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  • Kun ZOU

    Equity Partner / Wuhan

  • Tel +86-27-5942-5180

    Email zoukun@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Health, Safety & Environmental Protection, Construction & Project Development, Litigation & Arbitration

  • Industries

    Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources

CV

Kun ZOU

Lawyer Zou Kun has been engaged in the field of environmental protection and production safety for 18 years, attains highly in serving government administration and enforcement, corporate environmental compliance, environmental private interest and public interest dispute resolution, as well as academic research. She served projects ranging from water source protection, hazardous waste compliance management, treatment of soil pollution, coastline withdrawal for ship operating enterprises, biodiversity protection and prevention of air, water and noise pollution, etc. Multiple cases have been selected by the Ministry of Justice and the Hubei High People’s Court as outstanding typical cases.

Lawyer Zou Kun serves as an arbitrator of local arbitration committees, including Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Harbin, Hainan and Qingdao, and has participated in the adjudication of nearly 100 commercial arbitration cases, thus having rich experience in commercial law practice. At the meantime, Mr. Zou is also a member of the Environmental Resources and Energy Law Committee of the All China Lawyers Association, the deputy director of the Resource Law Committee of the China Society of Natural Resources, and the director of the Environmental Resources Law Research Society of the China Law Society, and has been listed in Chambers Asia Pacific Recommended Lawyers for Environmental Law for four consecutive years from 2019 to 2022.

Representative Matters

Representative Cases in Environmental and Ecological Civilization Legal Service Field

Environmental Non-litigation Special Legal Service Project

  • Guodingshan waste incineration plant, Wuhan

  • Wuhan chemical park logistics industrial park Project, Wuhan Chemical Logistics Co., Ltd

  • Heavy metal industrial park management project, Wuhan

  • Corporate environmental compliance training, Ranhill Water (Wuhan) Co.,Ltd

  • "Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" training lecture, subsidiary of WISDRI

  • Due diligence on mining ecological damage, Songjiachong Quarry in Guangshui Suizhou

  • Supervision and law enforcement on air emission inspection of motor vehicle, Wuhan Motor Vehicle Exhaust Pollution Prevention and Control Management Center

  • Hazardous waste qualification management, transportation and storage supervision project, Wuhan Radiation and Hazardous Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Management Center

  • Environmental publicity and education project, Wuhan Environmental Publicity and Education Center

  • Major administrative penalty legal demonstration project, Wuhan Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment of Ecological Environment Protection

  • The integrity and legality evaluation of "Notice on Delimiting Wuhan’s High-emssition Non-road Diesel Mobile Machinery Prohibited Use Zones", Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment 

  • Consultation on compensation for ecological damages, Wuhan Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau

  • Environmental resource decision demonstration, Jinzhou Municipal People’s Government

  • Demonstration of Longdong River landfill pollution , Enshi Ecological Environment Bureau branch of Enshi city

  • "Environmental Protection Law of People’s Republic of China" Training Lecture, Standing Committee of Jingzhou Municipal People’s Congress

  • Demonstration of administrative penalty revocation of waste incineration plant, Jingzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau

  • Special training lecture on "Environmental Protection Law of People’s Republic of China" and associated regulations, "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution", "Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution", "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution", "The Environmental Impact Assessment Aaw of the People's Republic of China", etc., Ministry of Ecological Environment, Provincial Ecological Environment Bureau of Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei etc.

  • Special evaluation of law enforcement case files, Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau of Wuhan, Yichang, Jingmen, Huangshi, Jingzhou, Xiantao, Ezhou, etc.


Environmental Administrative Hearings and Administrative Litigation Cases

  • Administrative hearing and reconsideration of revocation of CMA qualification, Wuhan

  • Administrative litigation of sewage treatment exceeding permitted level

  • Administrative penalty for excessive emissions of heavy metal, Hubei Chenguang Industrial Co., Ltd.

  • Administrative litigation for environmental relocating compensation, Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone Management Committee and Wuhan Hi-Tech Holding Group Co., Ltd.

  • Administrative litigation of compensation for forced demolition and relocation, Xiaogan

  • The second instance of administrative litigation, Ezhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau


Environmental Civil Public Interest Litigation Cases

  • Environmental civil public interest litigation of Phosphogypsum yard pollution, Hubei

  • Environmental civil public interest litigation of concerning the liability for pollution damage in the seawater area, Qianjiang

  • Environmental civil public interest litigation of liability for air environmental pollution damage, Hubei

  • Environmental civil public interest litigation of environmental pollution, Hubei

  • Environmental civil public interest litigation of biodiversity damage in Chinese sturgeon, JingzhouJinan Eco-cultural Tourism Zone Management Committee, Haizi Lake Investment Co., Ltd., Zhongtian Road & Bridge Co., Ltd. And other entities

  • Incidental civil action in environmental civil public intere,st litigation in crime of illegal mining


Environmental and resource civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases

  • Commercial arbitration for breach of contract on soil pollution in the industrial partk, Wuhan

  • Contract invalidation and compensation of pollution treatment facility, Wuhan

  • Compensation for damage to air monitoring equipment, Wuhan Motor Vihicle Exhaust Pollution Prevention and Control Management Center

  • Environmental recovery and xxx in minerals exploitation of tailings, Yanya Vilage Committee of Baokang County

