Practice areas

Commercial dispute resolution; Insurance & reinsurance; Trust & fund; Construction engineering

Introduction

Zhang Lixia is the director and a founding partner of Huamao & Guigu Law Firm.

Zhang received her LLB from China University of Political Science and Law, and her SJD and LLM degrees from the University of International Business and Economics. She also received an EMBA from Tsinghua University and was a visiting scholar at New York University’s School of Law.

Zhang started her career in 1987. Her main areas of practice are international and domestic commercial arbitration and litigation, especially on disputes related to corporations, trusts, investment funds, real estate and construction engineering. Her innovative strategies have even influenced legislative and judicial approaches towards the PE industry. Her commercial sense on deal structure achieved the clients’ purposes as well as protecting the assets of stated-owned-enterprises.

Reflecting her legal professionalism and performance, Zhang has been serving as a deputy to the 15th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, as president of the Haidian Lawyers Association, representative and director of the All-China Lawyers Association, vice president of the China Academy of Arbitration Law, and co-chair of Women in Arbitration by HKIAC, among others. In addition, she has been recognised as a National Outstanding Lawyer, Haidian District Golden Medal Lawyer, Outstanding Communist Party Lawyer at the national level, and one of the 1,000 National Lawyers expert in foreign-related matters by the Ministry of Justice.

Zhang is also dedicated to legal education. She is a visiting professor and gives lectures on arbitration law at Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics, and Sun Yat-sen University.

Zhang has served as an arbitrator for major arbitral institutions since 1995, including CIETAC, HKIAC, BAC and SCIA. She has heard thousands of cases in international trade and finance as well as company and joint venture disputes, in which the disputed amount in hundreds of cases was more than USD100 million.

Combining the rich experiences in representing cases and serving as arbitrator, Zhang brings a comprehensive perspective to managing assignments. She earnestly considers the needs of the clients, participates actively in developing these and accurately strikes at and resolves the pain point.

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