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Mengqi WANG
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2037
Email wangmengqi@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Corporate & Commercial Crime, Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation
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Industries
Banking & Financial Services
Mengqi WANG
Ms. Mengqi Wang received her LL.B. and MBA degrees from Peking University, and her Ph.D. degree in Criminal Procedure Law from Renmin University of China. With a legal career spanning more than 10 years, she mainly advises on criminal litigation and criminal risk management matters. In particular, she excels in handling and representing in major and complex cases involving financial crimes, shareholder control, civil-criminal hybrid elements, and administrative-criminal hybrid elements. Ms. Wang was awarded Advanced Individual of Qingdao Judicial Administration System in 2010, 2011, and 2012, Excellent Lawyer of China Law Society in 2015, and Excellent Lawyer of Qingdao City in 2019. Tapping into her expertise, she demonstrates a keen ability to identify effective arguments in cases across a range of different fields. Her case handling strategies are characterized by strong logical reasoning, quick-wittedness in courtrooms, persuasive defense with the support of solid details. Ms. Wang consistently analyzes and synthesizes legal arguments from various perspectives that can convince judges, including substantive laws, evidentiary considerations, procedural laws, sentencing, etc. By navigating the complexities and opaqueness of criminal-civil hybrid cases, she delivers favorable results to the clients.
Representative Matters
Plaintiffs' Counsel in Criminal Cases
Represented a Beijing group company in the case of losing control of its Maoming subsidiary (with the opposing party convicted)
Represented a real estate company in Qingdao City in a criminal prosecution case over shareholder control disputes (involving CNY 600 million)
Represented listed company Zongshen Power's subsidiary in a case of embezzlement by the client's executive, conducted criminal compliance investigation, and filed the case against the executive (with the executive convicted)
Represented listed company New Hope Liuhe's subsidiary in a case of embezzlement by its executives, conducted criminal compliance investigation, and filed the case against the executives (with the executives convicted)
Repres enting a subsidiary of a listed company in a case of infringement of trade secrets
Represented a subsidiary of a listed company in Shanxi in a contract fraud case
Represented a subsidiary of a listed human resources company in a case of embezzlement, conducted criminal compliance investigation, and filed the case for the client
Represented a shareholder of a real estate company in Beijing in a case of embezzlement, conducted criminal compliance investigation, and filed the case for the client
Represented a senior executive of an investment company in a case of contract fraud, conducted criminal compliance investigation, and filed the case for the client (with the opposing party convicted)
Criminal Defense
Provided criminal defense in a case of manipulation of the securities market by the actual controller of a listed company, known as "Xu Xiang's manipulation of the securities market series cases" (involving CNY 4.7 billion with the defendant sentenced to six months of short-term imprisonment)
Provided criminal defense in a case of manipulation of the securities market by the actual controller of a listed company, known as "Xu Xiang's manipulation of the securities market series cases" (involving CNY 2.5 billion with the defendant's criminal liability limited to a fine)
Provided criminal defense to an individual in a case of bribery involving Jihua Ling, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee and secured non-prosecution for the client (rated as one of the national courts' top ten criminal cases that year)
Provided criminal defense to an individual in a fraudulent loan case of the actual controller of Dezheng Company of "Qingdao Port" (involving CNY 40 billion)
Provided criminal defense to a senior executive of Sinopec's subsidiary with regard to criminal liability for the "11.22" major explosion accident in Qingdao (resulting in suspended imprisonment, with the case rated as one of the national courts' top ten criminal cases that year)
Provided criminal compliance investigation and criminal crisis response services for a provincial industrial and commercial bank's illegal lending and its senior executive's commercial bribery (involving CNY 600 million and with no prosecution brought against the clients)
Provided criminal defense in a case of shareholder embezzlement of a real estate company in Qingdao (involving CNY 600 million and with the charge withdrawn)
Provided criminal defense to a senior executive of a subsidiary of a state-owned listed company for alleged manipulation of the securities market (with no prosecution filed for two counts and involving CNY 1.1 billion)
Provided counsel to a criminal-civil hybrid case involving disputes over control between shareholders of a real estate company in Shenzhen (involving CNY 4 billion)
Provided criminal defense in the case of smuggling weapons and ammunition by an executive of a well-known private-sector enterprise in Jilin Province
Provided criminal defense to an executive of a fourth-party payment company in Shenzhen for alleged a casino operation (reducing the involved amount from CNY 178.7 billion to CNY 3 million and the sentence from 10 years of imprisonment to one year and eight months of imprisonment)
