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  • Zhicheng ZHAO

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-59572288

    Email zhaozhicheng@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    White Collar Crime & Criminal Compliance, Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation

  • Industries

    Banking & Financial Services, Mining & Natural Resources

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Zhicheng ZHAO

Attorney Zhao Zhicheng, a member of the Criminal Professional Committee of the All-China Lawyers Association. He used to be a prosecutor and secretary-general of the Shenzhen Lawyers Association, and started practicing as a lawyer in 1999.Zhao Zhicheng specializes in criminal law business, including criminal compliance, duty crimes, financial crimes, corporate crimes and other commercial crimes.

Representative Matters

Representative Performance:

Duty crime

  • Served as counsel defending for Cheng, the former Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes;

  • Provided legal consulting services for Wang, the former vice chairman of CSRC and the vice president of China Development Bank, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes;

  • Served as counsel defending for Liao, the general manager of China National Petroleum Corporation, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes and possessing huge amount of property with unidentified sources;

  • Served as counsel defending for Pei, the vice president of Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes and possessing huge amount of property with unidentified sources;

  • Served as counsel defending for Yang, the engineer of a planning and design institute in Shenzhen, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes and then exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for Du, the deputy director of the construction committee of a district in Beijing, in the case of him being accused of misappropriating Public Funds, accepting bribes, and possessing huge amount of property with unidentified sources;

  • Served as counsel defending for Xiao, the deputy director of the issuance department of CSRC and the president of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of insider trading and bribery;

  • Served as counsel defending for Zhang, the deputy director of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes;

  • Served as counsel defending for Qi, the general manager of a Chinese construction machinery company, in the case of him being accused of privately carving up state-owned property;

  • Served as counsel defending for Duan, the Assistant Mayor and Director of Public Security Bureau of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes;

  • Served as counsel defending for Ma, the Chinese ambassador to Iceland, in in the case of him being accused of espionage;

  • Served as counsel defending for Ji, the deputy director of Dandong Public Security Bureau, in the case of him being accused of accepting bribes and acting as an umbrella for gangland nature and gang-like groups;

  • Served as counsel defending Wen, the producer of a well-known film company, in the case of him being accused of embezzlement;

  • Served as counsel defending Yuan, the general manager assistant of an electric power logistics service company, in the case of him being accused of corruption.


Financial Crimes

  • Served as counsel defending for a securities company in it’s case of falsely reporting registered capital;

  • Served as counsel defending for a securities company in it’s case of fraudulent stock offering and then announced not guilty;

  • Served as counsel defending for Zhao, the president of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of embezzlement and then announced not guilty;

  • Served as counsel defending for Xu, the president of the capital department of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of illegally issuing financial certificates and then exempted from criminal punishment;

  • Served as counsel defending for Zeng, the vice president of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of manipulating the securities market;

  • Served as counsel defending for Kan, the president of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of manipulating the securities market and then exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for a Shenzhen company in it’s case of illegal operation of financial business;

  • Served as counsel defending for Yang from fixed income department of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of debt market crimes;

  • Served as counsel defending for Xue from fixed income department of a securities company, in the case of him being accused of debt market crimes;

  • Served as counsel defending for Huang in the case of him being accused of insider trading and contract fraud;

  • Served as counsel defending for Yue, the manager of a cultural communication company, in the case of him being accused of illegal Fund-raising;

  • Served as counsel defending for a Thai citizen in the case of him being accused of illegal Fund-raising in China;

  • Served as counsel defending for Zhang, the legal representative of an industrial fuel, LLC in Tai'an County, in the case of him being accused of defrauding bank acceptance;

  • Served as counsel defending for Li, the actual controller of a coal industry limited company in Ying County, in the case of him being accused of loan fraud;

  • Served as counsel defending for a material group company in it’s  case of illegal disclosure of important information;

  • Served as counsel defending for a trust company in it’s  case of breaching of trust in entrusted property;

  • Provided legal consulting services for a state policy bank regarding the possibility of criminal involvement and treatment of more than ten bad loans;

  • Served as counsel defending for a trading company in Chenghai District, Shantou City, in it’s case of loan fraud;

  • Served as counsel defending for an actual controller of a listed company in Henan in the case of him being accused of bribing the former vice chairman of Zhongyuan Bank;

  • Served as counsel defending for Sun, the president's secretary , director of the president's office and general manager of the strategic development department of a bank, in the case of her being accused of accepting bribes;

  • Served as counsel defending for a company in it’s case of loan fraud to Yingkou Bank;

  • Served as counsel defending for the former president of the Yunnan branch of a state policy bank;

  • Served as counsel defending for Cui, the financial manager of a bank in Shangcai County, in the case of her being accused of illegally granting loans and accepting bribes;


  • Served as counsel defending for Xiong, the manager of the asset risk department and chairman of the labor union of a bank in Shangcai County, in the case of him being accused of illegally granting loans and accepting bribes;

  • Served as counsel defending for a company in it’s case of loan fraud;

  • Served as legal counsel for a bank in it’s project of bankruptcy restructuring;

  • Served as counsel defending for Jia, the head of the Beijing Development Center of the Financial Market Department of a bank in Nanchang City, in the case of her being accused of accepting bribes by non-state staff and embezzlement.


