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  • Jinlin NAN

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email nanjinlin@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Construction & Project Development, Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation

  • Industries

    Urban Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources

CV

Jinlin NAN

Mr. Nan, as one of the leading lawyers in construction & infrastructure practice area in China, has successively led and participated in dozens of overseas and domestic construction & infrastructure projects. He has rich experience in the fields of foreign investment and engineering legal services, and is skilled in providing comprehensive legal services throughout the entire process for clients. In terms of foreign investment, he excels in providing full process legal services for multinational corporations and well-known domestic and foreign enterprises in cross-border investment, such as factory establishment, engineering construction, decoration, etc.

The legal services provided by Mr. Nan are distributed in dozens of countries all over the world, especially the "the Belt and Road" countries. He is familiar with the investment laws and precautions of these countries. The services he provided include various power stations (thermal power stations, wind power stations, hydropower stations, biomass power stations, solar power stations, gas power stations, etc.), highways, tunnels, airports, real estate, mining, hotels, stadiums, industrial parks, etc.

Representative Matters

EPC Projects

  • Acted as legal counsel of SUMEC, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of solar power plant in Philippines

  • Acted as legal counsel of SUMEC and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of solar power plant in Kazakhstan

  • Acted as legal counsel of SUMEC, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of solar power plant in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel of SUMEC, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of wind power plant in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of bagasse-fired power plant in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel for Erdenetsogt Energy LLC and provided legal service for the company on its EPC project of thermal power station in Erdenetsogt

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client on its EPC project of thermal power station in Indonesia

  • Acted as legal counsel of a national wide significant integrated circuit manufacturing workshop, YMTC, EPC project in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and provided legal service from bidding period on reviewing the employer’s requirement included in the EPC contract negotiation and all the

  • relevant subcontracts related to the EPC Contract

  • Acted as legal counsel of client, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its EPC project of Wat That Luang industrial parks in Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic


Other International Construction and Operation Projects

  • Acted as legal counsel of a client and provided legal services for wind power project investment due diligence and wind power project joint development in Korea

  • Acted as legal counsel of a client and provided legal services for wind power equipment project in Japan

  • Acted as legal counsel for China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd, and provided 

  • legal services for the large stated owned company on its BOT project of a coal-fired power plant in Mongolia

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client on its BOT project of thermal power stations in Mauritius

  • Acted as legal counsel for Sino-Hydro Group and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its project of hydro power plant in Tanzanian

  • Acted as legal counsel for Sino-Hydro Group and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its construction project of coal mine in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client on its hydropower station in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client on its project of two separate thermal power stations in Indonesia

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client and provided legal services for client on its construction project of a bagasse-fired power plant in Belize

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client, and provided legal services for the client on its construction project of hydro power plant in Peru


Dispute Resolution

  • Acted as legal counsel of Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABInbev) and provided legal services for the leading consumer goods company on its disputes of Putian factory in Fujian, China

  • Acted as legal counsel of Squire Mech (Shanghai) and provided legal services for the Singapore based mechanical & electrical engineering consulting company on its disputes of Guizhou, Jiangsu and Hunan projects, China

  • Acted as a DAB member in Mauritius International Airport project dispute

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Nuclear Industry 23rd Construction Co., Ltd and provided legal services for the Chinese large stated owned company on its disputes of E60 highway and disputes of DAB in Georgia

  • Acted as legal counsel of the client and provided legal services for the Chinese large stated owned company on its time claims disputes of a five-star hotel in Bahrain

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd and provided

  • legal services for a Chinese large stated owned company on its disputes of bagasse-fired power plant in Pakistan

  • Acted as legal counsel of the client and provided legal services for the Chinese large stated owned company on its disputes of A2 Motorway project in Poland

  • Acted as legal counsel of the client and provided legal services for the Chinese large stated owned company on its guarantee disputes of sewage treatment plant in Thailand

  • Acted as legal counsel of a large-scale state-owned electrical industry company in Shanghai on the issues of tender guarantee disputes

  • Provided legal service for clients to deal with World Bank sanctions

  • Acted as legal counsel on a dispute of residential real estate project in Shanghai from Hongkong

  • Provided legal services for disputes over a project bank loan project in Shanghai

  • Provided legal services for IV Cross-Border Survey and Compliance

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with its compliance issues in Malawi market

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with its compliance issues in Zambia market

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with its compliance issues in Tunisia market

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with its compliance issues in Serbia and Montenegro market

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with its compliance issues in Ecuador market

  • Acted as legal counsel for two (2) state-owned enterprises to deal with compliance inquiry letters issued by European Investment Bank in Ukraine market

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance inquiry letter issued by Asia Development Bank

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance review and evaluation due to its parent company which has been sanctioned by the World Bank for fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance review and evaluation in its Asia project due to its parent company which has been sanctioned by the World Bank for fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance review and evaluation in its Africa project due to its parent company which has been sanctioned by the World Bank for fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance review and evaluation in its South-Pacific project due to its parent company which has been sanctioned by the World Bank for fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise for its “Legal Risk Prevention in Overseas Investments" project

