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  • Liping WANG

    Equity Partner / Hangzhou

  • Tel +86-571-5692-1222

    Email wanglipinghz@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, White Collar Crime & Criminal Compliance, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance

  • Industries

    Banking & Financial Services

CV

Liping WANG

Mr. Wang graduated from Zhejiang University and is a member of the China Association for Promoting Democracy. His main practice areas are litigation and arbitration, banking and finance. Mr. Wang specializes in major and difficult litigation cases in the finance industry. Mr. Wang has handled interbank investment disputes, commercial notes recourse disputes, equity transaction disputes, entrusted wealth management disputes with hundreds of millions of yuan. Mr. Wang's effort and contribution to the cases have been highly praised. Multiple litigation cases that Mr. Wang undertookare major cases concerned by the financial regulatory department and involve both civil and criminal issues. These cases have significant influence in industries and have achieved good social effects at last. As a mediator, Mr. Wang has participated in mediation of several securities-related disputes and has a deep understanding of the multi dispute resolution methods.

Mr. Wang was awarded as one of " the Second Session Top Ten Pioneer Lawyers" in Hangzhou and Excellent Professional Lawyer in Zhejiang province (the area of finance and insurance), etc. Currently, Mr. Wang is the Deputy Director of Arbitration and Mediation Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Lawyers Association, the Director of Mediation Committee of Hangzhou Lawyers Association, at the same time serves as a mediator for China Securities Association, CSI Small and Medium-sized Investment Service Center, Zhejiang Securities Association, etc. Mr. Wang is also the consulting expert of the Supreme Prosecutor's Office for civil and administrative cases, the arbitrator of Hangzhou Arbitration Commission and other institutions, the vice-chairman of the Qiantang District Association for Promoting Democracy, and a member of the Political Consultative Conference of Qiantang District.

Representative Matters

Perennial Legal Counsel

  • Served as the perennial legal counsel of the Financial Affairs Office of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, Zhejiang Securities Association etc.

  • Served as the perennial legal counsel of Guosen Securities Co., Ltd. Zhejiang Branch, Zhejiang Fuyang Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Hailiang Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. and other companies


Litigation and arbitration

Banking and Finance

  • Provided litigation and non-litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank and other public listed financial institutions in a wealth management product dispute, involving an amount of CNY 1 billion

  • Provided litigation and non-litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank and three other banks in a bill recourse dispute, involving an amount of CNY 1.1 billion

  • Provided litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank and two other banks in a bill recourse dispute, involving an amount of CNY 100 million

  • Provided debt resolution litigation and non-litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank for the financing of a public listed company through trust asset management and securities company asset management channels, with an amount of CNY 400 million

  • Provided debt resolution litigation and non-litigation legal services for the non-standard project of a public listed company related to a public listed commercial bank, with an amount of CNY 80 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank to invest in the exit of a listed company's M&A fund through a trust asset management, involving an amount of CNY 150 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a large joint-stock bank in a series of financing cases involving a public listed company and its major shareholders through trust asset management and securities company asset management, involving an amount of CNY 1.15 billion

  • Provided litigation legal services for the disposal of post-distressed claims of shareholders of a securities company and several public listed companies, with a total amount of CNY 940 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for the disposal of post-distressed claims of a securities asset management company and a public listed company's shareholders' share pledge repurchase, involving an amount of CNY 120 million

  • Assisted a securities company in successfully realizing its claims through creditor avoidance litigation, involving an amount of CNY 400 million

  • Provided legal services for an investor and a public listed company in indemnity for securities misrepresentation, involving an amount of CNY 250 million

  • Provided litigation and non-litigation legal services for bill disputes between an investment company and a public listed company, involving an amount of CNY 100 million

  • Provided litigation and non-litigation legal services for capital contribution disputes between the actual controller of a public listed company and the company, involving an amount of CNY 100 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a public listed commercial bank as a settlement participant in the risk resolution of a bond pledge repurchase transaction, involving an amount of CNY 500 million

  • Provided legal services for a number of financial loan contract disputes in Zhejiang Province, involving an amount of CNY 700 million

