Xueyan Gao is a member of White & Case's China practice. Her principal practice areas are mergers and acquisitions and project finance.

Prior to working in White and Case, Xueyan worked as an associate in the corporate practice in the Beijing offices of two US law firms. She also spent four years as in-house legal counsel at China National Offshore Oil Cooperation (CNOOC).

Xueyan has abundant experience in advising multi-national clients and Chinese companies in connection with both inbound and outbound transactions.

Xueyan's recent experience includes representing:

• China Development Bank Corporation on two loans, together valued at over US$20 billion, to Venezuela's Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela (BANDES). The financing is one of the largest that CDB has extended to any one country. It won "Deal of the Year 2010" from Asian-Counsel magazine and was nominated for "Debt Market Deal of the Year" at the ALB China Law Awards 2011.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 2006
New York State Bar, 2005
China, 2000

Education
JD, Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2005
LLM, University of Utah, College of Law, William Gibson Scholarship, 2002
LLM, Peking University, Graduate Fellowship, 2001
Attendee, International and Comparative Law Academy (Trustee Scholarship), 1998
LLB, Peking University, 1997

Languages
Mandarin
English

Citizenship
China