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  • Jie MA

    Equity Partner / Chengdu

  • Tel +86-28-6208-8078

    Email majie@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, Financial Products & Trusts, Labor & Employment

  • Industries

    Banking & Financial Services

CV

Jie MA

Mr. MA Jie has a deep understanding of litigation and arbitration, financial products and trusts and labor law, especially in the areas of company related litigation and consultation, finance and real estate construction engineering. Mr. MA has represented several hundred enterprises or natural persons in handling hundreds of dispute resolution matters, most of which were major cases tried by The Supreme People's Court of The PRC, High People's Courts, or well established arbitration institutions.
Mr. MA provides legal services for large-scale state-owned enterprises, industry leading enterprises and their subsidiaries, such as Sichuan Development Group, Sichuan Financial Holding Group and New Hope Group. He also serves as the deputy director of the Civil and Commercial Law Committee of Sichuan Lawyers Association and other social positions.
For his outstanding legal services and impressive performance, Mr. MA was ranked as the recommended lawyer in the field of "dispute resolution: arbitration" and in "Western China (Chongqing, Sichuan)" in Legal 500 Asia Pacific commentary 2023 (China List), and was ranked as the commercial and transactions "Future Star" of the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 and the commercial and transactions "Future Star"(Western China) of the Benchmark Litigation China 2022.

Representative Matters

Mr. MA has handled hundreds of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases (amounting to more than CNY 10 billion) as attorney or as lead counsel, and has rich experience in dispute resolution.  Most of the cases resolved are significant cases tried or arbitrated by high people’s courts or major arbitration institutions, covering almost all stages of litigation or arbitration.


Represented Cases in recent years:

  • Represented Xiamen International Bank Co., Ltd. on a guarantee contract dispute against Sichuan Shengda Forestry Industry Co., Ltd. (SZ:002259) etc. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province) This is a rare and important case of how to identify a listed company's holding subsidiary's external guarantee after the promulgation of the the Minutes of the National Courts' Civil and Commercial Trial Work Conference and the Civil Code.  With our efforts, the judgment of the second trial of the case completely overturned the result of the first trial and we recovered nearly CNY 500 million in losses for our client

  • Represented China Development Bank on a financial loan contract dispute against Allpoints JET Co., Ltd. and its related parties (amount of the subject matter: CNY 600 million, tried by the Supreme People's Court of The PRC), which is a seldom case involving the disposal of aircraft in China

  • Represented a securities company and trust company on a loan contract dispute against a real estate company (amount of the subject matter: CNY 900 million, tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province), which involved multi-layer asset management plans and trust plans and distribution of proceeds of financing instruments

  • Represented China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation Sichuan branch on an import and export credit insurance contract dispute against Sichuan Deyue SEED Co., Ltd. (Tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province).

  • The case involved the determination of the validity of the "dispute precedent clause" in the insurance contract, we successfully obtained a retrial and revision of the judgment to protect the client's rights and interests

  • Represented Chengdu Qiyang Yuanhang Automobile Sales Service Co., Ltd. on a loan contract dispute against Sichuan JuYang Enterprise Management Group Co., Ltd. (amount of the subject matter: CNY 400 million, tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented an industrial company on a loan contract dispute against a print industry company (amount of the subject matter: CNY 200 million, tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Yun CHEN on a share transfer dispute against Chengdu Helipu Investment Center (Limited Partnership) (amount of the subject matter: CNY 200 million, tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province).  The case is one of the few post-2018 cases in which a proxy holding of shares in a listed company has been found to be valid, and it involves the assumption of significant tax charges arising from the proxy holding of shares

  • Represented Mianyang Sci. & Tech. Mega-Center Development Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. on a loan contract dispute against Mianyang Tongxin Copper Co., Ltd. (amount of the subject matter: CNY 400 million, tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Mianyang City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Jintang County Modern Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. on an equity-based or cooperative real estate development contract dispute against Sichuan Chemical Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Shanghai Liaoshen (Group) Co., Ltd. on a contract dispute against Sunway Co., Ltd. (SH: 603333, tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented SONG on a subrogation dispute against Pingchang Junhao Real Estate Co., Ltd. etc. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chuankai Industry Group Co., Ltd. on a liability for damage to shareholders' interests dispute against WANG (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Guizhou Dingwang Energy Co., Ltd. on a usufruct dispute against Guizhou Expressway Group Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Guizhou Province)

