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  • Yongxin ZHENG

    Non-equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2210

    Email zhengyongxin@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

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

CV

Yongxin ZHENG

Mr. Zheng focuses on all aspects of real estate and construction law and has extensive experience covering different types of construction projects (including civil, commercial, industrial, cultural projects as well as infrastructure projects). He serves a varied client base, encompassing state-owned enterprises, private-sector companies, foreign invested companies/MNCs, and governments from across the globe. Mr. Zheng is particularly adept at legal issues involved in the entire lifecycle of a construction project, spanning from construction project bid invitation and bidding to contract review and performance, project inspection and acceptance, and account settlement. He is also an expert in construction dispute resolution.

Aside from construction related matters, Mr. Zheng has also accumulated considerable experience in corporate compliance, especially in construction law related areas, where he is able to provide in-depth legal services.

Representative Matters

Construction Project Management

For owners (domestic commercial projects)

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

  • Advised CITIC on the whole-process construction of its CBD Z15 plot project in Beijing

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

  • Advised China Southern Airlines on the construction of the logistics centre, hangars, inflight food supply centers, and office buildings of Beijing Daxing International Airport

  • Advised New China Life on the construction of its operation centers in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hefei

  • Advised Lenovo China on the construction of its headquarters industrial park in Beijing and its manufacturing bases and R&D centers all over China (end-to-end legal services)

  • Advised Tomorrow Advancing Life on the construction of its industrial park (end-to-end legal services)

  • Advised Hines on the whole-process development and construction of Jin An Tower in Shanghai

  • Advised Tishmen Speyer on its several complexes projects in China

  • Advised Inter IKEA (China) on the whole-process construction of its three shopping malls in China

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

  • Advised KINGSOFT on the construction of its office building in China

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

  • Advised China Eastern Airlines Corporation on its infrastructure projects across China

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

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

  • Advised Changsha Mexihu Industrial Co., Ltd. on the whole-process construction of Changsha Grand Theatre

  • Advised Legend Cultural Development on its Hengshan Legend Town Theatre (EPC project)


For owners (domestic industrial projects)

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

  • Advised Schneider on review of EPC contracts for its factory in Wuxi and Shanghai

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

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

  • Advised FEV on the development and construction of its research center in Hebei (whole-process legal services)

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

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

  • Advised the US listed Air Products and Chemicals on its EPC tendering in the production lines in Hebei

  • Advised Samsung China on the forms of contract awarding for its industrial plants in China

  • Advised SK on its industrial plant building project in Chengdu

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

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

  • 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

  • Advised on Shantou Su-ai Tunnel PPP Project


Overseas Construction

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

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

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

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


Contract Templates Drafting

  • Assisted Tishman Speyer in contract template drafting for construction contracts and procurement contracts

  • Assisted Tahoe Group in contract template drafting for construction contracts and procurement contracts

  • Assisted Longjitaihe in contract template drafting for construction contracts and procurement contracts

  • Assisted China Southern Power Grid in contract template drafting for general contractor contracts and procurement contracts

  • Assisted Tianjin Innovative Finance Investment Co., Ltd. (TEDA) in contract template drafting for construction contracts and procurement contracts


Dispute Resolution

  • Representing Volkswagen in an arbitration with its general contractor over its industrial plants in Tianjin

  • Advised Harbin Electric International Company Limited in a dispute regarding the construction of a thermal plant in Turkey

  • 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

  • Represented Tianjin Kerry Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in an arbitration over the settlement and quality disputes regarding a subcontract agreement

  • Represented Wuhai Junzheng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in a litigation over a residential compound project

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

  • Represented a subsidiary of New China Life in a supervision contract dispute

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

  • Representing Oracle in an arbitration over the disputes concerning the general contractor contract of its R&D center in Beijing

Publications

"The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: China Construction" (co-author), 2019, 2020, and 2021

"Public Procurement & Government Contracts 2020: China"(co-author), Chambers and Partners, 2020

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., Tsinghua University
    Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity partner and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English