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  • Jiong ZHANG

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2288

    Email zhangjiong@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Construction & Project Development, Compliance & Investigation, Health-Safety and Environmental Protection

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics, Tourism & Hospitality, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources

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Jiong ZHANG

Mr. Zhang focuses on construction law for over 20 years, covering construction matters concerning real estate, infrastructure and energy projects. Mr. Zhang has extensive experience in, among other things, bidding and bid invitation, construction and engineering management, project settlement risk control and dispute resolution for construction projects. He has represented and assisted high-profile clients in domestic landmark projects, such as China Zun, Universal Studios Beijing, Samsung Beijing headquarters, and BMW’s plant and served leading Chinese contractors in their overseas endeavors, with the list including CEEC, TBEA, and Chalieco. Mr. Zhang’s professionalism is evidenced by the accolades given by prominent industry watchers, which include:
Chambers and Partners: Asia-Pacific Outstanding Younger Partners (2013); Band 3 (2014-2018) and Band 2 (2019-2022) in Construction Law;
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Key Lawyer in Construction (2017-2022);
Benchmark Litigation: Dispute Resolution Star in Construction (2018-2022);
Recommendations from IFLR1000 and ALB for many years in a row.

Representative Matters

Real Estate

  • Semiconductor centers, data centers, R&D centers and factories

  • Advised HOYA on its construction of its plant in Chongqing

  • Advised ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on the construction of its plant in Beijing

  • Advised TSINGHUA UNIGROUP on the construction of its chip plants in Nanjing and Chengdu

  • Providing contract drafting legal services to China Banking and Insurance Information Technology Management Co., Ltd. for the construction of its data center (phase I) in Ulanqab

  • Advised INVISTA on its nylon plant in Shanghai (largest in the world)

  • Providing contract review/drafting legal services to China Banknote SICPA Security Ink Co., Ltd. for the construction of its factory

  • Provided contract review/drafting legal services to Beijing Wannuotong Technology Co., Ltd. for the construction of its AIoT data center in Gu'an, Hebei

  • Advised SC Capital on the construction of its data centre project in Shanghai

  • Advised Lenovo China on the agent-construction model for Lenovo's data center

  • Advised Byte Dance on the whole-process construction of its headquarter in Beijing

  • Advised Xiaomi on the whole-process construction of its R&D center in Wuhan

  • Advised KINGSOFT on the whole-process construction of its supporting centre in Tianjin

  • Provided whole-process legal services to the People’s Bank of China on the construction of its clearing center (CNCC)

  • Advised the People’s Bank of China on the bidding and bid invitation and project management relating Shanghai Credit Reference Centre

  • Advised the People’s Bank of China on the whole-process construction of its anti-money-laundering centre project in Shanghai

  • Advised CICC on the whole-process construction of its office building in Shenzhen

  • Advised New China Life on the whole-process construction of its operation centres in Guangzhou, Hefei and Shenzhen

  • Advised Taikang Life on the whole-process construction of Taikang Health Management and Research Centre in Beijing

  • Advised DRÄXLMAIER, a well-known German automotive component manufacturer, on matters concerning its plants in Shenyang

  • Advised Firmenich Aromatics on the tender process of its factoryin Hebei

  • Advised Safran Aircraft Engines on its research centre in Guizhou

  • Advised Cummins on the construction of its research centre in Shanghai and Wuhan

  • Advised ABB on the construction of its plant in Beijing

  • Advised Volkswagen on the construction of its headquarters in Beijing and automotive transmitter plant in Tianjin

  • Advised BMW on the construction of its plants, factories, training bases in China

  • Advised Schneider on review of its EPC contract for its factory in Wuxi

  • Advised FEV on the whole-process development and construction of its research centre phase I and II in Hebei

  • Advised Germany Engineering Alliance (GEA) on the review of EPC contract for its factory expansion project in Suzhou

  • Advised Schechers on the review of EPC contract for its logistic warehouse project in Suzhou

  • Advised Harsco Corporation on the construction bidding and bid invitation for its iron and steel industrial waste handling projects in Henanon and on its subway equipment supply project

  • Advised Kraft China on drafting the main contract for its industrial plant in Suzhou

  • Advised Air Products and Chemicals on its EPC tendering process for its production lines in Hebei

  • Advised Louis Dreyfus Commodities on the whole-process EPC construction of its sugar refinery project in Fujian