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise to deal with compliance investigation from World Bank due to its parent company which has been sanctioned by the World Bank for fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a state-owned enterprise under a central state-owned enterprise which has been sanctioned by the World Bank due to fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a large-scale state-owned enterprise which has been sanctioned by the World Bank due to fraudulent acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for a large-scale state-owned enterprise in construction industry which has been sanctioned by the World Bank due to fraudulent and collusion acts

  • Acted as legal counsel for Ranken Railway Construction Group Co. Ltd for its Sri Lanka Water Supply Project financed by Asia Development Bank

  • Acted as legal counsel for Ranken Railway Construction Group Co. Ltd for its Sri Lanka Road Project financed by Asia Development Bank

  • Acted as legal counsel for a leading German medical device company on internal compliance investigation


Project Financing, Construction and Operation Related Project

  • Acted as legal counsel of the Smith-Nephew on its Solar Power Generation project in China

  • Acted as legal counsel of the Ablemarle for its EPC contract in China

  • Acted as legal counsel for a large-scale state-owned company on its Brazil PPP Project and provided legal advice for the investigation of legal environment in Brazil

  • Acted as legal counsel of the Valmet which is listed on Helsinki Exchange on its newly factory construction project in Shanghai

  • Acted as legal counsel for Tesla Inc. and provided legal advice for the whole process of factory construction project in Shanghai

  • Acted as legal counsel of Tsinghua Unigroup and provided legal services in bidding stage for the hi-tech company on a chip manufacturer project in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province

  • Acted as legal counsel of Tsinghua Unigroup and provided legal services for the hi-tech company on a chip manufacturer construction project in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its construction project of iron mine in Mexico

  • Acted as legal counsel for China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on real estate development project in Malaysia

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co., Ltd and provided

  • legal services for the large stated owned company on its investment and construction projects of real estate in Thailand

  • Acted as legal counsel for China Railway Construction Group and provided legal service for the large stated owned company on its Pakistan's Taal Coal Mine Project

  • Acted as legal counsel for Ranken Railway Construction Group Co. Ltd for its Sri Lanka Water Supply Project

  • Acted as legal counsel for Ranken Railway Construction Group Co. Ltd for its Sri Lanka Road Project

  • Acted as legal counsel for Givaudan (Changzhou), and provided legal services for its Sewage Treatment BOT project in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province

  • Acted as legal counsel for a client, and provided legal services for the large stated owned company on its PPP project of tunnel in London

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Longyuan Power Group and provided legal services for the solar power plant project in Tangxian, Heibei province

  • Acted as legal counsel of China Longyuan Power Group and provided legal services for the solar power plant project in Hainan province

  • Acted as legal counsel of CEIC Hukou Wind Power Co., Ltd and provided legal services for the wind power M&A projects


International Trad

  • Provided legal service for a large-scale state-owned company on the merger and acquisition of solar power generation project in Poland

  • Provided legal service for a client on the procurement of complete plant for a hydropower station in Pakistan

  • Provided legal service for a client on the procurement of complete plant for a hydropower station in Peru

  • Provided legal service for the Dong Fang Real Estate for the import dispute on air-conditioning equipment

  • Provided legal service for SFECO Shen He Company of the tanker manufacturing and trade disputes

  • Provided legal services for Shanghai Aoyuan (Shanghai Minmetals) on aluminum sheet importing contract with US Aluminum


Honors and Awards

For Individual

The Legal 500, highly recommend lawyer

Memberships & Affiliations

Listed Arbitrator, The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

Listed Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)

Listed Arbitrator Editor, the Construction Law International, IBA

Member, International Bar Association (IBA), Anti-Corruption Committee

Member, International Bar Association (IBA), Arbitration Committee

Member, International Bar Association (IBA), International Construction Projects Committee

Publications

“Protection for Performance Guarantees and Advance Payment Guarantees in Libya”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2011

“Engineering Claims of Chinese Engineering Claims in Libya during the Post-Gaddafi Era”, Electromechanical Trade of China, 2011

“Risk Prevention during the Implementation of International Projects”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2013

“Discussion on Legal Risks in BOT and BOO Modes”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2015

“Proposal for AIA's Dispute Resolution Mechanism Structure”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2017

“Deal with Compliance Risks in Multilateral Development Bank Financing Projects”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2018

“China publishes new Model Form of EPC Contract for Construction”, Construction Law International, 2021

“China's newly adopted Civil Code provided a better fit for the construction industry”, Construction Law International, 2021

“How can Chinese Enterprises Find a New Development Path in the Narrow Gap”, International Project Contracting Labour Service, 2021

Over 700 pages book on “Risks Analysis for International Projects” tailor made for a large state-owned enterprise

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 1993

  • Education

    LL.M., Herefordshire University, U.K, 2000
    LL.B., Northwest University of Political Science and Law

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Managing Partner, Shanghai Guohe Law Firm, 2010-2014
    Founding Partner, Sem & Chance, 2005-2010
    Senior Associate, Boss & Yang, 2002-2004
    Partner, Shanghai Guohe Law Firm, 2000-2002
    Partner, Shanghai Guofei Law Firm, 1997-1999

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English
    French