Xianyue Simon Bai is a Partner at Grandall Law Firm’s Tianjin office and a leading international arbitration expert with over 25 years of legal experience. He is listed as an arbitrator with numerous institutions, including CIETAC, BAC/BIAC, HKIAC, SHIAC, SCIA, and CAS, and serves as a mediator with SIMC and Benchmark International. Recognized as a Chevening Scholar and IBA Scholar, Simon has acted as arbitrator and counsel in high-profile cases, including appointments at the Asian Games (2018) and Beijing Winter Olympics (2022). He frequently speaks at international conferences and contributes to legal publications worldwide.
Xianyue Simon Bai is a highly respected Chinese lawyer, mediator, and arbitrator with over 25 years of professional legal practice. He currently serves as Partner at Grandall Law Firm’s Tianjin Office and has advised state-owned enterprises, private companies, joint ventures, and multinationals on complex cross-border legal issues.
Simon is listed as an arbitrator with leading institutions worldwide, including CIETAC, BAC/BIAC, HKIAC, CAS, SHIAC, SCIA, AIAC, ICDSO, and multiple regional arbitration commissions across China. He has acted as sole arbitrator, presiding arbitrator, and counsel under rules of institutions such as BAC, CIETAC, SHIAC, CAS, SCIA, HKIAC, and SCC.
In sports law, he has played a distinguished role, having been appointed as a member of the Ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for the 2018 Asian Games (Jakarta) and as one of only nine arbitrators in the Ad Hoc Division of CAS during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Simon is also a Special Mediator at the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), Mediator at Benchmark International Mediation Center, and Vice Chair of the Expert Consultation Committee of the China Commission of Arbitration for Sports.
His international recognition includes being a Chevening Scholar (University of Oxford, 2005–2006), IBA Scholar (2004), and participation in the EU-China Legal and Judicial Cooperation Program (2001). In 2013, he was named one of the “China Leading Lawyers in Foreign-related Legal Services” by the China Bar Association.
Beyond practice, Simon is an active academic and public speaker, regularly publishing in English and Chinese on legal issues and speaking at international conferences. He also frequently provides expert commentary on CGTN and China Radio International, bringing insights into Chinese law to global audiences.
Honors & Recognitions
Chevening Scholar, University of Oxford (2005–2006)
IBA Scholar (2004)
Selected Participant, EU-China Legal & Judicial Cooperation Program (2001)
Recognized as one of “China Leading Lawyers in Foreign-related Legal Services” – China Bar Association (2013)