  • Advised a well-known European contractor on its bid for a large chemical industrial project operating under EPCM model

  • Advised Hyder Consulting East Asia on its bidding as a member of the island and tunnel construction consortium for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project

  • Advised Blue Scope, an Australian listed company, on its participation of an EPC project in China

  • Advised Samsung China on the contracting model for the construction of its industrial plants in China

  • Advised SK on the contract review for its industrial plant project in Chengdu

  • Advised Baker Hughes on its industrial plant project in Tianjin

  • Advised Hines on the whole-process development and construction of its supply chain logistics project in Guangdong

  • Advised Hanas Group on the construction of LGN port in Putian, Fujian (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Minmetals Exploration and Development on the construction of its graphite mining and processing plant in Heilongjiang (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised China Southern Airlines on the whole-process construction of its logistics centre, Hangar, inflight food supply and office buildings in Beijing Daxing International Airport

  • Advised China Eastern Airlines on its infrastructure projects all over China

  • Advised Lenovo China on its manufacturing base projects all over China including in Beijing, Wuhan, and Hefei (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised a subsidiary of CITIC group on Design & Build of urban infrastructure of Binhai New City in Shantou

  • Advised Zhong Hai Natural Gas on an LNG EPC project in Guizhou

  • Advised Guangzhou Shunde Shunkong Environment Investment Co., Ltd. on the tendering process of the major equipment (such as boilers) of a thermal project

  • Advised Wufeng of China Resources on the tendering process for the Xilin Gol beef cattle processing production line EPC project

  • Provided contract review legal services to Sanfeng Environment on the contract review for a Garbage incineration power plant

  • Advised on Shantou Su-ai Tunnel PPP Project

  • Advised China State Construction Group on Xuzhou Guanyin Airport, Third Ring North Road and urban rail transit BT projects


Medical and Healthcare Industry

  • Advised Smith & Nephew Orthopedics on drafting of PM contract and GC contract for its plant transformation project in Beijing

  • Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific on the construction of its plant in Hangzhou

  • Advised BD on the construction of its production plants in Suzhou

  • Advised Qingdao Qingxihuada Gene Co., Ltd. on the construction of its genetic test kit plant in Qingdao under agent-construction model

  • Advised Junzheng Group on the construction of its blood products factory in Hebei (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Rongsheng Pharmaceutical of China Pharmaceutical Group on the tendering process of its blood products factory project in Chengdu

  • Advised Xuanwu Hospital on the construction of a new ward building (whole-process legal services)

  • Acted as annual retainer in construction law for Taikang Healthcare


Commercial and office buildings

  • Advised Universal Studios Beijing on the construction of its theme park and resorts (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised CITIC on the construction of its CBD Z15 plot project (China Zun) in Beijing (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Samsung on the whole-process construction of its CBD Z2b plot project in Beijing

  • Advised Taikang Life on the whole-process construction of its CBD Z12 plot project in Beijing

  • Advised China Investment Corporation on the whole-process construction of its CBD Z8 plot project in Beijing

  • Advised Byte Dance on the construction of its headquarter in Beijing and Shanghai (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Meituan on the construction of its headquarter in Shanghai (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised 360 on the construction of its Eastern headquarter in Shanghai (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised KINGSOFT on the construction of its supporting centre and office building in Tianjin

  • Advised Xiaomi on the construction of its headquarter in Beijing and its supporting centre in Jiangsu

  • Advised Lenovo China on the construction of its office buildings in Shanghai and Shenzhen (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Cambricon on the construction of its headquarter (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised CICC on the construction of its office building in Shenzhen (whole-process legal services)

  • Advised Shougang Fund on its construction projects in China

  • Advised New China Life on its operation centres in Guangzhou and Shenzhen

  • Advised Hines on the development and construction of the One Museum Place (a landmark office building) in Shanghai

  • Advised Daimler China on the development and construction of Daimler Culture Centre in Beijing

  • Advised Rose Rock Group (established by US Rockefeller family members) on its development and construction of Rose Rock Financial Centre in Tianjin

  • Advised Banyan Tree Hotel and Resorts on its four hotels and resorts in China

  • Advised Inter IKEA (China) on the construction of its four shopping malls in China

  • Advised Tishman Speyer on the construction of several complexes in China

  • Advised Value Retail on the construction of its Suzhou Village projects

  • Advised Hang Lung Properties on the construction of its commercial complexes in China