Provided criminal defense to the legal representative of a top 50 cotton textile enterprise in Henan Province for alleged smuggling ordinary goods and articles (with the client initially charged with a 10-year fixed-term imprisonment sentence, but ultimately handed a sentence of three-year suspended imprisonment)
Provided criminal defense to the person in charge of a financial company for alleged homicide (with the client initially charged with life imprisonment, but ultimately sentenced to two years in prison)
Provided criminal defense to the person in charge of a group company for allegedly causing death by intentional injury (with the client initially charged with death penalty and ultimately sentenced to three-year suspended imprisonment)
Provided criminal defense in case of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds by a senior executive of a company (with the client initially charged with 12 years' imprisonment and ultimately sentenced to 6 years and 6 months of imprisonment)
Provided criminal defense to the actual controller of a to-be-listed company for alleged rape (with the case withdrawn)
Provided criminal defense in a series of cases involving smuggling of general goods by Sifang Transshipment Company (involving CNY 100 million)
Criminal Compliance and Administrative Matters
Provided criminal compliance investigation and legal opinion to the headquarters of Taikang Insurance Company
Provided criminal compliance investigation and legal opinion for Hengfeng Bank's criminal-civil hybrid case involving electronic bill-related crimes (involving CNY 650 million)
Provided criminal compliance investigation and criminal crisis response services to the listed company Tsingtao Brewery Group for a fraud case (with the case withdrawn)
Provided criminal compliance investigation and legal opinion to a well-known investment institution in Beijing for a well-known investment bank's breach of trust and unauthorized use of entrusted funds (with the client owning CNY 40 billion of capital)
Provided criminal compliance investigation and legal opinion to a well-known investment bank with regard to its acquisition of a well-known biopharmaceutical company
Provided criminal response services to a listed company whose assets were illegally frozen by an investigative authority (involving CNY 100 million and with the account and the funds therein released)
Provided criminal compliance services and issued legal opinions to Qiaoxing Group for a loan fraud (involving CNY 1 billion)
Provided a training seminar themed "Investment and Financing Legal Risk Prevention" to a well-known investment bank in Beijing (with the client owning capital of CNY 40 billion)
Provide d training seminars themed "Compliance Management in the Field of Investment and Acquisition" to executives of Linglong Group, a listed company
Provided a training seminar themed "Compliance and Risk Management of Financial Institutions" to the executives of the Shandong branch of the Import and Export Bank
Provided a training seminar themed "Compliance Risk Management and Control of Financial Institutions" to senior executives of Bank of Qingdao
Provided training seminars on "Compliance Management and Risk Prevention" to enterprises in the high-tech zone of Qingdao City
Represented the defendant, a state inspection and quarantine bureau (now the Customs) in an administrative lawsuit over the compensation a company plaintiff of CNY 8.7 million and, by thorough evidence collection and preparation, got the plaintiff to withdraw the lawsuit before the court hearings after the evidence was exchanged
Represented a listed company as the applicant in the reconsideration of the administrative penalty imposed by the respondent, an urban management bureau, and successfully reduced the amount of the proposed administrative fine from CNY 5.4 million to CNY 480,000
Honors and Awards
Advanced Individual of Judicial Administration System of Qingdao City, 2010-2012
Excellent Lawyer, China Law Society, 2015
Excellent Lawyer, Qingdao City, 2019
Nominated as Rising Star: Dispute Resolution - Litigation, China Law and Practice (CLP), 2015
Memberships & Affiliations
Deputy Director, the Legislative Affairs Office of Shibei District, Qingdao City (former temporary post)
Standing Committee Member, Youth Federation of Qingdao City
Deputy Director, Criminal Legal Risk Prevention Committee of Shandong Lawyers Association
Former Deputy Director, Criminal Committee, Bar Association of Qingdao City
Legal Keynote Speaker, CCTV's "Society and Law" channel
Publications
"Economic Thinking of Negotiated Justice" (Won the second prize of thesis of Shandong Lawyers Association)
"The Evidence Attributes of Administrative Determination Documents in Criminal Proceedings"
"Response to Financial Regulation: Interpretation of Financial Crimes in the Amendment (XI) to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China"
Several interpretations on the criminalization of private usury
"If the Proceeds of Crime Are Used as Rewards for Online Live Streaming, Should the Property Rights of Third Parties Outside the Case Be Protected?"
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2005
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Education
Doctor of Criminal Procedure Law, Renmin University of China
MBA, Peking University
LL.B., Peking University -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2015 to present
Partner, Shandong Wenkang Law Firm, 2008-2014
Partner, Shandong Zhongshang Law Firm, 2003-2008 -
Languages
Chinese
English