Zhuoxin Law Firm

Director, Senior Partner, Managing Partner

EDUCATION
LLB, Sun Yat-sen University, 1994
Admitted to the bar in October 1994
LLM in International Business Law, University of Hull, U.K., 2000
Training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association in August 2014
International training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association, Centre de Garrigues, Spain from Nov 2014 to Dec 2014
International commercial arbitration training program of the National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers of All China Lawyers Association, BPP University, the United Kingdom from Nov 2017 to Dec 2017

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation and Arbitration, Cross Border Insolvency and Restructuring, Foreign Investment, Outbound Investment

WORKING BACKGROUND
From 1994 to 1999                           Kingson Law Firm
From 2000 to 2001                          Intern in Coudert Brothers LLP L.A. Branch
From August 2001 till now            Zhuoxin Law Firm
From July 2003 to August 2003  Exchange program in Charltons LLP HK

LANGUAGE
English, Mandarin and Cantonese

PARTIAL REPRESENTATIVE CASES
●  Representing a Canadian natural gas company in a high-stakes dispute with a publicly listed Chinese state-owned petroleum construction firm over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility project, with a contested amount of approximately RMB 4.8 billion.
●  Representing a Chinese listed company in a USD 6 million litigation concerning international trade disputes before the High Court of Tanzania and the Court of Appeal of Tanzania, and applying for recognition and enforcement of a CIETAC arbitral award in Tanzania.
●  Providing full service to an SOE in a USD 10 million international trade dispute with a Lebanon buyer and a UK guarantee company.
●  Representing an overseas syndicate in a USD 160 million litigation against a well-known Chinese real estate listed company for default on overseas US dollar-denominated debts.
● Assisting a Chinese listed pharmaceutical company in a high-impact trade secret infringement litigation brought by an international pharmaceutical company before the United State District Court for the District of Connecticut.
●  Representing two UAE companies in a series of litigation cases against a HK company (in provisional liquidation) and several Chinese companies arising from sales contract disputes, and also representing one of them before Guangdong High Court for property preservation liability disputes against the HK company and its guarantee company. One of the above series cases was chosen as one of the 10 typical foreign-related civil and commercial cases during 2008-2018 published by Guangzhou Courts.
●  Representing a BVI company in a RMB 150 million share transfer dispute involving a HK company before the Foshan Intermediate Court, Guangdong High Court and the Supreme Court of the PRC, and the client's requests were fully supported by the courts.
●  Representing a Spanish company in a CIETAC arbitration for international trade disputes.
●  Representing an insurance company in an over RMB 30 million CIETAC arbitration for trade credit insurance disputes, which was the first trade credit insurance dispute case that the insurance company has ever won the case in full.
●  Providing full legal services to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a domestic listed company in setting up a joint venture company in India, with an investment amount of approximately USD 20 million.
●  Providing full legal services to the transferor of a third-party payment license acquisition project under VIE structure, with the amount of over RMB 500 million.
●   Providing legal services to a well-known overseas fund company in acquiring the debt package of non-performing assets from a well-known domestic bank and asset management company, with the amount of about USD 200 million.

HONORS
Vice President of Guangzhou Lawyers Association
Vice President of the Lawyer Branch of Guangzhou New Social Stratum Association
Depute Director of Guangzhou Digital Finance Association
Off-campus Tutor of Sun Yat-sen University
National Foreign-related Lawyers selected by Justice Department of China
National Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers selected by All China Lawyers Association
"Belt and Road" Cross-Border Lawyers selected by All China Lawyers Association
Guangdong Foreign-related Lawyers selected by Office of the Commission for Overall Law-Based Governance
Guangdong Provincial Committee
Elite of Foreign-related Lawyers selected by Guangdong Lawyers Association
Arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
Arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Center
Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Wuhan Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration
Arbitrator of China Commission of Arbitration for Sport
Arbitrator of Xiamen, Ningbo, Nanjing, Xi’an, Hangzhou Arbitration Commissions
Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Centre
Top 10 Great Foreign-Related Lawyers of Guangzhou selected by Guangzhou Lawyers Association
Top 10 Young and Middle-aged Legal Experts in Guangzhou selected by Guangzhou Law Society
Outstanding Lawyer of 2016-2019 selected by Guangzhou Lawyers Association
Ranked Lawyer in Corporate/Commercial: Contentious| Chambers Greater China Region Rankings 2025
China's Top 100 Lawyers selected by China Business Law Journal in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024
Top 20 Client Choice Lawyers selected by SSQ Thomson Reuters ALB