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  • Fangrong WU

    Equity Partner / Hangzhou

  • Tel +86-571-5692-1222

    Email wufangrong@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Compliance & Investigation

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Tourism & Hospitality, Telecommunications & Internet

CV

Fangrong WU

Lawyer Wu Fangrong has been engaged in the legal profession for more than 21 years. His main business areas are Litigation & Arbitration, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance and Compliance & Anti-corruption. Over these years, with his outstanding ability and rich experience, he has helped clients grasp business opportunities, identify risks and handle disputes in the increasingly complex market environment. With rich practical experience, his lawyer team has provided clients with all-round and professional legal services, and has become an outstanding legal service team in the field.

In 2023、2024,Mr. Wu was recognized by "Chambers Greater China Guide " for the real estate field. From 2021-2024, Mr. Wu was consecutively selected into the list of the Legal 500 in the Asia Pacific region, and was rated as "Leading Individual" and Zhejiang recommended lawyers: Hangzhou, and was recommended in the field of Real estate and Construction;At the same time, he has successively been listed in the 2022-2024 Chinese legal market list of the Asialaw Profiles, and was rated as "Notable Practitioner" in the Real estate field.

Representative Matters

In the areas of construction and real estate, investment and financing and TMT litigation, Mr. Wu has successfully won hundreds of litigation cases on behalf of his clients, including many difficult and complex real estate litigation and arbitration cases involving a large number of subjects and huge subject matter, with typical significance and significant social impact. He has handled various types of disputes in the field of real estate investment and financing, cooperative land acquisition and development, shareholder cooperation disputes, project company deadlock and control disputes, project construction, quality and standard of finishing disputes, lack of supporting facilities, commercial real estate operation and leasing disputes. He has excellent practical ability in major difficult and complex litigation cases in the field of construction and real estate (including group litigation cases) and dispute cases in the field of TMT such as investment and financing, equity cooperation and M&A.


Major Litigation

Property Development

  • Acted for a property development company in the second instance of a group claim dispute (23 cases) involving presale contracts of commercial properties and winning the case

  • Represented the defendant in a group action by 14 owners against the developer for the difference in price of the area of a villa, and won all the cases

  • Represented the development company in a number of cases involving group claims for compensation for garden, basement and car parking spaces in pre-sale contracts and won all the cases

  • Represented development company in court and won in multiple owners' suits against development companies for rescission of refurbishment agreements and group claims

  • Represented a development company in a case against a landlord seeking to invalidate the terms of a supplementary agreement for the sale and purchase of a commercial property, winning the case and dismissing the claim in its entirety

  • Represented a company against a landlord in a claim for invalidation of a renovation agreement and reimbursement of renovation costs, winning and dismissing the claim in its entirety

  • Represented a development company in a dispute against a property owner seeking to conclude a supplementary agreement on finishing and renovation of the house in question as agreed, winning and dismissing the claim in its entirety

  • Represented the real estate company in the first series of cases in Hangzhou (Vanke Qianjiang Bay Garden project) in which a group of owners refused to deliver their homes and litigated their claims, and won the case

  • Represented the development company in a greenfield dispute in a villa project in Yuhang District (concerning the sale and purchase of villa gardens) and won the case

  • Represented the development company in a number of surrender and claim cases in a villa project in Lin'an District, and won the case

  • Represented the development company in one of the first group litigation cases in Hangzhou (Zhonghai Wisteria Court project) in which the owner applied to rescind the terms of the supplementary agreement on the sale and purchase of commercial properties and won the case

  • Represented the development company in a dispute over a deposit contract (involving a deposit of millions of yuan) and won the case

  • Represented the development company in a group litigation against the development company in relation to claims for lack of commercial facilities and gardens (Hangzhou Kaiyuan Century project) and won the case

  • Acted for various development companies in a number of cases involving late delivery of commercial properties, late issuance of certificates, breach of contract and housing quality warranty claims, maintaining a high success rate in such cases


Construction Engineering

  • Represented the construction company in a number of typical cases involving settlement of payment for construction work and time claims and achieved the expected litigation results

  • Represented the construction company/construction company in a number of cases involving construction contract disputes between the actual builder and the construction company, and won the cases

  • Acted for construction companies/construction companies in a number of cases involving the determination of the nature and validity of construction contracts, construction quality claims and settlement of construction payments, and winning the cases

  • Represented a project management service provider in a case to recover project management fees from the construction company and won the case

  • Represented the main contractor and the issuing party in a number of cases involving construction contract disputes between the subcontractor and the issuing party, and won the cases

  • Acted for a real estate company in an arbitration case with a construction group company in Zhejiang in a dispute over a construction contract

