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DAN RYAN 张大任
Dan Ryan is a founder and director of Xitu Capital.
He is commercial and technology lawyer with over 15 years’ high-level advisory and transactional experience in Asia with particular expertise in Greater China.
He has worked for international law firms (Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields) and served as general counsel for a range of companies in the finance, technology and commodities/resources sectors.
In recognition of his expertise he was appointed by the Australian Foreign Minister to be a board member of the Australia-China Council, the peak independent body advising the Australian Government on commercial and strategic issues relating to the China relationship.
He speaks and reads Mandarin Chinese to a very high professional level.
LUKE FILEI 陆飞
Luke Filei is a founder and director of Xitu Capital.
Fluent in spoken and written Mandarin, he was resident in mainland China from 1995 until 2016, where he practiced as a transactional lawyer and negotiator primarily in the resources, construction and real estate, and technology sectors first with leading international law firms such as Baker & McKenzie and Dentons in Beijing and later as General Counsel and corporate counsel with leading corporations.
In the resources sector, his experience includes hard rock exploration and mining projects, coal exploration joint venture projects, coalbed methane exploration projects, gas production sharing agreements, enhanced oil recovery contracts, and commodity supply agreements for Barrick Gold, Sino Gold Mining, Ivanhoe Mines, Angus & Ross, Ivana Ventures, Helix Energy, Trafigura, and Ispat Karmet among others.
He has an extensive track record of highly successful China related projects including, among others, BMW’s purchase of the Jinbei automotive production facility in Shenyang, Excel’s purchase of the Excel Centre in Beijing Finance Street, Walmart’s development of the Zhuhai Sam’s Club Mall, and cornerstone pre-IPO investments into three of the top 10 most popular websites in China namely Sina.com, Sohu.com, and www.163.com.