Before founding Westlink Partnership in 2007, Carrie was a partner of a boutique Chongqing law firm and worked in the Hong Kong and London offices of an international law firm where she gained tremendous corporate and commercial experience working with local and international clients. Carrie was previously selected by the China Law Council to participate in the prestigious Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers in London as one of China’s representatives.

Carrie is also an arbitrator of the China Chongqing Liangjiang International Arbitration Center.

Carrie is via Westlink Partnership, qualified to practice in China and speaks fluent Chinese and English.

Victor practises principally in the areas of insurance and reinsurance, and dispute resolution, including commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Victor has significant expertise in the insurance and reinsurance sector, particularly well placed in handling contentious insurance-related work, including but not limited to professional indemnity, directors and officers, financial lines, product liability, personal injury and property claims. He also handles claims for a number of international airlines and acts for many of the world’s leading trade credit and political risk insurers in Europe, North America and Asia on commercial matters.

In addition, Victor also advises on a broad range of matters including regulatory, employment, incident/accident responses and multi-jurisdictional catastrophes.

Victor is ranked in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 – 2025 as a Next Generation Partner / Recommended Lawyer. His team is ranked as tier 1 insurance lawyers by various legal directories, and has contributed to the China chapter of Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guides on Class Actions (2024).

Victor via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China. Victor is fluent in Mandarin, English and German.

Shanshan Han specialises in cross-border dispute resolution (international arbitration and litigation), cross-border investment and M&A, general corporate, and corporate compliance.

She has over a decade of legal experience and previously served in government, where she participated in key national- and provincial projects, undertook secondments with state-owned enterprises, and was posted to the Chinese embassies in France and in a Belt and Road country in Africa. Shanshan has held senior roles at leading domestic and international law firms, including leading foreign-related practices at a top-tier “Red Circle” firm, and spent several years at a premier European law firm. Her practice focuses on cross-border M&A and international arbitration, encompassing both investment and commercial arbitration. She has been involved in numerous proceedings administered by major arbitral institutions such as ICC, LCIA, SIAC, ICSID, CIETAC and BAC, including some landmark cases, and has been appointed as an international expert by some institutions.

Shanshan is fluent in Chinese and English and proficient in French.

She is qualified to practise law in multiple jurisdictions, holding practising certificates in China and England & Wales, and has also practised in France. She is a member of Young ICCA, listed in the Beijing Dongcheng District Foreign-related Legal Talent Pool, and a member of ICC China.

Shanshan has published dozens of articles in national core academic journals in her practice areas, some of which are award-winning scholarly works. She has been repeatedly invited to speak at high-level arbitration seminars and events organised by UNCITRAL, the Ministry of Justice, CCPIT, and leading domestic and international arbitration institutions such as ICC China, CIETAC, SHIAC, BAC, as well as various international law firms. She has served as a guest speaker, panellist, and moderator, with a cumulative audience exceeding 600,000 attendees.

Furthermore, Shanshan has successfully assisted numerous leading enterprises and clients in achieving milestone legal outcomes, particularly in cross-border investment projects and dispute resolution under the Belt and Road Initiative across Asia, Europe, and Africa. To date, the total value of cases and projects in which she has provided legal services exceeds several hundred billion US dollars.

Qi’ang acts for multi-national clients in insurance and international trade related disputes. He has handled various matters in relation to product liability, D&O, PI, credit insurance and cargo claims, and has also had experience in advising insurance companies on non-contentious matters.

Qi’ang obtained his LLM from University College London.

Qi’ang speaks fluent Chinese and English. Qi’ang via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China.

Francesca specialises in financial and commercial disputes. She regularly represents banks and insurers in pursuing debt and cargo recovery claims. She is adept at handling disputes resolution matters by litigation, arbitration and mediation. She also advises clients on governance and corporate finance matters.

Francesca via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China. She speaks fluent English and Chinese.

Albert specialises in dispute resolution (court litigation, arbitration) with experience in a broad range of shipping matters (involving bills of lading, charterparty, vessel collision, crew injury, and general average) and commercial insurance matters (covering property liability, product liability, import and export credit insurance.).

