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Jihong WANG
Senior Counsel / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2288
Email wangjihong@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Corporate & Commercial Crime
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Industries
Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources
Jihong WANG
Ms. Wang main practice areas are investment/M&A, corporate governance, health, safety, and environmental protection, as well as litigation and arbitration.
Representative Matters
Ms. Wang primarily advises clients across the sectors of infrastructure, construction, energy, natural resources, and environmental protection, and many of her projects have garnered annual awards. She is currently a senior counsel at Zhong Lun Law Firm and co-chairs the Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Construction Department.
As a renowned legal expert on urban infrastructure, Ms. Wang has advised Chinese and foreign clients on countless infrastructure projects totaling over CNY 200 billion in investment, covering projects such as power plants (coal, nuclear, and hydro), river training, petroleum and natural gas pipelines, water works, water treatment, land reclamation, expressways, railways, subways, bridges, airports, ports, docks, stadiums, municipal buildings, schools, hospitals, and hazardous waste disposal, providing comprehensive legal services throughout all project stages.
Ms. Wang has extensive experience in public-private partnership (including concessions) and overseas EPC projects, not only in providing comprehensive legal services including assisting cross-border investors with transactional structure design, contract negotiations, tendering, construction, transfers, and operations, but also advising on various avenues of project financing such as bond issuance, government sub-loans, financial leasing, collective trusts, and loan schemes, as well as providing post-construction legal services such as introducing and working with strategic partners both in China and abroad on capital increases, M&A, and asset securitization. She has advised on cross-border projects in Italy, France, Mongolia, Argentina, Columbia, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Oman, Tunisia, and throughout many other parts of the world.
As attorney for real estate developers and owners both in China and abroad, Ms. Wang has managed the legal services for some of China's most prominent real estate projects such as the CCTV Headquarters, National Museum of China, and the National Indoor Stadium.
She has also participated in all aspects of development and M&A projects, from development method selection and preliminary financing through project company establishment, corporate acquisitions, public tenders, contract negotiation and execution, to land use right acquisition, construction design, insurance, construction claims and counterclaims, and sales and leasing. Examples of real estate project types include commercial, residential, public, tourism, community spaces, diplomatic, industrial, and offices.
As one of the first attorneys to connect insurance funds with infrastructure and real estate projects, she has expertise in land development projects, urban project development, urbanization projects, and combining real estate projects with infrastructure, as well as real estate development projects with land leveling. She protects the interests of her clients and ensures the success of projects through effectively coordinating between stakeholders.
Ms. Wang began her practice in environmental, natural resources, and energy at an early stage in her career, and has advised on the financing, M&A, and dispute resolution aspects of numerous projects both in China and abroad. Her clients in this domain include Chevron, China National Offshore Oil, China Gold International Resources, Sinochem, the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Fuel Tec, Stellar Energy, Datang Environment Industry Group, and China Minsheng New Energy. Ms. Wang has acted or acts as legal advisor for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and several other domestic and foreign environmental organizations. She has participated in discussions and deliberations of several important environmental administrative and appellate cases including the Songhua River case, and provided legal support throughout Beijing's first environmental assessment hearing.
As an evaluation expert, Ms. Wang has participated in property rights transaction evaluations in Beijing, Tianjin, and other locations; as an arbitrator, she has extensive experience presiding over and arbitrating various types of arbitration cases.
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Band 1 in Re al Estate & Construction, LegalBand, 2016
Leading Light in Infrastructure & Project Financing, LegalBand, 2016
Global Awards Recipient - Construction & Real Estate, Corporate Livewire, 2016
Leading Construction Lawyer, Chambers & Partners, 2010-2016
Leading Lawyer, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2016
Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000, 2016
Construction Lawyer of the Year – China, M&A Today, 2015
World's Leading Construction Lawyer, Who's Who Legal, 2010-2016
World's Top 30 Construction Lawyers, Expert Guide, 2014
Construction Lawyer of the Year, Lawyer Monthly, 2014
Excellent Law Firm Award on Energy, Project Finance and Infrastructure (for previous firm), China Business Law Journal, 2014
Outstanding Lawyers of Beijing, Beijing Lawyers Association, 2012
Top 15 Women Lawyers, Asian Legal Business, 2012
