Zhang Guanglei

Practice areas

Dispute resolution (litigation & arbitration)

Introduction

Zhang Guanglei is an equity partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng, who earned his LLB, LLM and PhD in Law from the China University of Political Science & Law. During his time in the US, he obtained his LLM degree from the George Washington University Law School, and was also a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School. He has been admitted to practice in the PRC and the state of New York.

Zhang specialises in dispute resolution, with extensive experience and a well established reputation in civil and commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation. In 2019, Jingtian & Gongcheng, as the winner among law firms in Beijing, won second place in the final of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) International Arbitration Moot Competition, in which Zhang, as team leader, was awarded the Best Speaker in all the rounds of this competition.

Zhang has represented clients in hundreds of cases before the China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission and its branches, as well as Beijing International Arbitration Centre, Shanghai International Arbitration Centre, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration, the HKIAC, and courts of different levels in China.

Among others, Zhang specialises in the resolution of disputes arising from investment and financing, and has managed to resolve a variety of disputes involving value adjustment mechanism, share transfer, corporate controlling power, liabilities of directors and managers, employees stock options, fundraising and management, etc. He has extensive experience in planning comprehensive strategies for cross-border disputes, and also acted as PRC law counsel and expert witness in lawsuits and arbitrations in the US, Singapore and Hong Kong.

While practising law, Zhang is acting as: Arbitrator of the HKIAC, Hainan International Arbitration Court, and Zhuhai Arbitration Commission; adjunct professor at the School of Law, University of International Business and Economics; adjunct professor at the School of Juris Master, China University of Political Science & Law; and a board member of the Beijing Society of Entertainment Law.

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