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  • Zhiqiang WEI

    Equity Partner / Nanjing

  • Tel +86-025-6951-1818

    Email wzqlawyer@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Litigation & Arbitration, Construction & Project Development, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Banking & Financial Services

CV

Zhiqiang WEI

Lawyer Wei has been deeply ploughing in litigation and arbitration, engineering and project development, investment, merger and acquisition, corporate governance field for over 20 years. He has rich practical experience and good legal skills in resolving disputes of architectural engineering, real estate, infrastructure projects, has processed a large amount of important litigation and arbitration cases, retrieving large losses for parties involved. He is proficient in all-process legal services involving real estate, infrastructure, land comprehensive development, land leasing, project investment and financing, contract planning, bidding, contract review and negotiation, contract fulfillment management, engineering claim for compensation, acceptance and delivery, engineering settlement of PPP projects, familiar with various construction projects contract such as FIDIC, JCT, NEC. In terms of investment, merger, corporate governance, he has provided transaction structure design and transaction, legal due diligence, transaction documents drafting and negotiation and other special legal services of the projects including enterprise compliance consultation, stock equity framework design, debt reorganization, real estate/tourism/hotel for numerous large customers.

Representative Matters

Lawyer Wei Zhiqiang has extensive experience in the bidding of construction projects and infrastructure, contract risk management, engineering claims and settlement, real estate development and construction and financing and transactions, construction projects and infrastructure and real estate related dispute resolution. In particular, he conducted in-depth and comprehensive research on the legal risk management of engineering projects.


Some customer service units

China State Construction, Nanjing Municipal Commission of Development & Reform, CEC Environmental Protection Co., Ltd., PenYao E. P, Puritek Company Ltd., Nanjing Pukou District Construction Engineering Bureau, Shanghai Construction No1 (group) CO., LTD., China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd, Jiangsu SOHO Holdings Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Shuanglou Construction Group, Yufa Construction Group, Huaren Construction Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing Qiqiao Construction and Installation Engineering Co., Ltd., Nanjing Tangquan Construction Group, Zhongnan Group, Longhai Construction Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Liyang Urban Construction Group Co., Tongzhou Construction General Contracting Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Zhonglu Transportation Development Co., Ltd., Huatai Securities, The Gemdale, The longfor, Evergrande Group, Vanke, CINDA, Nanjing Local Railway Co., Ltd., SUMEC, GCL, CHINA JINMAO, Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited, Phoenix Publishing & Media Group, Seazen, Nanjing Jinling holdings Ltd, Rsun


Litigation and arbitration

  • Acting as agent of Sewage Treatment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of PenYao E. P in the BOT franchise agreement dispute with the People's Government of Xiuning County, involving over CNY 90 million;

  • Acting as agent of Peng Harrier Group's water company and a city housing Bureau BOT franchise agreement dispute litigation (involving CNY 60 million);

  • Represented China State Construction Engineering Corporation in handling multiple major construction engineering disputes (the amount involved in the case is nearly 200 million);

  • Represented Nanjing GCL Gas Turbine Thermal Power Co., Ltd. and China Energy Construction Co., Ltd. in a construction contract dispute (approximately CNY 300 million);

  • Represented Jiangsu Shuanglou Construction Group Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Real Estate Co., Ltd. in the construction contract dispute (the amount involved in the case is more than 100 million);

  • Acting as agent of Yikoluo (Nanjing) odor Control Technology Co., Ltd. in a contract dispute with Changzhou company due to a VOCS treatment project;

  • Acting for the Second Engineering Co., Ltd. of Gezhouba Group in a sales contract dispute against Ningguo Zhongjia Trading Co., Ltd;

  • Acting for Jiangsu Sainty International Group Co., Ltd. in a commissioned construction contract dispute against Jiangsu Sainty International Group Real Estate Co., Ltd;

  • Acting for Anhui Zhongsha Construction and Installation Co., LTD., Fuyang Yingquan Lefuqiang Real Estate Development Co., LTD., and Li Mou Construction Project construction contract dispute (Anhui High Court won the lawsuit, involving more than CNY 100 million);

  • Acting as an agent in the sales contract dispute between Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd. and Changsha Housing Industry Co., LTD;

