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  • Jie CHEN

    Equity Partner / Guangzhou

  • Tel +86-20-2826-1760

    Email chenjie@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Crime, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Reorganization

CV

Jie CHEN

Chen Jie worked for a court in Beijing, the legal department of a multinational company and the dispute resolution department of a top tier law firm. She has become a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm since 2014.
Chen Jie specializes in complex civil and commercial dispute resolution. She has the capability to help clients resolve complex disputes through comprehensive civil, commercial, administrative and criminal approaches. She is well positioned to provide advice on corporate compliance management and help reduce business risks.
Chen Jie's areas of expertise are litigation & arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Crime, bankruptcy, insolvency & reorganisation.

Representative Matters

Cases concerning Corporate Dispute

  • Represented Guangdong Keda Lithium Co., Ltd. and Keda Industrial Group Co., Ltd. in a joint venture contract dispute and persuaded the second-instance court to overturn the first-instance judgment and dismiss all of the plaintiff’s claims, thereby spared the client from paying over CNY 90 million in patent consultancy fees and achieving a complete victory

  • Represented a well-known investment institution on the retrial of a series of shareholder disputes. The Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province has revoked the original judgment, and found that the client bears no liability, which successfully helped the client to avoid hundreds of millions of debts.

  • Represented Zhicheng (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd on disputes over a commodity house sales contract with Guangzhou Mingsheng Real Estate, services covering the recognition and enforcement of a Hong Kong arbitration award in China’s mainland, and the opposing party’s request for the court to refuse to enforce the Hong Kong arbitration award. This case was selected as one of the top ten guiding cases of commercial arbitration judicial review by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court

  • Represented Foshan Haitian Seasoning Food Co., Ltd. in unfair competition disputes with Kaiping Weishida Flavor Co., Ltd., Fuda (Shanghai) Food Co., Ltd. and Heinz (China) Sauces & Condiments Co., Ltd.

  • Represented a large central enterprise (in the railway sector) in 13 cases concerning property damage compensation and public interest cases of criminal litigation involving civil elements, with a total disputed amount of more than CNY 200 million

  • Represented Guangzhou Industrial Investment Capital Management Co., Ltd. and its fund companies to handle a number of equity transfer contract disputes in the field of medicine and medical devices, and successfully recovered the investment funds in full for the client

  • Represented Guangzhou Excellence Mile Education Technology Co., Ltd. (a Hong Kong listed company) in equity investment disputes and successfully recovered the investment funds in full

  • Provided legal services to a TV station to design the schemes of equity investment as well as capital reduction and share redemption of its subsidiary, and assisted the TV station in several investment contract disputes

  • Represented a state-owned fund in Guangdong to deal with equity investment contract disputes in the field of new energy

  • Represented a well-known investor in an equity transfer dispute with a subsidiary of China Publishing Group

  • Represented a fund company in Qianhai, Shenzhen to deal with its share repurchase dispute with a company listed on NEEQ

  • Represented a famous education technology limited company on a series of share repurchase disputes.

  • Represented a shareholder of a large rice company in Guangdong Province on a series of shareholder disputes.

  • Represented a famous pharmaceutical internet company in Guangdong Province on a series of shareholder disputes.

  • Represented a state-owned enterprise in Guangdong Province on disputes concerning recovery of capital contribution from shareholders.

  • Represented a fund under the name of a reinsurance company on the shareholder disputes arising from capital allocation during the deleveraging period.

  • Represented for a law-abiding shareholder of Foshan gas company to initiate shareholder representative litigation against a shareholder for damaging the company's interests.

  • Represented a famous clothing company on loan disputes with shareholders and corporate disputes.


Cases Concerning Settlement of Disputes in Major Breach of Contract

  • Represented a leading machinery manufacturing enterprise in the textile industry in several disputes over retention of title contracts, and successfully had the court uphold the client's claims and recognize the client's title over the machinery and equipment in question, and priority of compensation, ensuring that repayment to the client would be enforced after winning the case

  • Represented Tesla Motors on several sales contract disputes.

  • Represented subsidiaries of Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. on several sales contract disputes with its distributors and downstream customers.

  • Represented Tianfangjian(China) Pharmacy Company Ltd. (a member of Lijinji Health Products Group)  on several sales contract disputes with downstream customers

  • Represented Amphenol Company on a number of sales contract disputes in China.

  • Represented Colgate-Palmolive (China) Co., Ltd. on a series of disputes over sales contracts.

  • Represented Guangzhou Yuexiu Financing Lease Co., Ltd. to handle its financial leasing contract disputes with a radio and television group.

  • Represented Shenzhen Mexixi Catering Management Co., Ltd. (Xicha) on numerous disputes over lease contracts of stores.

  • Represented Shenzhen Vienna International Hotel Management Co., Ltd. on the disputes over the lease contract of its Vienna Hotel (Shuanglong Metro Station Store) under its name.

  • Represented Guangdong Yuehai Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. on the disputes over its property lease contracts.

  • Represented a famous medicine e-commerce company in Shanghai to handle lease contract disputes.

  • Represented Poly Ruobiolin (Guangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. on the disputes over the lease contract.

  • Represented Guangdong Airport Management Group Co., Ltd. on the disputes over the property lease contract with Kaixuan Long Hotel.


Cases Concerning Settlement of Disputes in Banking and Finance

  • Representing Bank of Jiujiang and the affiliated enterprises of the Guangzhou Fund Corporation in The litigation and implementation phase of settling disputes over financial loan contracts. The execution involved multiple properties and land use rights, and the case was currently being executed by the Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City.

