Siwei X
Associate Lawyer
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSiwei X is an Associate Lawyer based in Canada with 12 years of professional experience spanning litigation and transactional roles across China and Canada. Trained at Southeast University and with an LL.M. from the University of Edinburgh, Siwei blends cross-jurisdictional legal knowledge with practical experience in conveyancing, immigration consulting, and firm-side practice. Transitioning from roles as a lawyer and legal assistant to counsel and now associate, they bring a pragmatic, client-focused approach to complex matters. Unusually for a lawyer, Siwei is also an active coder who contributes optimized C/C++ algorithm solutions to a well-known LeetCode repository, demonstrating strong problem‑solving and technical rigor. That combination of legal acumen and algorithmic thinking helps Siwei tackle regulatory and transactional problems with analytical precision and attention to implementation details. Colleagues describe them as adaptable, technically curious, and effective at bridging legal strategy with operational realities.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Laws (LL.M.) at The University of Edinburgh学士 法学, 学士 法学 at Southeast University
Github Skills (12)
data-structures10
algorithms10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure10
lintcode10
binary-tree10
c119
strings9
c179
text-manipulation9
recursion8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
haoel/leetcode
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
LeetCode Problems' Solutions
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 11 PRs, 2 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Siwei primarily contributed solutions to LeetCode problems, focusing on algorithms and data structures implemented in C++. Their work involved providing multiple solutions for various problems like binary tree traversals and "Populating Next Right Pointers in Each Node," often comparing different approaches and optimizing the code. Furthermore, the user fixed a build error and implemented a solution for "Reverse Words in a String" in both C++ and C, demonstrating proficiency in algorithm design and coding.
leetcodeproblemsleetcode-problems-solutionsleetcode-solutionsdata-structures
aliyun-beta/aliyun-opensearch-cpp-sdk
Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:61 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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