  • Advised the Peninsula Hotels on the renovation and construction of its the Peninsula Beijing Hotel

  • Advised Capital Malls on the construction of its commercial complex in Daxing, Beijing

  • Advised a Singaporean fund on its development and construction of Project Eco-city in Tianjin

  • Advsed Mapletree on its project in Foshan, Guangdong

  • Advised Terry Farrell & Partner on review and negotiation of design contracts for a project near Shanghai Shipyard

  • Advised Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on the construction of its temporary headquarters office building in Beijing

  • Acted as annual retainer for SDIC for its construction projects

  • Advised BOCGI on its transformation of Central Garden Hotel

  • Advised China Minmetals on the tendering process for construction projects

  • Advised Sino-ocean Group on its construction project

  • Advised China Minsheng Bank Beijing Branch on the Construction Agent agreement for its office building in Beijing

  • Advised China Investment and Development Corporation on the construction of its HOPSCAs/complexes all over China (whole-process legal services)

  • Acted as annual retainer in construction law for Tahoe Investment Group Co., Ltd.

  • Advised Wanda Group on the bidding and bid invitation and project management for the construction of Wanda Plazas (complexes consisting of high-end residential buildings, office buildings, shopping malls, hotels and cinemas) in cities including Tianjin, Shanghai, Chengdu, Nanjing, Wuhan, Jinan, Ningbo, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Nanchang, and Changsha

  • Advised CITS (Beijing) on its investment in the development and construction of tax-free shopping malls and hotels in Hainan

  • Advised the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the bidding and bid invitation and engineering settlement relating to the construction of International Convention Implementation Building

  • Advised the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the bidding and bid invitation and project management relating to the construction of Nuclear and Radiation Safety R&D Centre

  • Advised Chinese Academy of Sciences on its R&D centre in Huairou

  • Advised the People’s Bank of China on the on the construction of its foreign exchange reserve centre

  • Advised Changsha Mexihu Industrial Co., Ltd. on the construction of Changsha grand theatre

  • Advised Legend Cultural Development on its Hengshan Legend Town Theatre

  • Advised Changsha Pilot Land Investment Co., Ltd. on the bidding and bidding of its development and construction of boutique hotel, training centre and travel service centre

  • Advised Reignwood Group on the account settlement for its hotels, office building, and golf clubs

  • Advised on the construction of Zhong Guan Cun Science City


Residential buildings and elderly care projects

  • Advised New China Life on its elderly care projects

  • Advised China Life on its investment in an elderly care project in Xiamen

  • Advised Taikang Healthcare Investment Holdings on its elderly care projects including Chu Yuan

  • Advised Beijing Shouhou Fund on its refurbishment and renovation of Shouhou Jindu elderly care project

  • Advised Pengrui Real Estate on the construction of its Shenzhen Bay complex project consisting of residential and commercial buildings and hotels;

  • Provided whole-process legal services for the construction of Palm Springs Beijing Apartment

  • Advised on CLASS apartment in Wangjing, Beijing


Energy and Infrastructure

  • Advised China Aluminum International Engineering Corporation (“CHALIECO") on its EPC tendering for a fuming plant in Kazakhstan

  • Advised a large private enterprise on its iron ore mine project in South America

  • Advised China Minmetals on the construction of its mining and infrastructure project in Congo

  • Advised CMEC on the construction of a drinking water and sewage treatment project in Peru

  • Advised China Machinery Engineering Corporation (“CMEC") on its power transmission and distribution EPC project in Mozambique

  • Advised Northwest Electric Power Design Institute (“NWEPDI") of China Power Engineering Consulting Group (“CPEC") on its overseas EPC projects, including solar power plants, thermal plants, wind farms and desalination plants in Ethiopia, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Chile and other countries

  • Advised Tebian Electric Apparatus (“TBEA") on the construction of its solar power plant in Sierra Leone

  • Advised TBEA on the construction of its thermal plant in Mongolia

  • Advised TBEA on the construction of its power transmission and distribution EPC projects in Iraq and Egypt

  • Advised TBEA on its building construction EPC project

  • Advised ZONERGYN on its tendering for a 900MW solar power station in Pakistan

  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on the construction of a solar power project in Chile

  • Advised SUS Environment on a Garbage incineration power plant in Mauritius

  • Advised Sanfeng Environment on the tendering for a Garbage incineration power plant in Macao