  • Provided legal services for a public listed commercial bank in litigation, enforcement and bankruptcy stages of a number of financial loan contract disputes, involving an amount of CNY 500 million

  • Provided legal services for a trust company in litigation, execution and bankruptcy stages of a number of financial loan contract disputes, involving an amount of CNY 1 billion

  • Provided litigation legal services for a financial loan contract dispute between a trust company and an international hotel in Zhejiang, involving an amount of CNY 150 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a trust company in dispute with a real estate company in Shandong and a real estate development group company in Zhejiang in the case of annulment of arbitration awards, involving an amount of CNY 400 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a trust company, in dispute with a Zhejiang real estate development company and a Zhejiang real estate development group co., LTD. in the case of annulment of arbitration awards, involving an amount of CNY 100 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for a trust company in contract disputes with Wenzhou Industrial Co., Ltd., a Hangzhou Real Estate Co., Ltd. involving an amount of CNY 300 million


Private equity and investment funds

  • Assisted investors in proceeding fund liquidation, and represented investors to claim rights against fund manager and third parties through negotiation, litigation or arbitration for large-scale movie and TV show investment fund distressed disposal projects, involving an amount of CNY 120 million


Other litigation and arbitration

  • Provided legal services for a state-owned public listed asset management company in the litigation, enforcement and bankruptcy stages of a number of distressed debt litigation cases, involving an amount of CNY 1 billion

  • Provided litigation legal services for a leading regional enterprise in dispute over equity transfer contract, involving an amount of CNY 500 million

  • Provided litigation legal services for the dissolution dispute of a real estate company, first case in the Anhui Provincial High Court

Honors and Awards

Hangzhou Lawyers Rising Star Award, Hangzhou Lawyers Association 2009

Excellent Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission 2015

Emerging Lawyer of the "Top Ten Lawyer Pioneers", Political and Legal Committee of Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Hangzhou Municipal Civilization Office, Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Justice, Hangzhou Law Promotion Office, Hangzhou Media Group, Hangzhou Daily Newspaper Group

Zhejiang Province Excellent Professional Lawyer, Lawyers Association of Zhejiang-(Finance and Insurance)

Advanced Individual in the work of reflecting social conditions and public opinion information throughout the country, The Central Committee of the Association for Promoting Democracy 2021

Memberships & Affiliations

Securities Dispute Mediator, Securities Association of China

Mediator & Pro Bono lawyer, China Securities Investor Services Center

Pro Bono Mediator, China Securities Legal Services Center

Deputy Director, Commission For Conciliation Mediation And Arbitration of Zhejiang Lawyers Association

Member, Finance and Insurance Professional Committee of Zhejiang Lawyers Association

Deputy Director, the People's Mediation Committee of Zhejiang Securities Association

Consulting expert (civil and administrative cases), The Supreme People's Procuratorate

Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Shijiazhuang Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Beihai Court of International Arbitration

Director, Lawyers Mediation Professional Committee of Hangzhou Lawyers Association

Vice-Chairman, Hangzhou Qiantang District Basic Committee of China Association for Promoting Democracy

Member, the First Hangzhou Qiantang District Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Deputy Director, the Social and Legal Affairs Committee of the Hangzhou Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy

Head, the Liberal Legal Expert Group of the Hangzhou Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy

Vice President, the Lawyers Industry Branch of the Hangzhou New Social Class People Federation

Graduate Practice Tutor, Guanghua Law School of Zhejiang University

Publications

“Analysis of the New Phenomenon of Criminal and Civil Intersection in Financial Interbank Dispute Cases: Starting from a Typical Case”,Financial Innovation:Models And Legal Solutions, Law Press

“Deposit contract dispute of ABC Bank Hangzhou branch and Chen”, Research of Lawyer Affairs

“The legal effect of compensating methods of guaranteed earnings in private equity investment”, Securities Industry of Zhejiang, 2016

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    License for Independent Director
    Certified Investment Projects Analyst

  • Education

    LL.B., Zhejiang University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2017 to present
    Senior Partner & Chief of 1st Corporate Affairs, Zhejiang Zeda Law Firm, 2013-2017
    Associate & Partner, Zhejiang Nanfangzhongchen Law Firm, 2002-2013

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English