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Wei ZHOU
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-59572288
Email zhouwei@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets
Wei ZHOU
Wei ZHOU specializes in securities compliance, securities litigation, securities crimes and corporate litigation.
Wei ZHOU's main clients are listed companies, securities companies, fund companies, asset management companies, securities service organisations and other capital market related entities.
Wei ZHOU was one of the first lawyers focusing on securities compliance practice. She has provided dozens of clients with a full range of legal services such as securities compliance consultation, regulatory investigation and punishment, and administrative review, involving various cases such as information disclosure violations, insider trading, market manipulation, and failure to perform due diligence.
Wei ZHOU has extensive experiences in misrepresentation litigation business in both stocks and bonds market. She has handled dozens of securities misrepresentation cases, many of which are the first and milestone cases in China.
Wei ZHOU has rich experiences in resolving corporate disputes in the capital market. She is good at handling difficult and complex corporate disputes such as disputes over control of companies and equity disputes, which are highly recognized by clients and the industry.
Representative Matters
Securities Compliance Cases
Participated in the first securities administrative settlement case in China
Participated in the first over-the-counter placement penalty case in China
Participated in one of the first cases of ETF manipulation in the securities market in China
Participated in the first case of securities market manipulation by market makers in NEEQ in China
Represented dozens of listed companies and their directors,supervisors,executives in response to administrative investigations,administrative penalty hearings,administrative reviews and disciplinary hearings of the exchange for alleged information disclosure violations
Represented several fund companies, investment companies, trust companies and dozens of directors,supervisors,executives of listed companies, fund managers and investors in response to administrative investigations, administrative penalty hearings and administrative reviews for alleged insider trading and use of undisclosed information
Represented dozens of securities market participants in response to administrative investigations, administrative penalty hearings and administrative reviews for alleged manipulation of the securities market
Represented several securities companies and accounting firms in response to administrative investigations and hearings on administrative penalties for alleged failure to exercise due diligence
Provided criminal legal services for a number of listed company directors, supervisors,executives, fund managers and investors for alleged securities crimes
Securities Litigation Cases
Represented dozens of listed companies in response to civil compensation litigation for securities misrepresentation,including the first securities misrepresentation litigation model judgment case in China, the first ABS securities misrepresentation case in China.Many cases have been selected as Top Ten Commercial cases in national courts and Deals of the Year of China Business Law Journal
Represented dozens of directors of listed companys in response to civil compensation actions for securities misrepresentation,including the first securities misrepresentation case in China in which a director of a listed company was successfully released from civil liability after being administratively punished, the first securities misrepresentation case involving private offering in China
Represented dozens of listed companies, their directors, supervisors,executives, securities companys, accounting firms and rating agencies in response to civil compensation actions for securities misrepresentation,including the first bond misrepresentation representative litigation in China, the first securities misrepresentation case in China in which bond rating agencies involved in private placement bond offering
Company Litigation Cases
Represented dozens of group companies and listed companies in handling various difficult and complex disputes such as control disputes, mergers and acquisitions, disputes over the validity of corporate resolutions, distribution of corporate surpluses, shareholders' rights and interests, and equity transfer.
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Recommended Lawyers-Dispute Resolution Litigation, The Legal 500,2023
Rising Star, China Business Law Journal 2022
40 under 40, LexisNexis 2022
China Top 15 Rising Lawyers, Asian Legal Business,2021
For Deal
“Zoneco misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit” selected as Deals of the Year 2022 of China Business Law Journal
"Wuyang Bonds misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit"selected as Deals of the Year 2021 of China Business Law Journal
"Wuyang Bonds misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit" selected as Top Ten Commercial Cases of the National Court in 2021
"Founder Technology Group Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit" selected as Impact Cases of the Year of Benchmark Litigation 2020 Asia Pacific Law
"Shanghai U9 Game Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit"selected as Deals of the Year 2020 of China Business Law Journal
"Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit" selected as Top Ten Commercial Cases in National Courts in 2020
"Founder Technology Group Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit" selected as Top Ten Civil,Administrative and State Compensation Cases of the People's Court in 2019
"Zhejiang Sunriver Culture Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit" selected as Top Ten Commercial Cases of the People's Court in 2019
"Founder Technology Group Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit"selected as Top 10 Influential Lawsuits in China in 2019
"Peking University Founder Group Co.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit for misrepresentation of Founder Technology Group Co.,Ltd. "selected as Deals of the Year 2019 of China Business Law Journal
"Founder Technology securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit"selected as Deals of the Year 2019 of China Business Law Journal
"PKU HealthCare Corp.,Ltd. securities misrepresentation civil compensation lawsuit"selected as Deals of the Year 2018 of China Business Law Journal
Memberships & Affiliations
Director, Institute of Securities Law of China Law Society
Member, Beijing Financial Services Law Research Association
Publications
Commentary on the Essence and Provisions of the Securities Law of the People's Republic of China,China Legal System Publishing House, 2020
Global Legal Practice Guide: Class Relief and Group Actions (2021) -China,Chambers, 2021
Witnesses and Prospects: Twenty Years of Securities Litigation in China,Zhonglun Research Institute, 2022
Practice Guidelines for Lawyers Handling Civil Litigation for Securities Misrepresentation,All China Lawyers Association, 2017
Corporate Litigation Practice Guidelines for Lawyers,All China Lawyers Association, 2013
Strategies of Winning - How Multinational Companies Respond to Corporate Litigation in China,Peking University Press, 2012
Planning and Responding to Company Litigation,Law Press, 2009
Basic Practice for Corporate Lawyers,China Renmin University Press, 2014
"Definition of Securities Companys' Duty of Care and Suggestions for Evaluation of Investment Banking Practice in the Perspective of Securities Misrepresentation Liability",China Securities,2023
Research on Internal Recovery of Tort Liability for Securities Misrepresentation,Securities Law Review, 2022
Research on the Necessity and Path of Corporate Regulations for Indirect Acquisition by Listed Companies- An Indirect Acquisition Case of a Listed Company,Securities Law Review, 2021
Research on Bond Misrepresentation Liability Disputes from the Perspective of Investor Protection,Securities Law Review, 2020
Research on the Identification of Securities Market Manipulation under the Background of Big Data,Securities Law Review, 2019
On Discretion in Securities Administrative Enforcement - An Example of Administrative Penalty Standards for Financial Information Disclosure Violations,Securities Law Review, 2015
Identification and Strategies of Securities Insider Trading,Peking University Press, 2015
Related
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Awards Related
Zhong Lun Partner Wei Zhou Honored as One of 2024 ALB China Top 15 Litigators
Ms. Wei Zhou focuses on legal services in the areas of securities compliance, securities litigation, and corporate litigation.
2024-08-12
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2010
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Education
LL.M., Peking University
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Partner, King & Wood Law Firm -
Languages
Chinese
English