  • Advised Sinohydro Group on review of the EPC contract for its hydropower station project in Cote d'Ivoire

  • Advised China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. on the early stage works of its power plant in Vietnam

  • Advised Wuhan Iron and Steel Group on the construction of its steel plant with a capacity of 500,000 t/a in Liberia

  • Provided legal services for an open case coal mine in Ovoot Tolgoi, Mongolia

  • Advised China National Chemical Engineering Group (“CNCEG") on the EPC contract for a refining-chemical integration project in Egypt;

  • Advised China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (“CPP") on the construction of its trans-Tajik gas pipeline (Line D) project (Stage A)

  • Advised CNMC on its cop-per-cobalt ore mine EPC project in Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Advised a Guangdong state-owned enterprise on the EPC contract relating to its coal mine production expansion project in Australia

  • Advised CGGC on the construction of its 7,500 TPD cement plant EPC project in Uzbekistan

  • Advised Huaxin Cement on a cement clinker production line EPC project in Uganda

  • Advised Sino Great Wall Co., Ltd. for Golden Tower EPC construction and financing project in Phnom Penh

  • Advised Sino Great Wall International Engineering on construction of Ferronickel RKEF Line EPC Project in Indonesia

  • Conducted legal DD for CGGC on investment laws and regulations of seven countries in South Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

  • Advised Sichuan Road & Bridge (“SRBG") on its tendering for the construction projects in Kuwait

  • Advised Beijing Urban Construction Group (“BUCG") on the construction of its grand theatre project in Algeria

  • Advised China Railway Group Limited on the EPC contract for its railway project in Venezuela

  • Advised CRCC China Africa Construction on the EPC contract for its railway project in Guinea

  • Advised Guotou High Tech Investment on its cement plant in Indonesia

  • Advised TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis Co., Ltd. on a PV power plant EPC project in Egypt

  • Advised a state-owned enterprise in resolving a multiparty dispute regarding EPC construction of a solar power plant (EPC project) in Jordan

  • Advised a state-owned enterprise in a dispute regarding the construction of a thermal plant in Turkey

  • Represented CMC in a litigation regarding the supply contract for a Malaysian railway project in Beijing

  • Advised China Petroleum Pipeline Material and Equipment Corporation on a dispute regarding the procurement contract and performance bond for an oil field in Bhadla, Iraq

  • Advised SITCO on a stone supply dispute for Hilton Hotel Project in Iraq


Dispute resolution

  • Represented a well-known automobile manufacturer in an arbitration with its general contractor regarding its industrial plants in Tianjin (Amount in dispute: RMB 65 million)

  • Represented a well-known American software company in an arbitration over the settlement, construction period, and quality issues regarding its R&D centre in Beijing (Amount in dispute: RMB 78.5 million)

  • Represented a state-owned enterprise in a litigation over the supply contract for a Malaysian railway project (Amount in dispute: RMB 40 million)

  • Advised BMW on the dispute over the construction suspension and relevant claims with the GC contractor of an industrial plant in Shenyang

  • Represented TAISEI, a leading Japanese contractor, in an arbitration over a construction contract dispute regarding a resevoir in Hebei;

  • Represented Kerry Properties in an arbitration over the settlement and quality disputes regarding a subcontract agreement

  • Represented Mapletree Fund in a litigation over  settlement disputes of a construction contract for a logistics warehouse in Tianjin Airport Economic Area (Amount in dispute: over RMB 100 million)

  • Advised Kuok Group on a construction contract dispute concerning quality issues of a high-end apartment project in Manchuria

  • Represented New China Life in a supervision contract dispute

  • Represented New China Life in a kitchen design consulting contract dispute

  • Represented a state-owned company in series of litigations regarding a fit-out construction contract and a PM contract for a project in Guangdong (Amount in dispute: RMB 30 million)

  • Represented CITIC Securities in a PM contract dispute concerning its headquarter building in Shenzhen (Amount in dispute: RMB 130 million)

  • Represented CITIC Group in a construction contract dispute concerning a project in Daxing

  • Represented China Tian Chen Engineering Corporation in a litigation regarding an EPC project in Nanjing against a SOE company

  • Represented COFCO in a dispute with its general contractor concerning a complex project in Hangzhou where the GC demanded construction suspension and claimed damages under various titles

