Qi Zhou
East & Concord PartnersEast & Concord Partners‘ arbitration practice comprises sector experts in TMT, energy, finance, private equity investments, automotive and manufacturing. Recent highlights include representing General Electric and Harbin Electric in an international arbitration against four large Chinese insurance companies, concerning large gas turbine trains used in a power plant; the matter stands out because the arbitration is CIETAC-managed while applying the ICC Arbitration Rules. The group is co-led by CIETAC arbitrator and cross-border dispute resolution expert Chaoyi Ji, who ’provides detailed and comprehensive analyses of cases‘, and Wen Ye, who, in addition to transactional matters, handles civil and commercial conflicts. Also integral to the practice is commercial arbitration specialist and chair of the firm’s management committee Qi Zhou, who focuses on a range of investment, corporate and finance disputes.
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'High levels of efficiency and meticulous research planning.'
‘Chaoyi Ji provides detailed and comprehensive analyses of cases and very efficient strategies.'
Key clients
- The Coca-Cola Company
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Honeywell UOP
- Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies
- GE Gas Power
- Tishman Speyer
- Garrett Motion Inc.
- CJ Group
- CCB international
- China National Building Materials & Equipment Import & Export Corporation
- CNBM International
- China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
- China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.
- Beijing Holding Group
- Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited
- Beijing Enterprises Environment Group Limited
- China CITIC Bank
- New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- State Development & Investment Co., Ltd.
- Postal Savings Bank of China
- China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd.
- China National Investment and Guaranty Co., Ltd.
- China Credit Trust Co., Ltd.
- China Guoxin Information Corporation
- Central Enterprises Poor Regions Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd.
- Guoxin Huaxia Information System Group Co. Ltd.
- XJ Capital
- dGav Capital
Work highlights
- Acted for General Electric Company and Harbin Electric Co in an international arbitration against four large Chinese insurance companies.
- Acted for China National Building Materials & Equipment Import & Export Corporation in an international arbitration against Joint Stock Commercial Industrial & Investment Bank.
- Acted for Shanghai Juqian Rongxin Enterprise Management Partnership (LP) in an international arbitration against Geo AI before the Beijing Arbitration Commission.
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Chaoyi Ji, Wen Ye