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  • Yueqi CHEN

    Equity Partner / Hangzhou

  • Tel +86-571-5692-1222

    Email chenyueqi@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Construction & Project Development, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Reorganization

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Mining & Natural Resources

CV

Yueqi CHEN

Mr. Yueqi Chen's practice focuses on construction and real estate, M&A, litigation and arbitration, infrastructure investment (BT/BOT/PPP), etc. He has provided retainer-based legal services or project-specific counselling to enterprises including Hangzhou Real Estate Association, Sun Hung Kai Properties, China Resources Land Limited, Binjiang Group, Greenland Holding Group, Blue City Construction, Tengda Group, Richangsheng Group, Wildwind Group, Sunon Group, New Century Property Holding and Development Group, Hangzhou Urban Construction Development Group, Zhejiang Tongren Group, Wanma Joint Holdings Group, Gold Emperor Real Estate Group, Zhejiang Zonen Holdings Group, CITIC Urban Construction Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kangdu Real Estate Co., Ltd., Huafu Group, Kaiyin Capital, etc.

Representative Matters

Non-litigation Cases

  • Provided legal services for Sun Hung Kai Properties' Hangzhou Jianghehui complex land project with a total investment of CNY 30 billion

  • Provided legal services for over 60 real estate M&A projects for Binjiang Group, New Century Property Holding and Development Group, Hangzhou Urban Construction Development Group, Shanghai Changxing International Trading Co., Ltd., Blue City Construction, Wildwind Group, Zhejiang Tongren Group, etc.

  • Provided full-range legal services for the equity and debt transfer of Yefengshan project between Yefeng Real Estate Group and Tahoe Group, involving approximately CNY 1.2 billion and five land parcels

  • Provided legal services for Binjiang Group's first rural revitalization public welfare project, which is located in Chun'an County, Hujiaping 

  • Provided full-range legal services for the merger and acquisition of the "Zhongtai Town" project between Binjiang Group and Yangguang City Group, a landmark bankruptcy reorganization project in Yongkang 

  • Provided legal services for a series of cases concerning real estate ownership to a club of a real estate company in Hangzhou, and successfully assisted the client to obtain the real estate ownership certificate for the club, with the mandate being the first project in Zhejiang in which properties intended as public amenities obtained the real estate ownership certificate

  • Provided legal services for commercial projects, such as "Yishang Town", "Shanghai Kaiyuan Mediterranean Square", "Taizhou Tengda Center", etc. 


Litigation & Arbitration

  • Represented a real estate development company in an investment contract dispute with the local government, won the case and spared the client from incurring a loss of CNY 100 million, which is a landmark case where Zhejiang court dealt with an investment dispute concerning the local government 

  • Counseled on a dispute over liability for undermining the interest of a real estate development company, and won the case in the final trial before the Supreme People's Court, a case that bears a significant social impact and has been included in the ten guiding corporate-related cases in Zhejiang in 2013

  • Counseled on a dispute over a construction land transfer contract between a real estate company of Taizhou and the Land Bureau and the Management Committee (involving around CNY 2.2 billion), managing to get the two parties to reach a settlement, thereby protecting the client's legitimate interests

  • Provided representation in a private lending dispute between Hangzhou Xingang Enterprise Management Partnership (LP) and Fignian Group (China) Co., Ltd., etc. (involving CNY 1.65 billion) and won the case

  • Represented a trust company in a contract dispute (involving nearly CNY 400 million) and won the case in the final trial before the Supreme People's Court, thereby protecting the client's legitimate interests, a case with a significant impact on the real estate trust 

  • Represented a creditor to file an objection to bankruptcy claim, successfully pushed the procuratorate to protest the judgment, and finally confirmed that the bankruptcy claim declared by the third party was based on a fraudulent lawsuit, sparing the client from incurring a loss of about CNY 100 million, a case bearing a significant social impact and included in the four guiding cases of civil procuratorial follow-up supervision triggered by the Supreme People's Procuratorate in 2021

  • Represented China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. in a construction contract dispute against Hangzhou Ganglong Real Estate Co., Ltd. and won the case, which involved nearly CNY 300 million 

  • Represented Xing Yuan Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. in a contract dispute against Jing Wei Zhong Yao Holding Group and 11 other defendants, a case involving nearly CNY 160 million, and got the parties to reach a settlement 

  • Represented DuPont China Group Ltd. in a dispute against Zhejiang Haisheng Group Co. (involving CNY 100 million) and won the case

  • Represented a real estate company as a third party in a construction contract dispute between the employer and the contractor, and successfully exposed the collusion between the employer and the contractor to infringe the client's mortgage right by way of contractor obtaining the priority of construction project, sparing the client from incurring a loss of nearly CNY 80 million and safeguarding the client's legitimate interests

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Recommended Lawyer , The Legal 500, 2022

Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500, 2020

Praised by Lawyers Association of Zhejiang, 2020

Praised by Hangzhou Lawyers Association for epidemic Prevention and control, 2020

2018 Annual Award, Hangzhou Lawyers Association, 2019

Excellent Professional Lawyer of Zhejiang Province (Real Estate Professional Category), Lawyers Association of Zhejiang, 2018

The 60 Most Recommended Lawyers in Chinese Engineering Law, ENR/Architectural Times, 2015

Model Party Member Lawyer, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Justice, 2012

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Construction Engineering and Real Estate Committee, All China Lawyers Association

Director, Real Estate Professional Committee of Lawyers Association of Zhejiang

Supervisor, Hangzhou Real Estate Association

Vice President, Shangcheng Branch of Hangzhou Bar Association

Practice Tutor for Graduate, Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University

Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission

Publications

"Commercial Housing Sales Contract Operation Guidance", Scientific Literature Press, 2003

"Judicial Determination and Treatment of Standard Terms in Disputes of Housing Sales Contract", Zhejiang Real Estate Magazine, April 2017

"Housing Subscription Intention Agreement: Appointment or Contract", Zhejiang Real Estate Magazine, June 2017

"Legal Risk of Real Estate Development Enterprise Financing", Zhejiang Real Estate Magazine, 2012

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2001

  • Education

    Further studies for postgraduates, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2008
    B.E. in food engineering, China Agricultural University, 1993

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Partner and person in charge of the department of real estate finance, Zhejiang Tengfei Jinying Law Firm, 2000-2017
    Member of the CPC committee and secretary of the Youth League Committee of Hangzhou Dongnan Flour Co., Ltd., 1993-2000

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English