Practice areas

Arbitration & ADR; Litigation; M&A; Real estate

Introduction

Tan Jinghui has been devoted to the construction and real estate industry for more than 30 years. Before going into practice she was general counsel for a major SOE. She has represented clients before the Supreme Court and High Courts in many second instances and retrial cases, winning and saving billions in value for clients.

As a veteran arbitrator, she has been very active in major arbitration courts such as BAC and CIETA and handled more than 200 cases, in many of which she acted as the chief arbitrator. Her arbitration cases involve hotels, highways, building plazas, commercial real estate, transit-oriented development (TOD) in many different jurisdictions including the PRC, Hong Kong, Sweden, Tanzania and Italy.

Tan has advised on legal issues in landmark construction projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge; Xiongan New Area Service Center; China Zun Tower; Peking Xing International Airport; CCTV Tower; CNOOC Tower; Bank of China Tower; New Poly Plaza; and Vanke Beijing Commodity House, to name just a few. Her clients include many major SOEs in construction and real estate as well as energy and infrastructure.

As a key expert on the panel for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, China Tendering and Bidding Association and China Construction Project Cost Management Association, Tan participated in the legislation process of many important laws, regulations and model texts in construction, tender and bidding, and PPP projects, which have influenced the lives and careers of millions of people.

Tan has been recognised by major rating agencies in the legal industry all over the world, such as Chambers, ALB and Benchmark Litigation as a leading lawyer in construction/real estate and a top litigator in the PRC.

Apart from the above achievements, she is also a philanthropist. She gave free lectures to universities and high schools, made donations to universities and contributed pro bono hours for the China Construction Association and China Construction Education Association.

Tan holds a master of laws degree from China University of Political Science and Law and a master of engineering degree from Tongji University.

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