  • Contract invalidation and compensation for forest use right transfer, Hubei

Honors and Awards

Chambers Asia Pacific "2023 Environmental Law - Band 2 Lawyer"

Chambers Asia Pacific "2022 Environmental Law - Band 2 Lawyer"

Chambers Asia Pacific "2021 Environmental Law - Band 3 Lawyer"

Chambers Asia Pacific "2020 Environmental Law - Band 3 Lawyer"

Selected into the talent pool of the "National Thousand Foreign Lawyers" by the Ministry of Justice

Rated as Leading Talent in modern service industry by Hubei Provincial Party Committee Organization Department and Provincial Development and Reform Commission

Rated as an Advanced Individual in the petition reception activities by Hubei Provincial Department of Justice and the Bureau of Public Complaints and Proposals

Rated as Outstanding Member of Communist Party by Wuhan Judicial Administration System

Memberships & Affiliations

Member of the Selection Committee of Environmental Resources and Energy Law Professional Committee of All China Lawyers Association

Expert Judge of Environmental Law Enforcement Training of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Deputy Director of Resource Law Research Association of China Society of Natural Resources

Council Member of Environmental Resources Law Research Association of China Law Society, Yangtze River Maritime Law Research Association

Vice President of Economic Law Research Association of Hubei Law Society

Member of the Selection Committee of the Judge Procuratorate of the Hubei Provincial Political and Legal Committee

Invited Supervisor of Hubei Provincial Party Committee

Guest Supervisor of the First Campaign of Creating Law-based Business Environment by Wuhan Court

First Hearing Officer of the People’s Procuratorate of Wuhan

Guest Researcher of Institute of Environmental Law of Wuhan University, and Institute of Environmental Law of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Adjunct Professor of Wuhan Institute of Technology

Arbitrators of Arbitration Commissions in Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Harbin, Hainan, Qingdao etc.

The 7th Wuhan "Environmental Protection Ambassador"

Member of the 14th CPPCC Wuhan Municipal Committee

Publications

"Judicial Conception of Parallel Civil and Administrative Public Interest Litigations Brought by Social Organizations -- from the Perspective of Environmental Issues Left Unaddressed by Enterprises with Abnormal Operations", the third prize of the 2022-2023 Annual Meeting of the Yangtze River Maritime Law Society and the Yangtze River Ecological Protection Forum

"The Dilemma and Countermeasures of Judicial Protection of the Shoreline of the Yangtze River Basin", the second prize of the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Yangtze River Maritime Law Society and the Yangtze River Ecological Protection Forum

Member of the compilation group of "Credit Evaluation Index System for Environmental Protection Enterprises" (T/CAEPI 15-2018) of China Association of Environmental Protection Industry

Member of the compilation group of "Guidelines for Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility" (T/CAEPI 20-2019) of the China Environmental Protection Industry Association

"Environmental Judicial Specialization-Status Quo Investigation and System Restructuring" , published by Law Press in January 2017, ISBN 978-7-5197-0363-9

"How should Hubei, a province reborn from the ashes, deepen and implement'ecology first, green development?'", published by The Rule of Law in Hubei, Issue 5-6, 2020

"Regarding the Status Quo and Breakthroughs of Environmental Arbitration", published by Shanghai International Arbitration Review, Issue 12, 2019

"Analysis of Qualified Defendants in Environmental Civil Public Interest Litigation-Taking Changzhou Drug Land Case as an Example", published by China Environment, Issue 1, 2019

"Analysis of Essentials of Evidence Validity of Monitoring Reports", published by China Environment, Issue 5, 2018

"A Preliminary Study on the Objects of Administrative Public Welfare Litigation for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution in the Yangtze River Economic Zone", published by China Environment, Issue 10, 2018

"Analysis of the Role and Advantages of Arbitration in the Construction of the Yangtze River Ecological Civilization", the third prize of the 2017 "Yangtze River Water Environmental Protection Law Theory and Practice Seminar" by the Yangtze River Maritime Law Society

"A Preliminary Study on the Basis and Trial Rules for Environmental Administrative Agencies to Support Prosecutions", the second prize of essays on the theme of "2015 Ecological and Environmental Legal Protection" by the Chinese Law Society and the Ministry of Environmental Protection

"Commercial Arbitration: A New Attempt in Government Procurement Relief Mechanism", won the 2015 Excellent Thesis Award of Hubei Law Society

"Confusion and Solution of Administrative Law Enforcement in Trial Production of Construction Projects", published by Ecological Civilization and Traditional Culture, Ancient Books Press, 1st edition, 2015

"Regarding the Improvement of the Challenge System of China's Arbitration Law", won the second prize of the 2014 thesis of Wuhan Arbitration Commission

"Thoughts and Dialogues on Singapore Arbitration", published by Commercial Arbitration, 2013 Second Series

"Thoughts on the Burden of Proof in Civil Litigation", published by Litigation Legal Practice, Law Press, 2007 1st edition

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    Qualification as an Economist
    Qualification as an Independent Director
    Senior Corporate Compliance Officer

  • Education

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Chief Lawyer, Hubei Tingquan Law Firm

  • Professional Experience

    Master of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
    Bachelor of Economic Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (formerly known as Zhongnan University of Law)

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English