Dispute Resolution

 

• 2024 – 2025 Counsel to a fund controlled by the Beijing Federation of Supply & Marketing Cooperatives (PRC SOE) in RMB 1.5 billion debt-restructuring litigation before the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court; won a favorable first-instance judgment.
• 2022 – 2024 Acted for an offshore U.S.-dollar-denominated fund in an HKIAC share-redemption arbitration against a leading e-commerce group and its founders; obtained asset-freeze orders over PRC assets exceeding USD 30 million across 20+ respondents and secured full recovery through a staged installment settlement.
• 2023 – 2024 Represented an offshore USD-denominated fund in an ICC (Hong Kong) share-redemption arbitration against an online-education company; preserved more than USD 30 million in PRC assets belonging to 10+ respondents and achieved a one-time, full-value settlement.
• 2022 – 2024 Counsel to a Portuguese private-equity fund in a CIETAC equity-transfer arbitration; obtained a favorable award and, in follow-on actio Pauliana proceedings, recovered the full amount for the client.
• 2020 – 2022 Defended a PRC real-estate developer in HKIAC proceedings brought by a global hotel-management group involving claims exceeding USD 50 million; settled the matter for a de minimis payment.
• 2025 – present Representing an Alibaba-affiliated Cayman fund in HKIAC share-redemption arbitration (ongoing).
• 2024 Represented a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Corp. (PRC SOE) in RMB 500 million litigation over non-performing assets; obtained a complete victory.
• 2020 Represented a Singapore energy company in a CIETAC arbitration arising from closure of a wastewater-treatment plant; negotiated a settlement exceeding RMB 100 million with expedited payment.
• 2017 – 2019 Acted for a China General Technology Group subsidiary (PRC SOE) in three fraud-related arbitrations (two CIETAC, one BJAC); secured awards totaling more than RMB 200 million.
• 2021 Defended the same subsidiary in an SIAC international-sale-of-goods arbitration brought by a Singapore chemical company; reached a rapid, favorable settlement.
• 2017 Defended an HKEX-listed company in debt-collection litigation filed by a joint-venture partner in the Beijing No. 4 Intermediate People’s Court; all claims—approx. RMB 90 million—were dismissed.
• 2017 Represented a China Cinda Asset Management (PRC SOE) subsidiary in litigation to recover proceeds of an asset-management plan before the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court; obtained judgment for more than RMB 300 million.
• 2019 – 2020 Counsel to a PRC SOE contractor in a CIETAC arbitration over debt recovery for a Qatar engineering project; won an award exceeding RMB 40 million.
• 2020 Advised a PRC SOE contractor in an engineering dispute with an Indian owner, addressing force-majeure issues under the FIDIC Red Book and obtaining court injunctions on independent guarantees.
• 2019 Represented a leading agricultural-machinery manufacturer in shareholder litigation concerning its European investment; coordinated with EU counsel on misconduct investigations of overseas management.
• 2022 Represented a New Zealand food manufacturer in a product-quality dispute with a U.S. supermarket chain in China, including parallel administrative-penalty defense; achieved a favorable settlement.
• 2020 Advised a China Three Gorges Group subsidiary on a shareholder dispute stemming from E&S-compliance issues in a South-Asian project.

 

 

Project Finance Infrastructure

 

• Counsel to POWERCHINA International (Sinohydro) on a series of Ghana road-building projects — China Business Law Journal Outstanding Deal 2020.
• Counsel to POWERCHINA International on the 730 MW Rumaila combined-cycle power plant, Iraq — China Business Law Journal Project Finance Deal of the Year 2018; ALB Deal of the Year 2018.

 

 

Others

 

• External legal adviser on independent guarantees to more than twenty provincial branches of China Construction Bank.
• Ongoing cross-border advisory work for SOEs, including Ansteel Group, CNBM, CRCC International, POWERCHINA International, China Aerospace Construction Group, and Peking University.
• Bankruptcy and liquidation counsel to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its affiliates.
• Conducted an internal compliance investigation on behalf of MAN Truck & Bus (Germany).
• Long-term PRC counsel to Hager Electric (Germany).