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Global Law Office Offices
15 & 20F, TOWER 1, CHINA CENTRAL PLACE
NO 81 JIANGUO ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT
BEIJING 100025
China
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Mr Lei Niu
Work Department
Lei Niu's practice focuses on dispute resolution, intellectual property, compliance & risk control, debt restructuring & corporate liquidation/bankruptcy, shipping and real estate & construction.
Position
Lei Niu has represented many of the world’s leading multinational companies and international financial institutions before the Arbitration Court of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC), Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), Shanghai Arbitration Commission, as well as various ad hoc arbitral tribunals in London, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, with which he has built a solid practice record in international commercial arbitration.
Lei Niu is also a litigation lawyer and has represented clients in before China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and various provincial high courts, intermediate courts, district courts, financial and maritime courts in different localities, involving disputes concerning corporate organizations, private equity and investment funds, real estate and construction, finance lease, insurance, intellectual property, shipping, among others. A retrial case instituted through the adjudicatory supervision procedure which Lei Niu won before the SPC was selected by the Court as one of the “Ten Model Cases of the Supreme People’s Court in 2016”.
As an arbitrator and mediator, Lei Niu sits on the panels of CIETAC, CMAC, HKIAC and SIMC (Singapore International Mediation Centre) and other institutes and was appointed as the presiding arbitrator/sole arbitrator/co-arbitrator in more than 300 arbitration cases.
Career
Partner, Global Law Office (Shanghai)
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Partner, Global Law Office (Shanghai)
Deputy Secretary-General, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Sub-Commission
Case Manager, China Maritime Arbitration Commission
Case Manager, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Languages
Chinese,English
Memberships
- Arbitrator of CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission)
- Arbitrator of CMAC (China Maritime Arbitration Commission)
- Arbitrator of HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Arbitrator of AIAC (Asia International Arbitration Center in Malaysia)
- Arbitrator of SCMA (Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration )
- Specialist Mediator of SIMC (Singapore International Mediation Centre)
- Mediator of CCPIT Mediation Center
- Arbitrator of Nanjing Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of Ningbo Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of Qingdao Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator of Langfang Arbitration Commission
Education
Master of Common Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
Master of Law, Faculty of Law, University of International Business and Economics
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law
Lawyer Rankings
China > Shipping: PRC firms
Global Law Office adeptly handles contentious and non-contentious cases across the shipping industry, encompassing ship arrests and ship auctions, as well as foreign maritime arbitration and spill pollution litigation. The team is mainly known for its litigation and arbitration work, assisting large shipping companies, banks, logistics and trade companies, and P&I clubs with complex issues. The practice is co-led by Yifeng Gao, Jingye Jiang, Ting Lei, and Lei Niu. Gao predominantly assists international clients and Jiang is experienced in dispute resolution, while Lei advises on a wide range of shipping matters. Shanghai-based Niu focuses on arbitration for multi-national and international companies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: PRC firms
- Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms
- Projects and energy: PRC firms
- Real estate and construction: PRC firms
- WTO/international trade: PRC firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: PRC firms
- Capital markets: PRC firms
- Corporate and M&A: PRC firms
- Data protection: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms
- Fintech: PRC firms
- Investment funds: PRC firms
- Labour and employment: PRC firms
- Private equity: PRC firms
- Regulatory/compliance: PRC firms
- TMT: PRC firms
- Insurance: PRC firms
- Private wealth: PRC firms
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
- Restructuring and insolvency: PRC firms
- Shipping: PRC firms
- Intellectual property: PRC firms