Mr. Xiaomin Chen is currently a managing partner of DeHeng Chen, LLC in New York City and global partner of DeHeng Law Offices. He was admitted to the bars of New York State, the US Supreme Court, and the US Court of International Trade; He was qualified for the Bar of the People’s Republic of China; J.D. Brigham Young University Law School, 1994; L.L.M. in International Economic Law, Xiamen University, 1986; Master in Comparative Law, Dickinson Law School of Pennsylvania State University, 1989; He is a permanent arbitrator of China Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CITEAC”) and a case arbitrator of ICC International Court of Arbitration (appointed by a US company).

Before coming to the United States, Xiaomin Chen was the Director of International Economic Law Specialty at Xiamen University Law School in China and practiced law at the Xiamen No. 2 Law Firm. After graduating from American law schools, Mr. Chen has worked as an associate or Chinese law counsel for Woodbury & Kesler (Salt Lake City, UT), McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn (Burlingame, CA) and NuSkin International (Provo, UT).

Mr. Chen has served as counsel to many prestigious clients including Bank of China, New York Branch, the People's Bank of China Representative Office for the Americas, China National Tobacco Corporation, The China Press, China Three Gorges Project Corporation, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China Construction America, China Construction Bank, Cathay Bank, and Midea Group Ltd. He has counseled for China Resources (Zhuhai) Electric Appliance Co. in the acquisition of American Appliance Company (ACA), a major U.S. distributor of kitchen appliances. Mr. Chen represented Narada Group as a Venture Capitalist in financing a high-tech company in Silicon Valley. He was retained by the PRC State Council Information Office as the chief legal advisor for Experience China 2000, the most important comprehensive cultural event ever held by the Chinese government in the United States.

As the founding President of US-China Lawyers Society (USCLS) and legal counsel for numerous trade, professional, and charitable organizations, Mr. Chen has been very active in the Chinese-American community. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Besides his professional achievements, Mr. Chen is well published on various legal subjects. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief of “American Law Review”, a quarterly magazine published by China Legal Press. He has co-authored “International Finance Law” (1988), a textbook widely used in Chinese law schools, and “American Banking Law” (2000), the leading authority on the subject in China, both published by China Legal Press. Other books include “International Monetary Law” (1987), “Introduction to Taiwan’s Law concerning Foreign Economic Affairs” (1989). In addition, Mr. Chen has published in many professional and trade publications throughout the world, such as “Regulation of Foreign Banking in the PRC” (5 Butterworths J. of Int’l Banking and Financial L., 1990), “How to Distinguish Legal Direct Selling from Illegal Pyramid Scheme” (8 Int’l Trade & Economic Trends, 1994), “Some Proposals on China’s Regulation of Foreign Banks” (1 World Economic Studies, 1987), “OEM Transaction and Related Legal Issues” (Presented at West Lake Expo 2001, Zhejiang, China), etc.