  • Represented Taikang Healthcare Investment Holdings in a series of litigations arising from several construction projects in Wuhan and Beijing, involving suspension and various relevant claims

  • Advised Minmetals Land on a dispute with the general contractor of a hotel project in Beijing

  • Represented Wanda Group in relevant engineering settlement litigations regarding the commercial plazas (over 150,000 m2) located in Tianjin

  • Advised Huijia Private School on a settlement dispute with its general contractor

  • Represented Genimous in an arbitration over the settlement disputes concerning the fit-out project of the Gvsai Beise Mansion

  • Representated Beijing Pangu 7 Star Hotel in a fit-out contract dispute

  • Representated Beijing Pangu 7 Star Hotel in a design contract dispute

  • Represented the People's Bank of China in a litigation with its general contractor concerning its office building in Lhasa

  • Advised Junzheng Real Estate in an account settlement and quality dispute concerning a compound in Tianjin

  • Advised CNMC on a construction contract dispute concerning a construction project in Mongolia

  • Represented China Construction First Group in litigations over disputes related to material price adjustment and construction period under the general contracting  contract for Baidu office building in Beijing

  • Represented China Construction First Group in litigations over disputes related to construction price and construction period under the general contracting  contracts for Sangri-La Hotel in Guilin and a project in Guilin

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Chambers and Partners: Construction Law Band 2 (2020-2023)

Chambers and Partners: Construction LawBand 3 (2014-2019)

Chambers and Partners: Asia-Pacific Outstanding Younger Partners (2013)

Chambers and Partners: Up and Coming Lawyer in the Construction Law (2013)

Benchmark Litigation: Dispute Resolution Star in Construction (2018-2022)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Practice Head in Projects and Energy; Key Lawyer in Construction (2017, 2019-2022)

IFLR1000: Notable Practitioner (2020-2022)

Who's Who Legal: China’s Leading Business Lawyer in Construction (2020)

Engineering News Record (“ENR”) and Construction Times: “China’s 60 Most-Recommended Construction Lawyers” (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021)

China's Most-Recommended Pioneer Lawyer of Construction Dispute in The Belt and Road Initiative (2019)

Asian Legal Business (ALB): China’s Top Rising Lawyers (2014)

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB): Chartered Builder (2013)

Chartered Construction Manager (2014)

The Society of Construction Law (China): International Building and Engineering Contracts Accredited Professional (IBECAP B) (2012)

Real Estate Investment Fund Alliance and Chinese Venture: led the design of the transaction structure and participated in the provision of whole-process legal services to the Yintai Retail Development Investment Fund, which fund was acknowledged to have “the Most Innovative Development Mode” among the real estate funds(2021)

For Deal

ALB Project Finance Deal of the Year: Beijing Universal Studios Theme Park Finance Project 2022

China Business Law Journal "Deals of the Year 2021": The establishement and opening of Beijing Universal Studios Theme Park

Memberships & Affiliations

Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration

Publications

"Analysis of Relevant Issues on Losses Resulted from Delay in the Construction Period": published in China Construction Law Review (11th Ed., 2020). The article won the first prize in a competition organised by the First Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, and first prize in the writing competition of 2019-2020 organized by China Construction Law Review

Participation in the completion of the Application Guidance of the Society of Construction Law’s (SCL) Delay and Disruption Protocol under Chinese Law, which was published in the Permanent Forum of China Construction Law in 2020

Public Procurement & Government Contracts 2020: China, published by Chambers and Partners in 2020

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides of 2020: China Construction, published by the Legal 500 in 2020

Contribution of certain articles in the Judgement Guidelines on Disputes involved in General Contractor Agreements, which was published in the Permanent Forum of China Construction Law in 2020

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides of 2019: China Construction, published by the Legal 500 in 2019

Analysis of How Construction Cost Consulting Companies' Qualification Has Impact on the Effect of the Construction Cost Consulting Contracts, published in the Commercial Legal Services Chapter of Beijing Lawyers' Forum • Lawyers' New Attempts in the Development of Commercial Legal Business after the Financial Crisis by Beijing Lawyers' Association, Peking University Press, 1st Ed., November 2010

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2002

  • Education

    J.M., Renmin University of China Law School
    B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University (TEM 8)

  • Professional Experience

    Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2001.4 to present
    One of the ministries and commissions under the PRC State Council, 1996.7-1999.9

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English