Pacific - Greater China Region" rankings.
LEGALBAND's Remark
Ms. Wenjie Xing specializes in handling legal affairs in areas such as insurance, asset management, private equity investment, infrastructure, and real estate investment. The clients she serves on a long-term basis encompass various financial institutions, including multiple well-known domestic and foreign insurance companies, asset management companies, and funds. With a solid professional foundation, she possesses compound legal practical experience working as both an in-house counsel for a large state-owned insurance company and a private practice lawyer. She is well-versed in the operational processes of insurance and insurance asset management businesses, financial regulatory policies, and laws and regulations. She can fully align with the commercial objectives, legal needs, and actual project situations of financial institutions, providing enterprises with professional, full-process legal support in key stages such as legal risk identification, transaction structure design, transaction document negotiation and risk control, and project execution and closing. Relying on her skillful practical experience and outstanding professional performance in the operation of many large-scale projects such as the establishment and investment of private equity funds, equity investment of insurance funds, and infrastructure and real estate investment and financing, Ms. Xing has now become a long-term trusted and recognized partner for many corporate clients.
Client's Testimonial
"In the process of cooperating with Ms. Wenjie Xing, we deeply felt her professional foundation and commercial insight in the fields of insurance and asset management. Whether it is a complex private equity fund investment or the design of insurance asset management products, Ms. Xing can always provide us with practical and feasible solutions with rigorous legal logic and an accurate grasp of regulatory policies.
What makes us particularly trust her is that Ms. Xing not only maintains a very high professional standard, but can also start from our commercial demands as investors, balancing the compliance bottom line with commercial investment objectives and efficiency. During the cooperation, the dedication, the attitude of delving into difficult problems, and the excellent communication skills she demonstrated made us feel very reassured in major transactions. As an outstanding partner of Llinks' Banking and Finance Department focusing on the insurance asset management sector, Ms. Wenjie Xing is one of our most trustworthy external legal partners."
For this selection, LEGALBAND mainly referred to the recommendation materials of major law firms, lawyers' self-recommendation materials, and client feedback information. Simultaneously, combining the long-term attention and insight into the regional legal service market by LEGALBAND's local research team in China, it ultimately selected 15 "Regional Leading Lights" with strong capabilities who are highly favored by clients in Chinese Mainland.
