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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 & Environmental Protection

  • Industries

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

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Jiong ZHANG

With over two decades of experience, Mr. Zhang is a seasoned construction expert focusing on real estate, infrastructure, and energy projects. His extensive experience encompasses various construction-related matters, including bidding and bid invitation, construction and engineering management, project settlement risk control, and dispute resolution for construction projects. Mr. Zhang has represented and assisted high-profile clients in landmark domestic projects, such as China Zun, Universal Studios Beijing, Samsung Beijing headquarters, and BMW's plant. Furthermore, he has supported leading Chinese contractors, including CEEC, TBEA, and Chalieco, in their overseas endeavors. Mr. Zhang's exceptional professionalism has garnered recognition from prominent industry watchers, which include: Chambers and Partners: Asia-Pacific Outstanding Younger Partners (2013), Band 3 ranking (2014-2018) and Band 2 (2019-2022) tanking in Construction Law from Chambers, Key Lawyer in Construction (2017-2022) from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Benchmark Litigation's Dispute Resolution Star in Construction (2018-2022), as well as other 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 construction of its plant in Chongqing

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

  • Advised Tsinghua Unigroup on construction of its chip plants in Nanjing and Chengdu

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

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

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

  • Provided contract review/drafting 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 center 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 headquarters 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 center 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 to Credit Reference Center in Shanghai

  • Advised the People's Bank of China on the whole-process construction of its anti-money-laundering center 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 centers 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 invitation for bids process of its factory in Hebei

  • Advised Safran Aircraft Engines on its research center in Guizhou

  • Advised Cummins on the construction of its research centers 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, and 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 center Phases 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 the 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 the whole-process EPC construction of 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 entire construction process of LGN port in Putian, Fujian

  • Advised Minmetals Exploration and Development on the entire construction process of its graphite mining and processing plant in Heilongjiang

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

  • Advised China Eastern Airlines on its infrastructure projects across China

  • Advised Lenovo China on the entire construction process of its manufacturing base projects in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, and other locations across China

  • 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 international invitation for bids process of the major equipment (such as boilers) of a thermal project

  • Advised Wufeng of China Resources on the invitation for bids 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 (end-to-end legal services)

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

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

  • Advised CITIC on the construction of its CBD Z15 plot project (China Zun) in Beijing (end-to-end 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 headquarters in Beijing and Shanghai (end-to-end legal services)

  • Advised Meituan on the construction of its headquarters in Shanghai (end-to-end legal services)

  • Advised 360 on the construction of its Eastern headquarters in Shanghai (end-to-end legal services)

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

  • Advised Xiaomi on the construction of its headquarters in Beijing and its supporting center in Jiangsu

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

  • Advised Cambricon on the construction of its headquarters (end-to-end legal services)

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

  • Advised Shougang Fund on its construction projects in China

  • Advised New China Life on its operation centers 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 Rockefeller family members) on its development and construction of Rose Rock International Finance Center 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

  • Advised 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 invitation for bids 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 across China (end-to-end 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 more than ten cities

  • 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 Center

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

  • Advised the People's Bank of China on the on the construction of its foreign exchange reserve center

  • 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 its boutique hotels, training center, and travel service center

  • 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 end-to-end 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 project of a fuming plant in Kazakhstan

  • Advised a large private enterprise on its iron ore mine EPC 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 a 900MW solar power station EPC project 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 a garbage incineration power plant EPC project 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 the 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 due diligence 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 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 tried in Beijing regarding the supply contract for a Malaysian railway project 

  • 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: CNY 65 million)

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

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

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

  • Represented Taisei Corporation, a leading Japanese contractor, in an arbitration over a construction contract dispute regarding a reservoir in Hebei

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

  • Represented Mapletree Fund in a litigation of settlement disputes over a construction contract for a logistics warehouse in Tianjin Airport Economic Area (amount in dispute: over CNY 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: CNY 30 million)

  • Represented CITIC Securities in a PM contract dispute concerning its headquarters building in Shenzhen (amount in dispute: CNY 130 million)

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

  • Represented China Tian Chen Engineering Corporation in a litigation regarding an EPC project in Nanjing against a state-owned enterprise (amount in dispute: over CNY 600 million)

  • 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 engineering settlement litigations regarding the commercial plazas (over 150,000 sqm) located in Tianjin (amount in dispute: over CNY 600 million)

  • 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

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

  • Represented 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's office building in Beijing

  • Represented China Construction First Group in litigations over disputes related to construction price and construction period under the general contracts for Shangri-La hotels and another project in Guilin

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Band 2, Chambers and Partners: Construction Law, 2020-2023

Band 3, Chambers and Partners: Construction Law, 2014-2019

Outstanding Younger Partners, Chambers and Partners: Asia-Pacific, 2013

Up and Coming Lawyer in the Construction Law, Chambers and Partners, 2013

Dispute Resolution Star in Construction, Benchmark Litigation, 2018-2022

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

Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000, 2020-2022

China's Leading Business Lawyer in Construction, Who's Who Legal, 2020

China's 60 Most-Recommended Construction Lawyers, Engineering News Record ("ENR") and Construction Times, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021

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

China's Top Rising Lawyers, Asian Legal Business (ALB), 2014

Chartered Construction Manager, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), 2014

Chartered Builder, CIOB, 2013

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

For Deal

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

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

"Yintai Retail Development Investment Fund", recognized as having "the Most Innovative Development Mode", Real Estate Investment Fund Alliance and Chinese Venture, 2021

Memberships & Affiliations

Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration

Publications

"Analysis of Relevant Issues on Losses Resulted from Delay in the Construction Period", China Construction Law Review (11th Ed., 2020) (The article won the first prize in a competition organized 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)

"Application Guidance of the Society of Construction Law's (SCL) Delay and Disruption Protocol under Chinese Law"(contributor), Permanent Forum of China Construction Law, 2020

"Public Procurement & Government Contracts 2020: China", Chambers and Partners, 2020

"The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides of 2020: China Construction", The Legal 500, 2020

"Judgement Guidelines on Disputes Involved in General Contractor Agreements" (contributor), Permanent Forum of China Construction Law, 2020

"The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides of 2019: China Construction", The Legal 500, 2019

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

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2002

  • Education

    LL.B., Renmin University of China Law School
    B.A. in English, Beijing Foreign Studies University

  • Professional Experience

    Zhong Lun Law Firm, April 2001 to present
    One of the ministries and commissions under the PRC State Council, July 1996 – September 1999

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English