  • Acted for a design and engineering company in a construction contract dispute between it and a construction company arising from disputes over entities and supervisory objections


Company Equity and Administration

  • Won the case and assisted the client in regaining effective control of the project company in a series of cases concerning a real estate company's shareholding interests, official seal and confirmation of the company's operation rights

  • Represented the Hangzhou Municipal Construction Committee in several cases of citizens v. Hangzhou Municipal Construction Committee to perform statutory duties and won the cases

  • Represented Hangzhou Municipal Construction Committee in several cases of citizens v. Hangzhou Municipal Construction Committee for information disclosure and won the cases

  • Acted for a third-party development company in a number of administrative litigation cases in which the owner sued the administrative authority for revocation of the completion inspection record form, planning permission and acceptance, fire inspection, pre-sale permit and quality supervision report, and won the litigation

  • Represented a development company in a series of administrative litigation cases brought by the owner in relation to various administrative acts such as bundled sales, pre-sale permits, planning and acceptance, and completion and acceptance, and won and upheld the specific administrative acts

  • Represented a development company in an enforcement hearing case against a housing and construction administrative unit in Hangzhou, winning the case and rejecting the enforcement application

  • Represented a development company in a series of disputes with project owners and government agencies regarding noise pollution and causeless management in the vicinity of the project, and effectively defended its legal rights and interests


Project M&A and Investment

  • Provided agreement review, document drafting, structuring, pathway and risk justification, and negotiation assistance to numerous real estate clients in key aspects of land acquisition and joint development projects

  • Provided due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and other special legal services to Cinda Real Estate in relation to an investment and cooperation project in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou

  • Advised Greentown Group on due diligence, drafting and revision of transaction documents in relation to an acquisition project in Jinhua

  • Advised Cinda Asset and Cinda Real Estate on due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents in relation to an investment and financing M&A and urban renewal project in Ganzhou

  • Advised China Eastern Asset Management Corporation on the acquisition of non-performing debts held by a trust company

  • Provided due diligence services for Hangzhou Gold Investment Property Management Co.

  • Provided special legal services on due diligence for several listed real estate enterprises participating in the hybrid reform projects of state-owned real estate companies

  • Provided legal services for Longfor Group's acquisition of several property management companies and projects in East and South China, including due diligence investigation, determination of transaction structure, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and settlement, etc.

  • Provided due diligence, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and other M&A legal services for Sino-Ocean Pension's acquisition of a medical and health care project

  • Provided due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation, assistance in property analysis and settlement for Sino-Ocean Land's acquisition of Hangzhou Jiulongwan project (village land reservation project)

  • Provided due diligence and other special legal services for the acquisition of real estate projects in Ningbo and Hangzhou by Sunrise Property

  • Provided due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and other legal services for the acquisition of Xiaoshan Innovation Land by Pro Property

  • Provided special legal services for due diligence on a number of joint development projects in the southern region of Zhejiang for Poly

  • Provided legal services to various projects in Hangzhou and Zhoushan, including due diligence investigation, transaction structuring, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and settlement

  • Provided legal services to Zhejiang Tengue Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Tencent Dazhe.com) in its investment in a number of Internet technology companies, including due diligence, transaction structuring, drafting of transaction documents, negotiation and settlement, and other M&A process legal services

  • Provided full investment process legal services for the investment and incubation projects of G5 Capital (a national-level crowdspace in the Future Science and Technology City recorded by the Ministry of Science and Technology) in technology innovation and two-way cross-border


Legal Services for Residential Property Projects

  • Provided full process legal services for the development and construction of the Lishui Liandu Lingshan Future Community Project (the first batch in Zhejiang) for Hangzhou Urban Construction Development Group Co.,Ltd.

  • Provided full legal services for the development and construction of the Quzhou Lixian Future Community Project (the first batch in Zhejiang) for Quzhou Lvcheng City Investment Future Community Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

  • Provided full legal services for the development and construction of the first TOD complex project in Zhejiang (Metro Greentown-Hangzhou Yangliu County Project)

  • Provided legal services to Yiwu Greentown Jiaotou Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in the development and construction of Greentown Yiwu Taoyuan, the ninth Taoyuan in the world

  • Advised China Overseas Property on the development, sale and delivery of China Overseas Qianjiang Bay, Huanglong Yunqi, Huanyu World, Riverview Yunji, Cuilang Yunjing, Yunchen, Wanglu and Yu Dao projects

  • Provided legal services for the development and construction of various projects of Green City Property Group

  • Provided legal services to Hangzhou Urban Construction Development Group Co.

