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Zhenhua WANG
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2288
Email wangzhenhua@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration, Debt Restructuring & Non-performing Assets
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Industries
Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources
Zhenhua WANG
Ms WANG Zhenhua is familiar with the legal policies in natural resource and energy fields such as mineral resources, land, and new energy. She specializes in professional legal services in mineral resources and new energy, first-level land transfer markets, and has rich theoretical experience and practical achievements in investment and mergers & acquisitions, corporate policy and legal advice, long-term legal consulting services, corporate compliance management, debt restructuring, major civil and commercial, and administrative dispute resolution in the mineral and energy fields. Ms Wang has served as legal advisor to the Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly the Ministry of Land and Resources) for six years, and has provided legal services to well-known mining SOEs and large listed companies such as Minmetals Group, China National Gold Group, Zijin Group, Beijing Energy Group, Haohua Energy, Shandong Gold Group, Chifeng Gold, Lianmei Group, Taixi Coal Group, Junzheng Group, Hui Energy Group, Yitai Group, Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch, Ping An Inner Mongolia Branch, and Zhujiang Inner Mongolia Qingchunt Tower. In terms of academic works, Ms Wang edited and published Mining Language: Legal Practices of Mining Focus Issues and was commissioned by the China Mining Association to edit ChinaMining Legal Review (2022).
Representative Matters
Performance in long-term legal advisory
the Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly the Ministry of Land and Resources)
the Oil and Gas Resource Strategy Research Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources
Shandong Gold Industry Investment Group
China Minmetals Mining Holdings Co., Ltd
Inner Mongolia Junzheng Group
Shanxi Qinxin Energy Group, State Investment Group
State Power Investment Corporation Limited
Performance in Land projects
Provides various types of legal consultation and advisory services on land use issues for the Ministry of Natural Resources and local land administrative departments; handles nearly a hundred administrative cases such as rural collective land requisition and demolition
Assists the former Ministry of Land and Resources in conducting research on the ""three land"" reform pilot and drafting legislative proposals
Assists the Market Supervision Department of the National Land Use Control Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Supreme People's Court Research Office in researching the issue of compulsory enforcement of idle land
Assists the former Ministry of Land and Resources in drafting relevant report materials on the land administrative adjudication system
Prepared a research report on legal issues related to the entry of collectively operated construction land into the market for China National Chemical Corporation Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Prepared a legal opinion on the historical evolution and legality of the land use rights for 450,000 mu of land (involving various types of land use such as state-owned farmland, forest land, grassland) of Yili Resources Group Co., Ltd.
Conducted investigations into the historical evolution of all the land (including collective land, allocated land, leased land, sold land, forest land, grassland, beach land, etc.) owned by Shanxi Qinnew Energy Group Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, and provided specialized legal service plans and opinions on obtaining the legality of land use, future land use planning under the new land management law, and defect rectification
Provided legal opinions on the rural collective land use issues for a photovoltaic project in Jilin
Provided legal service plans and opinions on the issue of occupying collective land for thermal power charging and revenue rights asset support special plans of Shuifa Group Co., Ltd.
Provided specialized solutions for the collective land occupation issues of ski runs for the Chengde Ski Resort PPP project
Prepared research and proposals on whether foreign-invested enterprises can apply for land use renewal after the expiration of allocated land, and conducted research on issues related to the entry of collectively operated construction land into the market
Performance in M&A projects involving mining resources
Minmetals Mining Holding Co., Ltd. acquired a 51% equity stake in a mining company in L city (iron ore, proven reserves of 2.484 billion tons)
Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. acquired the business of the Kyrgyz gold mine (3 million ounces) of a company called Shandong Gold Mining Resources Group Limited
China National Gold Group Corporation acquired a gold mine project in Laizhou (300 tons)
Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged a Hong Kong-listed gold mine in Xinjiang
Shandong Gold Group acquired the Jiuzhou gold mine in Yantai (200 tons)
Yintai Resources, Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, and Team 113 Pig Gongtang lead-zinc mine trading project (3 million tons)
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged the Gannan gold mine in Gansu
Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. acquired a series of dynamic coal projects (300 million tons) of the Inner Mongolia Jintai Energy Group
Omya Calcium Industry acquired four marble mining projects in Sichuan and Henan
Omya Calcium Industry acquired a marble mining project in Guangxi
Southwest Mining and Energy Group acquired the Rushan gold mine project in Shandong
Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development acquired a gold mine project in Xinjiang and a lead-zinc mine project in Inner Mongolia
Guangzhou Yufeng Quarry Co., Ltd. acquired a special project for mining license extension in the acquisition and merger project
Xinda Zhongrun Mihyun restructuring/shutdown Yunye iron mine and Kangyang project
