Maritime and Shipping

• Represented China Yangtze Shipping Group Co., Ltd. in the first and second instances in respect of a ship operation loan agreement with a disputed amount exceeding CNY 100 million before Wuhan Maritime Court and Hubei Higher People’s Court respectively and obtained a favorable judgment

• Represented China Changjiang National Shipping Group Yichang Shipyard in a shipbuilding dispute before Wuhan Maritime Court and Hubei Higher People’s Court and obtained a favorable judgment

• Represented Shanghai Changhang Wusong Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. in a ship repairing dispute before Shanghai Maritime Court and obtained a favorable judgment

• Represented a bunker oil supplier and recovered CNY 30 million purchase price by arresting the relevant vessel and bringing litigation

• Represented a shipyard in Zhejiang in a Hong Kong arbitration proceeding regarding a shipbuilding contract with a CNY 58 million disputed amount and obtained a favorable award for the client

• Represented a shipyard in Jiangsu in a series of 12 shipbuilding contract disputes with USD 70 million at stake, and assisted the client to reach amicable settlements with Danish and Turkish shipowners

• Represented a bank in Zhejiang and instructed the barrister in a refund guarantee dispute with USD 20 million at stake before English High Court, and reached an amicable settlement with the Greek shipowner

• Represented a shipyard in Guangdong in a Hong Kong ICC arbitration proceeding against a Nigerian bank regarding a payment guarantee, and recovered USD 14 million for the client

• Provided an expert opinion in relation to PRC law in a dispute regarding contract of carriage of goods by sea before a Singapore court

• Provided an expert opinion in relation to PRC law in a dispute regarding ship mortgage before a Malaysian court

Other Commercial, Civil and Administrative Litigations and Arbitrations

• Represented GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited in a demand guarantee fraud dispute with over USD 80 million at stake before Shandong Higher People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Court, and obtained a favorable judgement for the client

• Represented Shanghai Oriental Futures Co., Ltd. in a dispute regarding a corporate resolution before Shanghai Pudong New District People’s Court and Shanghai First Intermediate People’s Court, and obtained a favorable judgement for the client

• Represented China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd. before Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court for application of recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitration award

• Represented a bank in the bankruptcy proceeding of a Chinese shipyard and registered a debt in the amount of CNY 420 million

• Represented an Italian fabric machine manufacturer in a CIETAC arbitration proceeding against a Chinese buyer in relation to a complicated quality dispute with EUR 3 million at stake, and reached an amicable settlement to the satisfaction of the client

• Represented a sewage treatment plant in an administrative litigation proceeding against the local environment authority regarding an administrative penalty imposed on the client for five months, obtained a favorable judgment in the first instance, and forced the environment authority to withdraw the penalty during the second instance

• Represented a spandex producer in Jiaxing in an environment public interest litigation brought against it by an NGO and assisted the client to reach an amicable settlement