Corporate Crime

  • Served as counsel defending for an electronics factory in Dongguan City in it’s case of smuggling;

  • Served as counsel defending for a Shenzhen expressway construction management company in it’s case of bribing a court judge in Shenzhen;

  • Served as counsel defending for a Hong Kong company in it’s case of illegal business operations which was exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for a laser company in Zhejiang in it’s case of the Infringement Soft Copyright;

  • Served as counsel defending for a real estate company in Jiangsu in it’s case of bribing the director of Wuxi Land and Resources Bureau;

  • Served as counsel defending for the seventh branch of a construction engineering company in Hebei in it’s case of bribing a number of general and colonel officers of the Joint Logistics Department of Beijing Military Region;

  • Served as counsel defending for a technology company in it’s case of bribing an official of the Ministry of Railways;

  • Served as counsel defending for an information technology company in Chongqing in it’s case of collusive tendering and false issuance of Special Value-Added Tax invoices;

  • Served as counsel defending for a group company in Shanxi in it’s case of smuggling which was exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for a limited company in Shanxi in it’s case of smuggling which was exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for He, the chairman of an electronics group company in Chengdu, in the case of him being accused of appropriating funds;

  • Served as counsel defending for an energy company in Shanxi in it’s case of bribing officials of the Ministry of Land and Resources;

  • Served as counsel defending for a beverage company in it’s case of Organizing or Leading Pyramid Schemes;

  • Served as counsel defending for an agricultural technology company in Linyi City in it’s case of Organizing or Leading Pyramid Schemes;

  • Served as counsel defending for a bio-agricultural company in Jiangsu  in it’s case of environmental pollution;


  • Served as counsel defending for a chemical company in Lianyungang City in it’s case of environmental pollution;

  • Served as counsel defending for a listed energy company in it’s case of bribery;

  • Served as counsel defending for Jiang, the chairman of a review and consulting company in Chenzhou City, in the case of him being accused of bribery;

  • Served as counsel defending for Wu, the legal representative of a real estate company in Weihai City, in the case of him being accused of bribery;

  • Served as counsel defending for Li, the general manager of a science and trade company in Beijing, in the case of him being accused of bribery (persuaded the suspect to return to China);

  • Served as counsel defending for a technology development company in Beijing in it’s case of false issuance of Special Value-Added Tax invoices;

  • Provided legal consulting services for Meng's case of Huawei;

  • Served as counsel defending for Wang, the actual controller of an Internet technology company in Anhui, in the case of him being accused of illegally utilizing the information network and was exempted from prosecution;

  • Served as counsel defending for Song, an employee of an education company in Beijing, in the case of him being accused of trading the official documents, certificates or seal of state organs and was exempted from prosecution.


Crackdown on gang crimes case

  • Served as counsel defending for Zhang, the legal representative of a Company in Shenzhen, in the case of him being accused of “Trap Loan" crime;

  • Served as counsel defending for Zhao, the legal representative of a real estate company in Anyang City, in the case of him being accused of Gangland crime and received a suspended sentence;

  • Served as counsel defending for Liu in Zhangjiakou City in the case of him being accused of Gangland crime;

  • Served as counsel defending for Liu, the legal representative of a real estate company in Luoyang City, in the case of him being accused of Gangland crime;

  • Served as counsel defending for Sun in Hubei in the case of him being accused of picking quarrels and provoking troubles.


Acting as the victim's attorney

  • Acting for a company in Shenzhen to accuse a criminal case of fraud;

  • Acting for a biochemical company to accuse a criminal case of embezzlement by senior executives;

  • Acting for an investment company to accuse a criminal case of employee embezzlement;

  • Acting for a power group company to accuse a criminal case of employee loan fraud;

  • Acting for a Japanese company to accuse a criminal case of contract fraud;

  • Acting for an investment center to accuse a criminal case of embezzlement by senior executives;

  • Acting for an investment limited company in a case of overseas recovery of criminal losses;

  • Acting for a subsidiary of a Fortune Global 500 company in Japan to accuse a criminal case of embezzlement by senior executives;

  • Acting for a science and technology company to accuse a criminal case of embezzlement.


Criminal Compliance

  • Provided criminal consulting services for a metal trading limited company which was exempted from prosecution;

  • Provided criminal consulting services for a study abroad service company which was exempted from investigation;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a P2P company in Shenzhen;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a project company under a fund company in a case of contract fraud;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a tourism service company in Guangdong in a case of embezzlement;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services about anti-corruption and anti-fraud for an agricultural and non-staple food company in Beijing;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a technology company in Beijing in a case of pyramid selling;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a technology limited company in Chengdu in a project of intellectual property protection;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for an investment management company in Xiamen;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a Network technology company in Suzhou;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a network technology company in Beijing;

  • Provided criminal compliance legal services for a technology company in Beijing;

  • Provided criminal consulting services for the actual controller of an education listed company in a case of bribery.

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Criminal Professional Committee, National Bar Association

Standing Director, Beijing Criminology Research Association

Used to be Secretary general of Shenzhen Lawyers Association

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    Sichuan University, 1990

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Secretary General, Shenzhen Lawyers Association
    Began practicing law in 1999

  • Languages

    Chinese