Xinhua Power Jiangxi Xinhua Mining Development Co., Ltd. equity transfer project
Hao Hua Energy acquired an annual production of 8 million tons coal mine project in Inner Mongolia
Performance in debt restructuring projects in the mining and energy sector
China Merchants Bank Shanxi Branch restructured a debt of 6.7 billion yuan for Meijin Coking Coal Group
Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch and other debt committees restructured a debt of 10 billion yuan for Taixi Coal Group
Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch and other debt committees restructured debts of 20 billion yuan for Baogang Group, rare earth, and iron ore
Bank of China Bayannaoer Branch restructured the bankruptcy and reorganization project of Jianxin Group
Jingneng Group's Xilin coal-to-liquids 2*5.5 million tons brown coal upgrading, pyrolysis and grading comprehensive utilization and disposal project
Huainan Mining Industry Co., Ltd. acquired and audited a special large-scale coal mine in Shaanxi
Inner Mongolia Energy Group's Haizita equity restructuring and equity transfer project
Inner Mongolia Energy Group's 11 coal mine resource recovery and reorganization projects
State Power Investment Corporation-Junzheng Chaha Well Field Resource and Equity Restructuring Project
Shandong Energy and Inner Mongolia Ruisheng and four other enterprises' Yinpangu Well Field restructuring project
Yintai Gold's debt restructuring project for a gold mine in Mang City, Yunnan
Performance in debt restructuring related to mineral and energy resources
China Minsheng Bank Shanxi Branch handled a 6.7 billion debt restructuring project for Meijin Coking Group
Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch and other debt committees handled a debt restructuring project worth billions for Taixi Coal Group, Baogang Group, and two other companies in the rare earth and iron ore industries
Bank of China Bayannaoer Branch handled a bankruptcy and reorganization project for Jianxin Group
Jingneng Group conducted a disposal project for upgrading and pyrolyzing 11 million tons of low-grade coal in Xilin
Huainan Mining carried out an audit and rectification project for the acquisition of a large coal mine in Shaanxi
Inner Mongolia Coal Construction Engineering Group restructured 11 coal mine resources
Guodian-Junzheng conducted a resource and equity restructuring project for Chaha Su oil field
Shandong Energy and four other enterprises conducted a reorganization project for Yingpanhao oil field in Inner Mongolia
Yintai Gold restructured its debt for a gold mine project in Mangshi, Yunnan
Performance in resolving mining disputes
Handled over 200 administrative litigation cases, including over 20 mining disputes, on behalf of the Ministry of Land and Resources
Represented Shandong Huayuan Venture Capital in a dispute with Anhui Xulou Iron Mine, a listed company of Shandong Geological and Mineral Corporation, over a gambling contract
Represented Lianmei Group in a case of recovering state-owned assets amounting to 2.3 billion yuan from Ordos Guotou related to coal equity transfer
Conducted a joint venture dispute case for a certain iron mine between Shandong Exploration and Design Institute and other parties
Arbitrated an overburden dispute for a certain iron mine of PetroChina Pipeline Branch
Represented Zhejiang Richangsheng Group in a dispute over the transfer of mining rights for a limestone mine in Shaanxi
Handled a case of penalty for delayed payment for Tangshan Kailuan Coal Mine Company
Handled a joint venture cooperation dispute case for a mining right between Hubei Yingyan Mining and Hebei Sanning Chemical Group
Arbitrated a dispute over the transfer of prospecting rights for Zhongjin Resources
Executed an arbitration for Beijing Hongpeng Zhongtuo Mining Investment in a case
Handled a case of mining right payment review for a certain mining group in Chengde, Hebei
Handled an administrative public interest litigation case for Laizhou Bureau of Land and Resources over mineral resources
Provided consulting opinions for illegal mining and occupation of agricultural land cases for Junzheng Group, Taixi Coal Group, Yitai Group, Jingneng Group, Huineng Group, and other companies
Handled an illegal mining case for Hui Energy's Yangshita Coal Mine, and a case of unauthorized mining in Ningxia Mulili open-pit mine for Henan Energy Group
Conducted a case of denial of corporate legal person qualification for a certain mining company between Haohua Energy and China Railway Resources
Handled cases of shareholder qualification confirmation for Shuangxin, Xinxing Heavy Industry, and BOE Energy Mining"
Memberships & Affiliations
Director, the Law Society of the Chinese Society of Land and Resources
Executive Director, the Mining Resources Law Branch of the Chinese Society of Geological and Mineral Economics
Member, the Energy Law Research Association of the China Law Society
Publications
“Chinese Mining Law Review (2022)”
“Mining Language: Legal Practice of Mining Focus Issues”
“Risk Analysis and Prevention of Mining Rights Mortgage Guarantee”
“Guidelines for Full Legal Services in Mining Industry”
“Compilation of Mining Cases”
Related
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Deals Related
Zhong Lun Reappointed by the Ministry of Natural Resources as External Counsel
Humbled by the trust and honor that the MNR has placed on us, we will stay committed to our responsibility as we have always done and continue to work diligently with our expertise and experience in the natural resources sector to advance the rule of law.
2022-04-22 -
Awards Related
40 Zhong Lun Lawyers from 14 Practice Areas Recognized in Chambers Global 2024
Zhong Lun Lawyers Garner 44 honors and 14 practice areas are recommended
2024-08-12
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
LL.M., Nankai University
LL.B., Hebei University of Science and Technology -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, August 2015 to present
Partner, Beijing Yuren Law Firm, October 2010 to August 2015
Investment Manager, VMS Investment Group in Hong Kong, December 2007 to October 2010 -
Languages
Chinese
English