  • Represented a famous securities company in the trial and execution of a series of litigation and arbitration cases concerning disputes over securities margin trading.

  • Represented a state-owned trust against a well-known real estate company in a case concerning enforcement of notarized documents of claims and realization of the security interest, and designed the plan for realization of the claims, with the amount in dispute exceeding CNY 3.3 billion

  • Represented a data center in a lawsuit for objection to execution. The object of the objection involved all of the assets of the data center.


Foreign-related Litigation and Arbitration

  • Represented a well-known shoe manufacturer in its arbitration against a well-known international company in Singapore.

  • Represented Zhicheng (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. in disputes over a commercial housing sales contract with Guangzhou Mingsheng Real Estate, with services covering the recognition and enforcement of a Hong Kong arbitration award in China's mainland, and handling the opposing party's request for the court to refuse to enforce the Hong Kong arbitration award

  • Represented Moso International BV in unfair competition disputes with an enterprise in Zhejiang

  • Represented CSG PVTECH Co., Ltd. in the foreign-related arbitration concerning a photovoltaic sales contract dispute with Vendo Solar Gmbh & Co. KG.

  • Represented Mobvista International Technology Limited in the disputes with Idvert Group Limited over a technical service contract

  • Represented JingZhu Garment Group Limited in the disputes with Guangzhou Chuangfeng Technology Co., Ltd. over a sales contract

  • Advised The British School of Guangzhou on potential litigation disputes


Criminal Compliance Cases

  • Provided legal services in a criminal case involving smuggling by employees of a well-known express company and successfully assisted the clients in obtaining the removal of criminal coercive measures by organizing factual evidence and presenting relevant legal opinions at the police.

  • Provided legal services in a compliance investigation on the malpractice and embezzlement by the employees of a clothing company.

  • Represented the head of a well-known Internet group to deal with criminal private prosecution cases involving insults and libels committed by shareholders of the company.

  • Representing a well-known Internet group to deal with the criminal case of the company's shareholders suspected of sabotaging production and operation. The case is currently being investigated.

  • Provided legal services for a famous company producing electronic audio products in Guangzhou City in the compliance investigation on embezzlement by its employees and successfully promoted the procuratorate's decision to prosecute and pursue criminal liability after organizing evidence.

  • Provided legal services for the compliance investigation of a famous luggage company in the US.

  • Provided legal services for the Guangzhou subsidiary of a famous Japanese electrical appliance company in the compliance investigation on embezzlement by its employees. The employees were pursued criminal liability.

  • Provided legal services for a famous multinational company in the internal compliance investigation.

  • Provided legal services for a famous US rehabilitation service company, Shanghai Cooperative Hospital, which was involved in the compliance investigation by NHFPC. After we provided opinions and assistance, the Health Commission didn't impose punishment on the client.


Labor/Personnel Disputes

  • Additionally, Ms. Chen also provided labor-related legal consulting service to Beijing Chenggong Shidai Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guangzhou International Yiyaogang Co., Ltd., Guangdong Tongcheng Chuangyou International Travel Service Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Panyu SIMONE Handbag Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Bilin Supermarket Chain Co., Ltd. and other companies, and handled their labor disputes with their employees. 

  • Represented United States Luggage Co., LLC, a well-known American luggage company, in a labor arbitration case over the executives' breach of confidentiality obligation and non-competition restriction in Asia and obtained favorable result.  

  • Represented Sinopharm Holdings Guangzhou Co., Ltd. on labor disputes with its employees. The client successfully won the case through the first instance, second instance and retrial.

  • Represented Guangzhou Securities Innovation Investment Management Co., Ltd. on labor disputes with its employees and obtained favorable result.

  • Provided labor-related legal consulting service and drafted normative agreement texts to Meiyili Luggage (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.


Marriage and Family

  • Represented the founder of a famous food group in South China on the Inheritance Dispute.

  • Provided comprehensive legal service for Mr. He, an American citizen regarding the inheritance of his property in China and represented in the lawsuit regarding property division.

  • Provided legal consulting service for Mr. Ho, a Canadian citizen, regarding demolition and compensation of the property owned by his family in Guangzhou.

  • Represented Ms. Shi in the inheritance litigation.

  • Provided legal consulting service for Ms. Yu, a U.S. citizen, on the inheritance issues in China.


Bankruptcy Liquidation/Reorganization

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Jinsheng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangdong Guanghong Aluminum Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Refrigeration Cooling Equipment Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Kangzain Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Friendship NON-STAPLE Food Company Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Qingchuang Automobile Service Consulting Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Fenggu Grain Purchase and Sale Company.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Xinglong Real Estate Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guangzhou Eastpower BATTERY IND. Co., Ltd.

  • Bankruptcy administrator of Guang Zhou Meilin Decoration Co., Ltd..

Honors and Awards

Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution, Legal 500 Asia Pacific/Greater China, 2025

Rising Stars in Dispute Resolution, Legal 500 Asia Pacific/Greater China, 2024

Innovative Case Handling Award, Guangzhou Bankruptcy Administrators Association, 2024

Honor of Typical Cases, Guangzhou Bankruptcy Administrators Association, 2024

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, The 12th Cross border Dispute Resolution Law Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association

Member, International Committee of Guangdong Bankruptcy Administrators Association

Related

  • Education

    Bachelor of Laws, Renmin University of China
    Master of Laws, University of Sheffield, UK

  • Professional Experience

    Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Beijing King & Wood Law Firm
    Amway (China) Daily Necessities Co., LTD. Legal Department
    Beijing Fangshan District People's Court

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English