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Yuanyuan YU
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2288
Email yuyuanyuan@zhonglun.com
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Practices

Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Reorganization
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Industries

Urban Renewal & Real Estate Operation, Media, Sports & Entertainment, Smart Logistics & Supply Chain
Yuanyuan YU
Ms. Yuanyuan Yu, a native of Yantai, Shandong Province, joined Zhong Lun’s Beijing office in 2005 after completing her master’s degree and has been with the firm for more than 20 years.
Ms. Yu currently focuses on major and complex commercial, civil, and administrative dispute resolution, as well as civil-administrative cross-area matters. To date, she has handled over 100 dispute resolution cases. The industries involved in the cases handled by Ms. Yu include the internet economy, culture, entertainment and film, energy, finance, logistics, infrastructure, education, real estate, etc.
The types of dispute resolution cases handled by Ms. Yu include contract disputes, corporate disputes, investment and financing disputes, administrative agreements, administrative penalties, administrative reconsideration, and administrative litigation.
Ms. Yu has also provided legal services to numerous national ministries and commissions, administrative agencies, enterprises, and institutions, including the National Development and Reform Commission(NDRC), the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), Xinhua News Agency, the Counsellors' Office of the State Council, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Beijing Pinggu District, the News and Communication Center of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations, the China Container Industry Association, and the National Computer Network and Information Security Management Center, among others.
Ms. Yu is guided by a professional philosophy of providing effective, results-oriented solutions that create enduring value for her clients.
Representative Matters
Administrative Dispute Resolution
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a highway toll rights investment promotion project in Hebei (involving investor rights protection)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a sewage treatment plant concession project in Beijing (involving compensation for concession agreement)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a commercial and residential complex investment cooperation project in Jilin (involving the return of government support funds)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Handan, Hebei (involving land delivery)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Hainan (involving idle land)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Beijing (involving idle land)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning an investment promotion project for an industrial plant in Zhuhai (involving liability for land return)
Represented a company in Xiamen in a large-scale property demolition and relocation compensation dispute
Represented a company in Dalian in a tax administrative penalty case
Represented a company in Guangdong in a tax administrative penalty case
Represented a company in an administrative penalty case involving false advertising
Represented a company in an administrative reconsideration case concerning the disapproval of an administrative permit
Represented an accounting firm and a securities regulatory department in an administrative litigation case involving disclosure inspections in the securities market
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Represented a real estate company in a project transfer contract dispute with a land holding company (retrial by the Supreme People's Court(SPC))
Responsible for a series of corporate disputes for a real estate consulting firm (involving a retrial by SPC; issues included corporate registration, executives infringing on trade secrets, application for recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award in China, and construction contract disputes)
Retained by a university, a group, and related parties to handle a series of cases concerning 65% equity interests in a group (case types involved state-owned enterprise restructuring, equity transfer, executives harming company interests, financial loan contracts, and shareholders' right to information; courts involved included SPC, Beijing High People's Court, Beijing First Intermediate People's Court, Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong High People's Court, etc.)
Represented a state-owned energy company in a dispute concerning shareholders harming company interests
Represented a group company in an equity transfer dispute
Represented multiple investors in management fee disputes concerning invested partnerships
Represented a company in a series of disputes related to equity transfers for a real estate project located on the North Third Ring Road
Represented a company in a series of enforcement objection lawsuits involving 20 properties, heard successively in Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court, Hebei High People's Court, and Beijing First Intermediate People's Court
Represented a construction unit in a construction contract dispute with a developer (second instance by SPC)
Represented a real estate company in a construction engineering contract dispute with a construction unit
Represented a resources group in a financial loan contract dispute
Represented a client in a guarantee contract dispute with Hua Xia Bank
Represented a capital institution in multiple arbitration legal services for financing and wealth management contract disputes
Represented Bohai Bank in a financial loan contract dispute with an institution
Represented a financial institution in a partnership agreement dispute under an asset management project
Provided special legal consulting services for a university and its affiliated companies concerning dozens of guarantee liabilities and debt risk assumption matters
Represented a logistics company in a series of financial contract disputes (handling over 30 cases in total)
Represented a real estate company in a case against a textile company concerning confirmation of the invalidity of property transfer and continued performance of a cooperative development agreement
Retained by a land holding company to represent it in a contract dispute concerning a project in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, involving 56 lawsuits
Retained by an institution affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to represent it in a group litigation concerning a project in Hebei, involving 100 property owners
Retained by a group to represent it in a group litigation concerning property damage compensation, involving 35 cases
Retained by a company to represent it in a series of contract disputes concerning a real estate project in Guangdong, involving 40 cases
Honors and Awards
LEGALBAND Power List: Top 15 Administrative Lawyers, 2024-2025
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, Administrative Law Professional Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
Member, Discipline Committee of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association
External Mentor for Master's Students, University of International Business and Economics Law School
Arbitrator, Guiyang Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Yantai Arbitration Commission
Publications
“Internet Economy Law and Policy Toolkit”, Law Press
“Administrative Law Enforcement Compliance Handbook”, Legal Publishing House
Published Articles
Administrative Law
Trends in Administrative Litigation and Key Insights–Starting from the Amendment of the Administrative Procedure Law
Interpretation of the Beijing Government Information Disclosure Regulations
Preliminary Exploration of Several Exceptions to Government Information Disclosure
How to Represent Administrative Organs in Administrative Litigation Cases—Taking an Illegal Administrative Fee Case as an Example
Preliminary Analysis of the Fair Competition Review Mechanism
What You Should Know About Administrative Settlement
Construction Engineering
Whether the Employer Has the Right to Terminate the Contract at Will Under a Construction Contract
Preliminary Discussion on the Preemptive Right to Lease Property Under Equal Conditions
Legal Issues and Case Study on the Priority Right to Compensation for Construction Project Costs
The Issue of "Replacing Appraisal with Adjudication" in Construction Project Settlement Disputes
Related
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2004
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Education
Master of Laws, International Law, Ocean University of China, 2002–2005
Bachelor of Laws, International Economic Law, Ocean University of China, 1998–2002 -
Professional Experience
Equity partner, regional partner, non-equity partner, associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2005 to present
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Languages
Chinese