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Yuanyuan ZHU
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5780-8319
Email zhuyuanyuan@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets
Yuanyuan ZHU
Ms. Yuanyuan Zhu specializes in securities litigation, securities compliance, and corporate litigation. She has represented dozens of securities companies, listed companies, and their persons in charge in response to civil compensation litigation arising from securities misrepresentation, most notably, China's first case that applied securities dispute model judgment mechanism, first civil compensation suit for securities misrepresentation filed by a non-public offering subscriber, and first share repurchase dispute arising from delisting. Many cases Ms. Zhu represented were selected as China's "Top 10 Events in Chinese Business Law", "Top 10 Influential Lawsuits of the Year", "Top 10 Civil, Administrative, and National Compensation Cases", and "Top 10 Commercial Cases of the People's Courts".
Ms. Zhu has provided comprehensive legal services for dozens of clients, including securities compliance consulting, responding to regulatory investigations and penalties, and administrative reviews. Her work covers a wide range of domains, including information disclosure violations, insider trading, market manipulation, irregular shareholding increases or reductions, and failure to exercise due diligence. She has advised on many high-profile mandates, exemplified by China's first case of ETF manipulation, first case of market manipulation by the NEEQ market maker, and first case where a technical service provider was suspected of illegally operating securities business.
Ms. Zhu's professional strengths are also prominent in handling various types of commercial disputes arising from corporate governance and operation, including disputes over the validity of corporate resolutions, equity transfer, control of companies, valuation adjustment mechanism, etc.
Representative Matters
Securities Litigation
Represented a securities company in the stock repurchase dispute involving DanDong XinTai Electric Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Huaxin Bonds
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Huachen Bonds
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Aipu Bonds
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Geeya Technology Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Shenzhen Soling Industrial Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Bluedon Information Security Technologies Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving FUREN Group Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Ningbo Donly Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Bright Oceans Inter-Telecom Corporation
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving KaidiEcological And Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Ready Medicine Co., Ltd.
Represented a securities company in the false statement civil compensation litigation involving Jiangxi Qixin Group Co., Ltd.
Represented several listed companies (e.g., Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group Co., Ltd., and others) and their persons in charge in securities false statement litigation
Securities Compliance
Represented directors and supervisors of Fujian Start Group Co., Ltd. in administrative penalty hearings for alleged information disclosure violations
Represented directors and supervisors of China Hi-Tech Group Co., Ltd. in administrative penalty hearings for alleged information disclosure violations
Represented Shanghai DZH Limited and its directors and supervisors in regulatory investigations and administrative penalty hearings for alleged information disclosure violations
Represented Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd. and its chairman in administrative penalty hearings and administrative reviews for alleged information disclosure violations
Assisted Beijing Haohua Energy Resource Co., Ltd. and its directors and supervisors in disciplinary hearings conducted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange for alleged information disclosure violations
Assisted Ningbo Sunlight Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. in responding to regulatory investigations for alleged information disclosure violations
Assisted a Guangdong-based listed company in responding to regulatory investigations for alleged information disclosure violations
Assisted a Beijing-based listed company in preliminary inquiries for alleged information disclosure violations
Assisted a fund company in regulatory investigations for alleged irregular reductions of shareholdings
Represented a major shareholder of a Beijing-based listed company in regulatory investigations, administrative penalty hearings, and administrative reviews for alleged irregular reductions of shareholdings
Represented a Zhejiang-based asset management company and its executive director in administrative penalty hearings for alleged insider trading
Represented an investor from Henan in administrative penalty hearings for alleged insider trading
Assisted a Hong Kong-based fund company in preliminary inquiries for alleged insider trading
Assisted a fund manager in administrative investigations for alleged trading based on non-public information
Assisted directors and shareholders of a Beijing-listed company in preliminary inquiries for alleged trading of securities during the window period
Assisted an investor from Dalian in administrative investigations for alleged insider trading
Assisted an investor from Zhejiang in criminal investigations for alleged insider trading
Represented Qingdao Donghai Ever-trusting Fund in administrative investigations and penalty hearings for alleged manipulation of ETFs
Represented an investor from Sichuan in administrative investigations and penalty hearings for alleged manipulation of twelve stocks
Represented an investor from Zhejiang in administrative reviews for alleged market manipulation
Assisted a securities company in administrative investigations for alleged collusion with Shanghai Liketry Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd. to manipulate the NEEQ
Represented an accounting firm in administrative penalty hearings for alleged lack of due diligence in the IPO project of Huaiji Dengyun Auto-Parts (Holding) Co., Ltd.