Outstanding Lawyers of China, All China Lawyers Association, 2011
Pre-eminent Real Estate & Construction Lawyer, China Law & Practice, 2011
Hot Lawyer of the Year, Asian Legal Business, 2011
Excellent Chinese Project Finance and Construction Lawyer, Guide to Leading Practitioners, 2011
World's Top 100 Construction Lawyers, Lawyer Monthly, 2011
For Deal
Baganuur Power Plant Project, Energy & Resources Deal of the Year, Asian Legal Business, 2016
A Beijing water treatment and reclamation concession project with app. USD4bn transaction amount, Deal of the Year, China Business Journal, 2015
Two expressway projects in 2014 (one in Guangdong Province with a transaction value of USD 4 billion and one in Yunnan Province with a transaction value of USD 1.4 billion), Deal of the Year Award, China Business Journal, 2014
Fuzhou High-Speed Ring Road Project, Infrastructure Deal of the Year, China Business Law Journal, 2013
CCTV New Site Construction Project, Construction Deal of the Year, China Business Law Journal, 2012
Memberships & Affiliations
Vice Chair, Environment and Energy Commission, China Chamber of International Commerce
Vice Chair, Energy & Natural Resources Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Legal Expert, Ministry of Finance PPP Center
Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Member, Drafting Group of the Atomic Energy Law
Deputy Director, Environment, Resource, and Energy Law Committee, All China Lawyers Association
Member, Construction Supervision and Project Management Strategic Development Expert Panel, Ministry of Housing and Urban & Rural Development
Expert, Scientific Management Committee, Sinohydro Construction Group
Member, Legal Expert Committee, All-China Environment Federation
Arbitrator, Taiyuan Arbitration Commission
Evaluation Expert, Shandong Construction Dispute Center, Jinan Arbitration Commission
Expert, Legal Expert Database, China National Gold Group
Publications
“Chines e Overseas PPP Projects: Practice and Case Analysis”, China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau Middle East Division (Dubai Office), May 2016
“PPP Knowledge and Case Examples”, China Gezhouba Group, January 2016
“PPP Project Legal Risks Prevention and Control”, China Nuclear Industry Construction Group
“Practice and Case Examples of Design Companies Participating in PPP Projects”, PowerChina Beijing Survey and Design Research Institute, December 2015
“Practice and Case Examples of Design Companies Participating in PPP Projects”, China Northeast Electrical Design Company, November 2015
“PPP Legal Practice and Case Examples”, China Gezhouba Group, September 2015
“PPP Project Issues and Solutions”, China New Town Company, September 2015
“Corporate M&A Key Legal Issues and Risks”, SinoChem, September 2015
“Legal Practices for PPP New Policies and Operations”, China Energy Chongqing, August 2015
“Chinese PPP New Policies and Applications in Arbitration”, CIETAC, August 2015
“PPP Project Practical Operations and Risk Prevention and Control”, LexisNexis, August 2015
“Analyzing Issues in PPP Project Operations”, China Legal Alliance, July 2015
“Cross-Border Project Financing and PPP Legal Practice”, China Electronics Import and Export Corporation, July 2015
“PPP Project Practical Operations and Risk Prevention”, PowerChina Guiyang, July 2015
“Viewing PPP Project Issues and Risks from a Case Perspective: Legal Practice of PPP Project Risk Prevention”, Tsinghua University, July 2015
“Legal Practice of the Socialized Tender System for Beijing's New Airport”, Capital Airport Group Corporation, June 2015
“Going Abroad: Overseas PPP Project Legal Risk Prevention”, China Society for World Trade Organization Studies, April 2015
“Legal Experience on Investment and Financing of PPP Projects”, Beijing Science Park Development Group, March 2015
“Stepping Closer to PPP Projects in China”, China Construction Enterprises Association, March 2015
“Legal Practice for Urbanization Projects in the Mode of BT under the New PPP Policy”, China Investment and Development Company, December 2014
“Legal Practice for PPP Projects under New Policy”, China Development Bank and PowerChina Road & Bridge, December 2014
“PPP, Infrastructure and Real Estate Legal Practice”, Xinzejin LLC, November 2014
“If the Fukushima Incident Had Occurred in China: A Legal Analysis of Nuclear Damages Compensation Liability”, Nuclear Power Insurance Workshop, November 2014
“Understanding Doc. 64 from an Environmental Public Interest Litigation Perspective”, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, November 2014
“Infrastructure and PPP Legal Practice”, November 2014
“From Contractor to Investor”, Sinohydro Bureau 8, July 2014
“Concession Project Opportunities and Challenges under the New Regulations”, Beijing Arbitration Commission, June 2014
“Chinese Legal Practice in the Infrastructure Sector”, June 2014
“Changes in the Registration and Registration Management of Foreign-invested Enterprises”, LexisNexis First In-House Summit, May 2014
“Construction Legal Risk Prevention and Control”, May 2014
“Controlling Concession Project Legal Risks”, China Life Investment Holding, April 2014
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
LL.M., University of International Business and Economics
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law -
Professional Experience
Senior Counsel, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2014 to present
Executive Partner, Grandway Law Offices, 2013-2014
Managing Partner, Beijing V&T Law Firm, 2013-2014
Managing Partner, Jianwei (Beijing) Law Firm, 2002-2007
Coudert Brothers LLP Beijing Representative Office, 2000-2002 -
Languages
Chinese
English