Zhong Lun Law Firm leverages its impressive team size to assist clients on the whole gamut of real estate issues. The practice covers four major sections; traditional real estate, urban infrastructure, transport and logistics, and cultural, tourism, and hospitality. Within these four areas, the team is able to provide comprehensive consultancy services, advising on land investment and transactions, real estate development projects, and real estate M&A. The firm also handles contentious work such as restructuring, bankruptcy, and liquidation of real estate companies and other arbitration and litigation matters. Key members of the team in Beijing include construction and real estate development expert Han Hao, Song Mu who advises state-owned enterprises, and Jiong Zhang who focuses on energy, power and rail infrastructure matters. Other practitioners include Shenzhen-based arbitration specialist Furong Deng and real estate acquisition partner Fanrong Wu over in Hangzhou. Jihong Wang, Maoyuan Zhu, and Wenjing Zhang are all names to note for their real estate expertise.

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Testimonials

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‘The team is competitive, the feedback is timely, the experience is rich, the performance is professional, and I recommend it.’
‘Rich experience, understanding of history and the situation of various provinces and cities. The practice is also sensitive to policies, familiar with legal regulations, and practical in practice. It keeps a pure heart for work and the industry.’
‘The team has strong working ability and has two main characteristics: firstly the firm can quickly grasp new information, understand the essence of the transaction, and complete the work with high quality; secondly, they were able to complete heavy work within a tight timeframe, which was unanimously recognised by both parties to the transaction. As a high-quality real estate transaction team in China, the team has excellent work quality.’

Key clients

China Resources Land Holdings Co.
CITIC Chengkai (Shenzhen) Co.
China Minsheng Banking Co.
Shenzhen Anju Jianye Investment Operation Co.
China Huarong Asset Management
China Jinmao
Zhongliang Real Estate Group Shenzhen Real Estate Development Co.
CapitaLand Group
Ping An Real Estate Company
Mapletree Investments Pte
Guangdong Xinda Real Estate Co.
Shenzhen Branch of Kerry (China) Project Management Co.
China Resources Cestbon Beverage (China) Co.
Huatai United Securities Co.
China Southern Asset Management Co.
Boshi Fund Management Co.
AVIVA-COFCO Life Insurance Company
OCT (Hainan) Group Co.
Henry Fok Ying Tung Group
CCB Housing Rental Fund
Xi'an Capital Xinkai Real Estate
Beijing International Resort Co.
China International Capital Corporation Limited. (CICC)
Beijing ByteDance Technology
New China Life Insurance Co.
Tomorrow Advancing Life
Cummins Inc.
Shanghai 360 Changfeng Technology Co.
Qingdao Qingxihuada Gene Co.
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.
Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. of China Power Engineering Consulting Group
Beijing Samsung Real Estate Co.
Halma Plc.
CITIC Urban Development & Operation Co.
Inter IKEA Centre China
Taikang Healthcare Industry Investment Holdings Co.
Hang Lung Properties
Minmetals Land
China Life Caregarden
Meituan Inc.
The China Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring and Analysis Centre of PBC
Hangzhou Greentown Zhiyan Urban Development Co.
Hangzhou Nuogang Real Estate Co. (Zhejiang Jiangong Real Estate Development Group Co.)
Zhejiang Cinda Real Estate Co.
Hangzhou Hua’an Real Estate Co. (Zhuhai Huafa Industrial Co.)
CapitaLand
GAW Capital
CPE
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited
Disney
Starbucks
LINK Reits
AIA
Manulife-Sinochem
Ping An Real Estate
LuJiaZui Properties
GLP
Prologis
Shenzhen Properties & Resources Development (Group)
Shenzhen Metro Group Co.
Shenzhen Grandland Group Co.
Hubei Sinuo New Material Technology Co.
Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co.
Shenzhen Honghe Innovation Information Technology Co.
PowerChina Roadbridge Group Co.
Sinohydro Bureau 3 Co.
Huatai Securities Co.
TSMC
Jiangsu Easttrans Engineering Detection Co.
Cec Environmental Protection Co.
Puritek Company

Work highlights

Assisted Beijing International Resort Co. with all legal related to the construction of the Universal Beijing Theme Park and Resort.
Advised PowerChina Roadbridge Group Co. Central China Branch on ecological protection and green development project of the Yidu Section of the Yangtze River.
Advised China Jinmao Holding Group on its large-scale urban comprehensive development projects in Ningbo, Taiyuan, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Nanchang, Lishui, Quzhou, and Huzhou.