  • Represented LI on an intermediation contract dispute against China Huaxi Group Limited (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented a subsidiary of Shanghai Automotive Group on a franchise contract dispute against a 4S store (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Sichuan Jinjiang Hotel Co., Ltd. on a construction contract dispute against Jing'an Engineering Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Sichuan Jinjiang Hotel Co., Ltd. on a sales contract against CHEN Xueqin (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chuankai Industry Group Co., Ltd. on several confirmation of qualification as shareholder disputes against natural persons (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chengdu Chunxi Mansion House Development Co., Ltd. on a mandate contract against Sihui Trading (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chengdu Xingjiuxing Real Estate Co., Ltd. on a construction contract dispute against Sichuan No.2 Construction Engineering Company (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Guangyuan Xincheng Industry Co., Ltd. on a construction contract dispute against Sichuan YATAI Construction Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Pangang Group Chengdu Real Estate Co., Ltd. on a sales contract dispute against Sichuan Xinwanxing Ceramics Co., Ltd. (tried by the High People's Court of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented LIU on a request for modification of company registration dispute against Sichuan Foreign Enterprises Service Co., Ltd. (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chuankai Industry Group Co., Ltd. on a share incentive dispute against CHANG (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented WU on a contract dispute against HUANG (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Chengdu Defenghao Fund Management Company on an arbitration revocation dispute against a natural person (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Advised Chengdu Guohongteng Industrial Co., Ltd. on construction contract disputes against Sichuan Zhongdi Power Engineering Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Chuan'an Fire-Fighting Engineering Co., Ltd. (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Sichuan New HOPE Trading Co., Ltd. on an objection to enforcement dispute against Tianjin Xintongcheng International Trading Co., Ltd. (tried by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin Municipality)

  • Represented Chengdu Jinjiang Garden Catering and Entertainment Co., Ltd. on a make-to-order contract dispute against Shanghai Jinrongxiang Enterprise Development Co., Ltd. (tried by the First Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai Municipality)

  • Advised Chongqing Tianqi Lithium Co., Ltd. on several investment contract disputes against Chongqing Kunyu Lithium Co., Ltd. (tried by the First Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality)

  • Represented Wushenqi Juhuihetai Energy Co., Ltd. on a private lending dispute against Sichuan GOMON New ENERGY Co., Ltd. (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Deyang City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented Ziyang Zhongjin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. on several private lending disputes against natural persons and companies (tried by the Intermediate People's Court of Neijiang City of Sichuan Province)

  • Represented a Management Co., Ltd. on an investment contract dispute against a medical company (Arbitrated by CIETAC)

  • Represented Chengdu Defenghao Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. on a withdrawal from partnership dispute against an investment company (Arbitrated by Chengdu Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented China Machinery Engineering Corporation on an ocean shipping contract dispute against an oil and gas company (Arbitrated by China Maritime Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented a subsidiary of Toyota Corporation on several sales contract disputes (Arbitrated by Chengdu Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented Sichuan New HOPE Trading Co., Ltd. on several entrusted procurement contract disputes (Arbitrated by Chengdu Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented China Gezhouba Group Company Limited on a construction contract dispute (Arbitrated by Chengdu Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented a natural person on a share dispute (Arbitrated by Shanghai Arbitration Commission)

  • Represented a natural person on an investment repurchase dispute (Arbitrated by CIETAC)

  • Represented several equity investment institutions under Chengdu Boyuan Fund on several share disputes (Arbitrated by CIETAC)

  • Represented New Hope Investment Group Co., Ltd. on several share disputes against a natural person (Arbitrated by Shanghai International Arbitration Center)


Represented services on labor management:

  • Represented FedEx Corporation, IBM, Master Kong Holdings, Mitsui Products Co., CapitaLand and its subsidiaries, Heinz, New Hope Group and its subsidiaries, Dongfang Electric Group, Sichuan Development Group, Sichuan Tourism Group, Jinjiang Hotel, Yunda Technology and many other large-scale foreign, state-owned or private enterprises in handling labor disputes or providing labor law services for human resources management


Represented services on legal counsel:

  • Provided legal counsel for CapitaLand Group and its subsidiaries, Sichuan Development Group and its subsidiaries, Sichuan Financial Holding Group and its subsidiaries, Jinjiang Hotel, New Hope Group and its subsidiaries, Urban Vocational College of Sichuan etc.

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Recommended Lawyer (Dispute resolution: arbitration and Western China (Chongqing, Sichuan)), Legal 500 Asia Pacific commentary 2023 (China List)

Commercial and Transactions "Future Star", Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022

Commercial and Transactions "Future Star" (Western China), Benchmark Litigation China 2022

Professional Lawyer (Corporate Law, Labor Law) of Sichuan Province 2019-2020, Sichuan Lawyers Association

Memberships & Affiliations

Deputy director, the Civil and Commercial Law Committee of Sichuan Lawyers Association

Expert, Social Organization & Registration Evaluation Expert pool of Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province

Examiner, Chengdu Lawyers Association

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.B., Beijing Union University

  • Professional Experience

    Lawyer, Non-Equity Partner & Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Legal Officer, Sichuan Sanxin Venture Capital Co., Ltd.
    Lawyer, King & Wood Mallesons, Chengdu Office

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English