Assisted a securities company in administrative investigations for alleged lack of due diligence in a private stock issuance project
Assisted Hundsun Technologies Inc. in administrative penalty hearings related to the alleged illegal operation of securities business via the HOMS system for off-exchange financing
Corporate Litigation and Asset Management Disputes
Represented Hanxing Metallurgical Mine Administration, a subsidiary of the China Minmetals Corporation, in disputes over the validity of corporate resolutions with private shareholders
Represented a Hong Kong-listed company in a corporate control dispute involving Wuhan's largest (primary) agricultural product market
Represented Xizang Shannan Bojie Investment Consulting Partnership (LP) and others in a series of litigation and arbitration cases involving asset acquisition disputes with BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group Co., Ltd.
Represented BeiJing Zhongrong Dingxin Investment Management Co., Ltd in entrusted financial management contract disputes raised by investors of a private fund product
Represented Shenzhen Dacheng Innovation Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. in arbitration disputes brought by investors of a special asset management plan
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Dispute Resolution Star in Commercial and Transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2025
Rising Star in Dispute Resolution in the Greater China Region, The Legal 500, 2025
40 Under 40 Elite in Mainland China, LexisNexis, 2023
Outstanding Woman Lawyer in Asia - Rising Star in Dispute Resolution (nomination), 2021
For Deal
"LeEco Securities Fraud Civil Case", Top 10 Events in Chinese Business Law 2023; Impact Case of the Year, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards, 2024; Outstanding Deal, China Business Law Journal, 2024; Impact Deal And Case Awards, asialaw Awards, 2024
"Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd. Securities Misrepresentation Civil Compensation Case", MATTERS OF THE YEAR-Impact Cases of the Year, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2020; Top 10 Influential Lawsuits in China 2019; Outstanding Deal, China Business Law Journal, 2019; Top 10 Civil, Administrative, and National Compensation Cases of the People's Courts, 2019
"Shenzhen Protruly Electronics Securities Misrepresentation Civil Compensation Case", Top 10 Commercial Cases of the People's Courts, 2020
"Shanghai U9 Game Co., Ltd. Securities Misrepresentation Civil Compensation Case", Outstanding Deal, China Business Law Journal, 2020
"PKU HealthCare Corp., Ltd. Securities Misrepresentation Civil Compensation Case", Outstanding Deal, China Business Law Journal, 2018
Publications
"The Essence and Commentary on the Provisions of the Securities Law of the People's Republic of China" (co-author), China Legal Publishing House, September 2020
"Case Analysis Tutorial on Securities Law" (co-author), Renmin University of China Press, August 2023
"Witness and Prospects: 20 Years of Chinese Securities Litigation" (co-author), Zhonglun Research Institute, May 2022
"Practice Guide for Lawyers Handling Civil Compensation Cases of Securities Misrepresentation"(co-author), All China Lawyers Association, April 2017
"Research on the Liability and Responses of Securities Firms for Misrepresentation in Investment Banking" (co-author), 2023 Outstanding Project by the China Securities Association
"Application Challenges and Systemic Reflections on the Reasonable Reliance Rule for Intermediary Institutions"(co-author), Securities Law Review, 2023
"Special Issues in Determining Transaction Causation in Misrepresentation Litigation in the Interbank Market"(co-author), Financial Market Research, 2022
"Refined Consideration of Causation and Fault in Securities Misrepresentation Liability of Intermediary Institutions: Insights from Real Case Models and U.S. Law" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2022
"Reflection and Reconstruction of the Responsibilities of 'Directors, Supervisors, and Senior Executives' in Listed Companies in the Context of the Company Law: Based on the Current Undertaking of Securities Legal Liability by Executives of Listed Companies" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2021
"Exploration of the Civil Liability Boundaries for Directors in Securities Misrepresentation Disputes: Introduced by Two Successful Defense Cases of Listed Company Directors" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2020
"Research on the Precise Quantification of Systemic Risk Using AI Algorithms in Securities Misrepresentation Disputes" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2019
"Reflection on the Dispute-Resolution Function and Effectiveness of the Advance Compensation System in Securities: Introduced by the Follow-up Disputes of the DanDong XinTai Electric CO., LTD. Fraudulent Issuance Advance Compensation Fund" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2018
"Reflection and Correction of the Methodology for Identifying Illegal Gains in Insider Trading in Law Enforcement Practices"(co-author), Securities Law Review, 2017
"Analyzing the Constitutive Elements of Securities Market Manipulation to Determine the Manipulation of ETFs: A Case Study of a Qingdao Company Suspected of Manipulating the 180ETF" (co-author), Securities Law Review, 2016
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Awards Related
Zhong Lun Honored on Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025
Abstract: 21 partners/counsels and 10 practice areas of Zhong Lun were recommended.
2025-06-18
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2017
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Education
LL.M. in Civil and Procedure Law, Law School of Peking University, 2013-2015
LL.B., Law School of Southwest University of Political Science & Law, 2009-2013 -
Professional Experience
Equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2017 to present
Associate, King & Wood Mallesons, 2015-2017 -
Languages
Chinese
English