  • Represented a super large real estate group and Jiangsu Construction Holding Group Co., Ltd. in the construction contract dispute case;

  • Acting on behalf of Gemdale Nanjing Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Construction Engineering Group Co., LTD

  • Acting for Changshu Jin Anruichen Real Estate Development Co; Ltd. in a construction project contract dispute against Zhongxing Construction Co., Ltd, involving over CNY 20 million;

  • Acting for Nanjing Qiqiao Construction and Installation Co., LTD. in a series of construction project construction contract disputes (involving more than CNY 100 million);

  • Acting agent of contract dispute for series construction projects of Huaren Construction Group Co., LTD. (involving CNY 200 million);

  • Acting for a People's government of Zhejiang Changxing Minggui Anran Landscaping Co., LTD in a series of construction contract disputes (involving more than CNY 100 million);

  • Represented Yufa Construction Group Co., Ltd. and a county government eco-park project construction contract dispute

  • Represented Jinsheng Real Estate Investment Group Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Shanxi Road Department Store Co., Ltd. and Wuxi City Construction Development Group Co., Ltd. in a dispute over a property rights transaction contract (the amount involved is 400 million);

  • Represented Jinsheng Real Estate Investment Group Co., Ltd. and a real estate development limited liability company in Nanjing in the case of a real estate cooperative development contract;

  • Acting as an agent for Jiangsu State-owned construction Group (provincial state-owned assets) and Taizhou Land and Resources Bureau of State-owned construction land use right transfer contract dispute (involving administrative litigation, civil litigation and arbitration);

  • Acting for Jiangsu Jinbei Household Co., Ltd. and a provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences housing lease contract dispute case;

  • Acting for Nanjing State-owned Assets Management Company in the dispute against Industrial and Commercial Bank of China over transfer of shares in Red Sun and New Hundred;

  • Acting for Nanjing Weixin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.  in the sales contract dispute against an individual surnamed Zhang

  • Acting The China Overseas series construction contract disputes and sales contract disputes;

  • Acting agent of Jiangsu Golden Land real estate and an owner's committee, a land and resources Bureau housing administrative registration dispute;

  • Acting Yangzhou Asia Pacific Real Estate Co., Ltd. and Kong, Yangzhou Jiangdu District housing security and real estate Administration Bureau administrative litigation;

  • Acting for the Jiangsu Branch of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. in a financial loan dispute exceeding CNY 168 million in aggregate against Jiangsu Zhongfu Technology Industrial Group Co., Ltd;

  • Acting as an agent in financial loan contract disputes between Jiangsu Branch of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Sunan Heavy Industry Machinery Technology Co., LTD., involving CNY 220 million.

  • Construction & Project Development

  • Provide legal services in the whole process to Huatai Securities Co., LTD Jiangxinzhou R&D and training center project;

  • providing the whole process of legal services to Wuhan Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. construction of semiconductor fab plant and supporting workstations;

  • Providing legal services for the whole process of the 12-inch wafer factory and Phase I supporting warehouse project of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nanjing) Co., Ltd;

  • Providing special legal services for project compliance review of Puritek Company Ltd;

  • Member of Owner's expert Group of Jiangsu Garden Expo Park (Phase I) EPC project;

  • Provide contract review and policy consultation for DHL Tianjin Warehouse EPC project owners);

  • Provide the whole process of legal services to Phoenix Xingang Data Center Project 2.1 project for Jiangsu Phoenix New Cloud Network Technology Co., LTD;

  • Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing Media Co., Ltd. cultural mall Yangzhou project;

  • Sumida Group Jiangxi Wannian County Textile Industrial Park Project

  • Jinmao Group Nanjing Jiangbei Chip City Project;

  • Nanjing Jiangbei New District Industrial Technology Research and Innovation Park Green Energy Application Project;

  • 002 Provincial Highway Nanjing Pukou Section Construction PPP Project;

  • Providing special legal services to Yufa Construction Group Co., Ltd. Lishui district municipal road and landscape construction PPP project.

  • PPP project of upgrading and reconstruction of Hengxing Avenue and Huanghai street lamp and innovation road construction project in Hongze Economic Development Zone;

  • PPP project of new town construction in Jiangning Street, Jiangning District;

  • Nanjing National Exhibition Center Transformation Commercial Development Project;

  • BOC Wool Cashmere Industrial Chain Production Base Development Project;

  • Lianyungang Coastal New Area Reclamation and Land Redevelopment Project.


Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance

  • Provided legal services for equity repurchase of a real estate cooperative development project of Longfor Real Estate;

  • provide full legal services for Vanke's acquisition of ordinary residential and non-ordinary residential projects;

  • Advising Nanjing Jinjun Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of equity interests in Nanjing Yujin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd;

  • Advising Jiangsu Suhao Silk Co., LTD. on its acquisition of equity interests in Nanjing Meijia Garment Co., Ltd;

  • Provide legal services for Yangzhou Longchuan Holding Group Co., LTD.’s acquisition of Jiangsu Jiangdu Construction Group Co., LTD;

  • Provide legal services for a large real estate group's equity acquisition project of Wuxi Economic Development Real Estate Co., LTD;

  • Provided legal due diligence and other legal services for Jiangsu Branch of China Cinda Asset Management Co., LTD. to its acquisition of beneficial rights projects of real estate trusts;

  • Provided legal due diligence and other services for Jiangsu Branch of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. on the equity acquisition project of Nanjing High-speed Gear Manufacturing Co., LTD;

  • Provided legal services for Jiangsu branch of China Cinda Asset Management Co., LTD. to its acquisition of Minsheng Bank Zunxiao Railway’s CNY 680 million fixed assets loan project;

  • Provide legal services for Jiangsu Branch of China Great Wall Asset Management Co., LTD. to its commercial acquisition and restructuring of non-performing debt projects;

  • Provide legal services for Nanjing Red Sun Real Estate Development Co., LTD. to its real estate acquisition project;

  • Provide legal services for Tianjin Fengwu Technology Co., Ltd. to Jiangsu Wanyuan Property Management Co., LTD.’s equity acquisition due diligence project;

  • Provide legal services for Jiangsu Shuanglou Construction Group Co., Ltd. to Nanjing a new material Technology Co., Ltd. and other equity acquisition projects;

  • Provide legal services for Jiangsu Cangchen Pension Industry Co., Ltd. to equity acquisition of Zhejiang Anji Pu Feng Hotel Management Co., LTD.

Honors and Awards

Benchmark Litigation2022 "Stars of Litigation" in Construction and Real Estate

Selected by the legal 500 as a special recommended lawyer in the field of real estate and construction transactions as well as disputes in 2020-2022

2020 "Outstanding Legal Worker of Construction Enterprises in East China"

2019 "Excellent Construction Project Real Estate Lawyer"

Selected by ENR (American "Engineering News Record") / Construction Times in 2013 as " 60 highly recommended Chinese lawyers of engineering industry "

2012-2013 Jiangsu Provincial Lawyers Association Provincial Advanced Individual

Memberships & Affiliations

Researcher, Institute of Engineering Law, Southeast University

Master Tutor, Southeast University

The PPP experts, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance

Arbitrator, China International Trade Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Nanjing Arbitration Commission

Member, Nanjing Construction Industry Association

Member, Construction Industry Association of Pukou District, Nanjing

Director, Nanjing Construction Engineering Bidding and Tendering Association

Publications

“Legal Risk Management of Construction Contracts”, Law Press, 2016

“Rules and Practice Guidelines for PPP Contract Disputes”, Law Press, 2018

"Research on the Contractor’s Liability for Defect Warranty after the Completion of the Project-Based on the relevant provisions of Article 13 of the ‘Legal Interpretation’, [2004] No. 14”, Construction Economy (Core Journal)), 2016

“Research on the legal Issues of PPP mode ‘Secondary Bidding’”d, Architectural Knowledge, 2017

“The Nature of Real Estate Cooperative Development Contracts and the Undertaking of External Responsibilities", Jiangsu Province Lawyer Special Excellent Paper, 2009

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    Chinese Cost Engineer
    First Grade Lawyer

  • Education

    LL.M., Nanjing University

  • Professional Experience

    Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Partner, Jiangsu Zhibang Law Firm
    Partner, G&D Law Firm
    Lawyer, Jiangsu Jinding Yingjie Law Firm
    Economist, Nanjing Local Railway Co., Ltd.

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English