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  • Zhenhua WANG

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2288

    Email wangzhenhua@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration, Debt Restructuring & Non-performing Assets

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources

CV

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

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • 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