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Recognised for its ability to deal with a high volume of disputes of a varying nature, Sinochart’s legal team is one of the most proficient operators in this category in China. Common disputes concerns early redelivery, extension, withdrawal, off hire, over-consumption and under-performance, demurrage, cargo damage and shortage as well as collisions, though the list of potential causes of contention in a business sector as complex and regulated as the maritime industry is even longer than this. Indeed, the Sinochart legal team has been involved in over 1,000 cases in the past twenty years alone according to industry sources. Deputy general manager and general counsel Xing Naiqun leads the company’s legal function from the front having built up a wealth of experience since joining the company in 1999. She also comes extremely well-recommended by nominating sources: ‘Xing is able to develop brilliant technical solutions to complex issues, has accumulated rich experience through various cases, created innovative structures to ensure that the in-house function is driving the business forward and provide a business working model that other corporate counsel should follow’.