Currently, with the rapid development of the digital economy and cross-border commerce, novel and complex disputes as well as foreign-related controversies have significantly increased. Building a multi-collaborative, full-dimensional commercial compliance and dispute resolution system has become a trend. Meanwhile, along with industrial upgrading and the deepening reform of the capital market, tech M&A, state-owned asset integration, and cross-border transactions are becoming increasingly frequent. Transaction structures are becoming more diverse and complex, imposing higher requirements on M&A compliance and dispute resolution.
Against this backdrop, on July 18, 2026, at the "Summer Melody · SHINE - LEXPRESS 2026 'LEXPRESS Guide' Awards Ceremony," LEXPRESS's "Premium Legal Service Brand Guide (2026)" was grandly released. Relying on their solid professional capabilities, outstanding performance, and excellent client reputation in the fields of dispute resolution and M&A, Llinks contractual partners Mr. Shawn Qiu and Ms. Gisele Jiang were respectively included in the dispute resolution and M&A brand guides, and were honored with the title of Brand Star "Rising Star Lawyer" in their respective fields.
Shawn Qiu
Mr. Shawn Qiu graduated from Southwest University of Political Science & Law with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
Mr. Qiu focuses on civil and commercial dispute resolution, and is particularly adept at handling difficult and complex cases. He has rich experience in fields such as real estate and construction engineering, investment and financing, corporate and commercial affairs, and preservation and execution.
In the field of real estate and construction engineering, Mr. Qiu provides legal services for clients across the entire real estate industry chain, including but not limited to developers, construction enterprises, commercial real estate, and property management companies, covering various real estate and construction engineering disputes such as development and construction, contract performance, and ownership transactions.
In the field of investment and financing, Mr. Qiu provides legal services for investment and financing entities, including but not limited to investors, fund companies, and portfolio companies, involving various investment and financing disputes such as equity investments, funds, and partnerships.
In the area of general corporate counsel, Mr. Qiu handles daily legal affairs for multiple listed companies, large state-owned enterprises, well-known private enterprises, and foreign-invested enterprises.
Gisele Jiang
Ms. Gisele Jiang graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from Southwest University of Political Science & Law, and obtained a Master of Laws degree from Emory University in the United States.
Ms. Jiang has rich experience in areas such as private equity/venture capital (PE/VC), cross-border investment and financing, and corporate and commercial affairs.
In the PE/VC sector, the clients Ms. Jiang serves include well-known domestic and foreign investment funds, as well as multinational companies, start-ups, and fast-growing enterprises, covering industries such as artificial intelligence, industrial and high-end manufacturing, new energy, and medicine and life health. Ms. Jiang also provides private fund clients with legal services covering the entire process of fundraising, investment, management, and exit, including manager registration, fund establishment and filing, QFLP/QDIE applications, and fund exit and liquidation.
In the field of cross-border investment and financing, the clients Ms. Jiang serves include state-owned enterprises (SOEs), central SOEs, large group companies, and financial institutions. The scope of legal services provided includes cross-border M&A businesses, domestic and offshore bond issuance, and other types of cross-border investment and financing.
In the corporate and commercial field, Ms. Jiang has provided perennial legal services for multiple state-owned enterprises, investment institutions, private funds, and start-ups.
LEXPRESS's "Premium Legal Service Series Brand Guide" aims to deeply explore and centrally showcase brand institutions and outstanding lawyers providing excellent legal services in various professional fields, providing an authoritative and objective reference system for users to find high-quality legal services. The research for this "Guide" by the LEXPRESS Research Center fully combined application materials, expert review opinions, peer reviews, and actual client feedback. It focused on evaluating the comprehensive performance of lawyer teams in handling complex cases, their recent influential cases and professional viewpoints, and team collaboration efficiency, ultimately culminated in the release of LEXPRESS's Special Recommendation list, featuring "Brand Star Lawyers" and "Brand Influential Law Firms."
