With ‘outstanding expertise in dispute resolution’, Jingtian & Gongcheng’s multidisciplinary team acts for public and private companies, family offices, financial institutions and private clients in complex commercial arbitrations before major domestic and international arbitration bodies. The practice is particularly active in commercial disputes concerning trade, investments, private equity, real estate, construction, and banking and finance. Other areas of strength range from securities, insurance and energy to IP and product liability. The practice is co-led by litigation and arbitration expert Lei WuChungang Dong, whose career includes working for three years at CIETAC; and domestic and commercial arbitration specialist Bangwei Xu. Among the firm’s other active practitioners, Xinqian Li specialises in finance and corporate law-related arbitration; Shiqi Sun has longstanding arbitration experience; Bo Yang is ‘very skilled at handling clients’; and Ruoting Xie is an expert in company, contract and insurance law-related commercial disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Huge experience in managing difficult cases deftly and to clients' very best advantage.'
  • 'Their experience in handling cases outside of China puts them streets ahead of many rivals in the market.’
  • ‘Shuzhou Zhao is super-calm under pressure.'

  • 'Jian Hu works hard whilst appearing calm and serene.'

  • 'Bo Yang is very skilled at handling clients.’

  • ‘Provides comprehensive legal services, with outstanding expertise in dispute resolution.'

  • 'Can meet the needs of clients in all fields - a group of practising lawyers with superb professional skills, good levels of professionalism, and moral character.'

  • 'The firm not only has a long history, it also has an innovative spirit. It bravely develops new fields and provides clients with even more comprehensive and detailed legal services.'

Key clients

  • Luckin Coffee Group Co., Ltd.
  • Intel Corporation
  • MGI Group
  • Guangdong Province Navigation Group Co., Ltd.
  • CMA CGM S.A.
  • Leader Mutual Freight System (H.K.) Limited
  • SinCo Technologies Pte Ltd
  • Critical Care Diagnostics, Inc.
  • CITIC Securities Co., Ltd
  • Zhong De Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Aerospace Communications Holdings Co.,Ltd
  • Kangde Xin Composite Material Group Co., Ltd.
  • Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd.
  • Guangdong Guangzhou Daily Media Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai DZH Limited’s Directors, Supervisors and Executives
  • CLC Aircraft Leasing

Work highlights

  • Assisted China High-Speed Railway Technology Co with filing an arbitration against Henan Province Luozhou Border Highway Co at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
  • Acted for CRC Medical in the first case concerning the validity of the IOT mode in Mainland China.
  • Successfully represented CLC Aircraft Leasing (Tianjin) Co in an arbitration-related judicial review in China concerning third-party funding in arbitration.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lei Wu, Bangwei Xu, Chungang Dong

Other key lawyers

Xinqian Li, Shiqi Sun, Bo Yang, Ruoting Xie, Ye Fang, Shuzhou Zhao, Jian Hu