Albert also has experience in advising NVOCCs, freight-forwarding and logistics companies on both contentious and non-contentious matters involving air, sea, and road transportation.

Albert worked with a number of major Chinese maritime law firms prior to joining Westlink Partnership.

Albert via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China.

Carol is experienced in providing legal advice on compliance and operational issues to world-leading trade credit insurance companies across Europe, North America and Asia. She also regularly advises large international insurance companies on cargo claims involving air, sea and road transportation. Her areas of focus cover commercial insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, credit insurance and reinsurance, among other areas, involving pivotal aspects such as risk assessment and the resolution of performance disputes across various insurance business lines.. With a wealth of practical experience in international cargo transportation matters, Carol has been a trusted legal advisor to top global insurers,, focusing on the resolution of cargo claim disputes in relation to air, sea and road transportation. She is well placed in handling complex cargo damage claims, including but not limited to issues pertaining to policy liability, subrogation rights, multimodal transportation issues, and risk mitigation during transportation.

She has represented clients before various Chinese courts and arbitration commissions in respect of the aforementioned disputes.

Carol via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China. She speaks fluent English and Chinese.

Katharine is a Senior Associate in our Chongqing office in China since November 2018. She is a PRC qualified lawyer who specialises in China corporate legal matters with a focus on FDI, M&A, IPO, corporate securities business and China outbound investments.

Prior to joining Westlink Partnership, Katharine obtained her Master degree of Laws from University College London and she worked as an associate for Zhonglun Law Firm, one of the ‘Red Circle’ law firms in China.

Katharine acts for various clients including multinationals, private Chinese companies as well as large Chinese state-owned enterprises in various practice areas including distribution and supply chain structures; customs; trade and transportation. She advises clients on joint ventures, corporate financing and mergers and acquisitions including corporate reorganisations and merger controls.

Wen has extensive experience in advising Chinese and foreign financial institutions and investors on cross border financing transactions including aviation finance, shipping finance, acquisition finance, project finance and general lending (bilateral loan, syndicated loan, and export credit).

She also represents Chinese and foreign leasing companies and Chinese airlines in aircraft leasing and trading transactions (operating/finance lease, asset acquisition, and sale and lease back) and in asset refinancing transactions with financial institutions.

Prior to joining Westlink Partnership, Wen worked for one of Chinese “big four” state-owned commercial banks and a PRC law firm. She is a native Mandarin speaker with professional proficiency in English.

Vesper is particularly well versed in settling disputes in relation to contract of sales and cargo recovery claims.

She also advises clients on commercial matters and litigation prospects.

Vesper is qualified to practise in China, and she has extensive experience representing clients in pre-litigation, litigation, and arbitration.

She speaks fluent English and Chinese.

Tobey has professional experience providing legal services for Fortune 500 companies and major state-owned enterprises. He is particularly well-versed in settling disputes with regards to contracts of sales and cargo recovery claims. Prior to joining Westlink Partnership in China, Tobey has also had experience working in the United States.

Tobey is qualified to practise in China, he has extensive experience representing clients in pre-litigation, litigation, and arbitration.

He speaks fluent English and Chinese.

William graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law and obtained LLM (Major in International Economic Law) in 2018. Prior to joining Westlink Partnership, he worked as a legal assistant at two famous law firms in Chongqing and Zhejiang respectively, and worked as a law clerk at a basic-level People’s Court in Chongqing. From November 2018 to March 2019, he was on secondment to a famous foreign-invested property insurance company in China, as acting legal counsel. His current practice areas cover insurance, cross-border M&A and corporate governance.

William is via Westlink Partnership, qualified to practice in China and speaks fluent Chinese and English.

Sicong specialises in dispute resolution (court litigation, arbitration, and mediation) in relation to marine and international trade matters. She advises listed companies, state-owned enterprises, Maritime Safety Administration on drafting and reviewing documents and templates under Chinese law or common law, including but not limited to purchase agreements, charter parties, demand letters, legal opinions, letter of guarantees, etc.

She also advises trading clients on various queries and assists in contract review on a day-to-day basis.

Sicong graduated from Dalian Maritime University and obtained her LLM degree from King’s College London.

Sicong via Westlink Partnership, is qualified to practise in China.