Frank Xue is an associate in Baker Donelson's Nashville office where he is a member of the Commercial Transactions and Business Counseling Group and the Global Business Team.

Professional Biography

Overview

Frank assists Chinese clients in connection with the foreign direct investments, merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital, as well as corporate structuring and governance, commercial contracts, labor and employment, immigration and non-profit matters in the United States. He also advises Chinese companies that are contemplating pursuing a U.S. strategy, as well as those companies that are currently doing business in the U.S. or with U.S.-based businesses.

He works with a variety of U.S.-based companies in connection with their business activities in China, including but not limited to the joint venture structuring and documentation, negotiation and drafting of sales, distribution, manufacturing, and agency agreements, intellectual property protection and technology transfer, foreign exchange control, and Chinese regulatory and approval matters.

Frank also assists with anti-corruption investigations and compliance as well as CFIUS filings and export and sanction compliance research.

Before joining Baker Donelson, Frank worked in a law firm in Shanghai, China. Frank is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese.

Representative Matters

Represented a Chinese heavy equipment parts company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States.
Assisted a leading Chinese garment manufacturing company with its $410 million foreign direct investment in the State of Arkansas, including immigration and other business matters.
Represented a major Chinese manufacturing company in connection with its operations in the United States, including commercial contracts, immigration, labor and employment, and business compliance matters.
Represented a U.S. health care company in connection with the drafting of a services agreement a with Chinese health care company and Chinese hospital.
Represented a U.S. college in connection with due diligence and establishment of cooperation and partnership with a leading Chinese university.
Assisted a U.S. college in connection with its internal policy compliance and government investigation.
Assisted a leading U.S. architecture firm in connection with its WFOE structuring and regulatory and approval matters in China.
Represented a U.S. company in connection with negotiation and drafting of manufacturing agreement with a major Chinese manufacturing company.
Served as counsel to several U.S. small and medium-sized enterprises in connection with intellectual property protection strategies in China.
Established and obtained tax exempt status for a 501c(3) organization dedicated to promoting U.S.-China cultural exchanges.

Professional Honors & Activities

Member − District of Columbia, Tennessee, Nashville and American Bar Associations
Board Member − Greater Nashville Chinese Association
Member − Tennessee Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Co-founder and Member − Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group

Publications

"Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak in China – What You Need to Know Right Now" (February 2020)
"Coronavirus (COVID-19): What You Need to Know Right Now" (January 2020)
Co-author – "Winter 2019 U.S.-China Cybersecurity Update," Global Trade (November 2019)
Co-author – "China Publishing Tariffs Exclusion Process for U.S.-Origin Goods and Products: What U.S. Exporters Should Know" (June 2019)
Co-author – "China's New Foreign Investment Law: What U.S. Businesses Need to Know Right Now" (March 2019)
Co-author – "The U.S. China Trade War Will Continue Hurting the U.S. Economy," Manufacturing.net (November 2018)
"Drafting Arbitration Clauses in Chinese/American Commercial Contracts for Arbitration in China" (January 27, 2016)

Speaking Engagements

"Chinese Investment in the U.S. Challenges and Solutions – Entity Choice," U.S. Market Entry, Trade Compliance, Tariffs, and CFIUS, Fangda Partners, Shanghai, China (December 2018)
"Chinese Investment in the U.S. – CFIUS and Trade Sanctions," Shandong Corporate Legal Risk Association, Jinan, Shandong Province, China (December 2018)
"New Updates on CFIUS and Trade Sanctions and Chinese Investment in the U.S.," Jointide Law Firm, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (December 2018)
"Chinese Investment in the U.S. – CFIUS, Trade Sanctions and Entity Choice Challenges and Solutions," Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Shanghai, China (December 2018)
"Current Trade Relationship Between U.S. and China and Chinese Investment in U.S. – Challenges and Solutions," presentation to five major local law firms in Jinan and Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (October 2018)
"U.S.-China Trade Relationship and Chinese Investment in U.S.," Shandong Qingdao Bar Association, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (October 2018)
"U.S.-China Trade And Chinese Investment in the U.S. Challenges and Solutions," Haier University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (October 2018)
"Guide To Doing Business In Tennessee, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry," Osaka, Japan (October 2018)
"Five Challenges Chinese Businesses Face in U.S. and Solutions," Zibo, Zibo Arbitration Center, Zibo, Shandong Province, China (June 2018)
"Investment in U.S. – Challenges and Solutions for Chinese Companies," Shandong Corporate Legal Risk Association, Jinan, Shandong Province, China (June 2018)
"Investment in U.S. – Challenges and Solutions for Chinese Companies," Weihai Arbitration Center, Weihai, Shandong Province, China (June 2018)
"U.S. Trade Sanctions and Trade Compliance Programs for Chinese Companies," Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Shanghai, China (June 2018)