  • Provided legal services for the development and construction of the project of Sheng'ao Real Estate Group

  • Provided legal services to Yanlord Land, Hong Kong Land and Transfar Properties in the development and construction of Qianwan International Community Project


Commercial and industrial real estate and project operation

  • Provided comprehensive legal services for Zhejiang Construction Industry Property Group's EAC, EFC and EIC projects in office, commercial and shopping mall

  • Provided full process legal services for the development and construction of Sheng'ao Group's furniture manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship base project (a key project in Xiaoshan District)

  • Provided comprehensive legal services for a number of office projects such as Wulin Times, Huan Yu World, Sheng Ao Tower and Zhonghai Qianjiang International Centre

  • Provided full range of legal services for a number of new real estate complex projects in Hangzhou, and has unique and rich experience in legal matters such as development rhythm of complexes, sales model innovation, property subdivision and business management, and handling of serviced flats

  • Represented the owner of a hotel in Hangzhou in negotiations with Marriott International Group in relation to the management of Renaissance Hotel and Marriott Executive Apartments, completed amendments to the hotel management contract and related agreements, provided legal advice, etc., and assisted in the successful introduction of the corresponding hotel management brand

  • Represented SOHO3Q in connection with the lease of the Hangzhou Fortune Financial Center in Qianjiang New Town, including due diligence, modification of the lease contract and related agreements, and assistance in contract negotiation and signing.

  • Represented Guazi to successfully complete the leasing and expansion of the guaranteed sales operation sites in Hangzhou and Jiaxing, including due diligence, modification of transaction documents and contract negotiation, etc.

  • Assisted in the preparation, negotiation and implementation of contracts relating to the leasing and operation management of supermarkets, cinemas, department stores and other projects.


Other non-litigation specialties (crisis management, project delivery, land retention, project liquidation)

  • Participated in the whole process of delivery of nearly 100 projects and related crisis management, including risk assessment of delivery, discussion and formulation of delivery plan, guidance and training on delivery, assistance in handling key disputes, etc., with rich experience in risk assessment and control in this field

  • Provided special legal services for a number of reserved land projects in Hangzhou, including investment, joint development, successful property analysis, transfer and sale

  • Provided liquidation and cancellation services for a number of real estate projects and project companies, guiding the liquidation process and assisting in handling difficult issues

Honors and Awards

Ranked in the recommended list of "Chambers Greater China Region Legal Guide", recommended field of expertise: Real Estate

Notable Practitioner (Real Estate), Asialaw Profiles 2022-2024

Leading Individuals & Recommended Lawyer (Zhejiang), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific List 2022-2024

Recommended (Real Estate), The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific

Individual Award, Hangzhou Lawyers Association 2018

Excellent Professional Lawyer (Real Estate), Zhejiang Lawyers Association 2018

The Third Excellent Professional Lawyer (Real Estate), Zhejiang Provincial Lawyers Association 2012

Outstanding Young Lawyer, Zhejiang Lawyers Association 2012

Memberships & Affiliations

LL.M., Zhejiang University

B.A., Zhejiang University

Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm

Partner, Zhejiang Tengfei Jinying Law Firm

Director, the 8th and 9th Real Estate Professional Committee of Hangzhou Lawyers Association

Experts, the Advisory Network of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the civil administrative prosecution

Expert, the Advisory Committee on Administrative Review of Hangzhou Yuhang District

Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission Real Estate Arbitration Court

Evaluation Expert, Hangzhou Housing Security and Real Estate Administration Bureau Pre-property Management Bidding Tender

Invited Mediator, Hangzhou Xihu District People's Court

Invited Mediator, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/Hangzhou Mediation Center of the International Chamber of Commerce of China

Practice mentor, Guanghua Law School Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School

Member, The Construction Engineering Committee of Zhejiang Law Association

Member, the Ninth Business Guidance and Development Committee of Hangzhou Lawyers Association

Former Secretary General, the Second Real Estate Law Research Association of Hangzhou Law Society

Former Secretary General, the Construction and Real Estate Committee of the Lawyers Association Zhejiang

Publications

“The significance, trend and interface of the "Green Principles" in the Civil Code”, Research on Rule of Law, 2017

“Study on the protection of property name rights”, Zhejiang Real Estate, 2015

“Trial on legal risk prevention and dispute handling for delivery of housing”, China Construction News, 2014

“Liability for the quality of housing after the developer's write-off”, Studies in Lawyer Practice Vol. 6, Zhejiang University Press, 2012

“An analysis of owner's rights and interests in a small clubhouse”, Studies in Lawyer Practice Vol. 6, Zhejiang University Press, 2012

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., Zhejiang University
    B.A., Zhejiang University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm
    Partner, Zhejiang Tengfei Jinying Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English