‘A firm that can be trusted by clients’, Global Law Office’s litigators are active before all levels of China’s people’s courts, including the Supreme People’s Court and its circuit courts. Recent disputes experience for the team includes acting in several high-end litigation cases on behalf of Fortune Global 500 multinational corporations, as well as securities companies, major asset management groups, and commercial and investment banks. The group is led by Jiuguang Zhao, whose experience encompasses multiple complex commercial contract disputes. The team further includes international arbitration specialist Yifeng Gao; Jingye Jiang, who acts for shipping companies, P&I clubs, insurance companies, import/export businesses, project contractors and manufacturers in their disputes; and Weiwei Gu, an expert in government investigations, particularly in relation to anti-corruption and antitrust issues. At of counsel level, Lu Jiang‘s practice covers civil and commercial disputes. Former joint practice head Zhao Li departed in November 2023.

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  • 'A firm that can be trusted by clients.'

  • 'Excellent professionalism, trustworthy, and has a good sense of business.'

  • 'Understands clients' needs.'

  • 'While possessing rich legal knowledge, they also have the ability to provide high-quality services in securities litigation.'

  • 'Excellent legal analysis abilities and court skills.'

  • 'In terms of case management, the team is very organised, and familiar with the progress and circumstances of hundreds of cases.'

  • 'Yunjian Hou responds quickly to the legal needs of clients, gives timely feedback, and comprehensively analyses issues, providing effective assistance to clients during their decision making.'

Key clients

  • Zhongzhi Enterprise Group and its subsidiaries
  • China General Technology (Group) Holding Co
  • China National Light Industrial Products IMP. & EXP. Group. CO.LTD
  • CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co., Ltd
  • HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
  • Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co., Ltd

Work highlights

  • Representing Zhongzhi Enterprise Group (and its subsidiaries) in ten cases against Zhejiang Tianma Bearing Group Co (and its affiliates), arising from equity beneficiary rights transfers and repurchases (among other issues).
  • Acted for China National Light Industrial Products IMP. & EXP. Group in a series of litigation cases, including sales contract disputes.
  • Represented MMD Group in company control disputes.

Lawyers

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Jiuguang Zhao has handled nearly 1,000 litigation and arbitration cases, accumulating extensive practical experiences. He has represented large state-owned enterprises, well-known financial institutions, listed companies and investment institutions etc., handling various civil and commercial cases before courts of different regions, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission and other arbitration institutions.   The typical dispute cases Jiuguang Zhao has dealt with include: representing China Light Industrial Products Import and Export Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd., in handling multiple contract disputes with the amount over billions RMB; representing CITIC Securities in handling disputes over a series of stock pledge repurchase contracts; representing HSBC in handling several financial loan disputes; representing a well-known private equity funds to handle disputes related to its investment projects; representing T.C. Pharmaceutical in handling a series of Red Bull Cases regarding corporate control; representing a multinational group of mining machinery in handling disputes over the corporate control of its Chinese subsidiary.   Meanwhile, Jiuguang Zhao and his team have participated in numbers of significant bankruptcy projects as the investors’ legal counsel, creditor agent and bankruptcy administrator, which include: representing a listed company as the investor to participate in consolidated bankrupt reorganization over 11 companies of Dongchen Group; representing a minerals trading company as the investor to participate in bankruptcy reorganization of a company located in Ningxia Province; representing a state-owned bank and a Korean bank as the creditors to participate in consolidated bankruptcy reorganization of Hainan Airlines Group; representing a state-owned bank as the creditor to participate in bankruptcy reorganization of Tewoo Group; representing a large-scale state-owned enterprise and a prestigious solely foreign invested bank as the creditors to participate in bankruptcy reorganization of Bohai Steel Group; representing a joint-stock bank as the major creditor to participate in bankruptcy reorganization of Yunnan Coal Chemical Industry Group (including a listed company Yunwei Stocks); handling bankruptcy liquidation for many enterprises in Beijing as administrator; handling bankruptcy reorganization as the member of administrator for Xinjiang Zhongji Company and Hanchuan CNC Machine Company.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jiuguang Zhao

Other key lawyers

Yifeng Gao, Jingye Jiang, Weiwei Gu, Xiusong Xing, Kevin Wang, Ting Lei, Tim Yimin Liu, Yunjian Hou, Lu Jiang