Practice areas

Commercial litigation and arbitration; Corporate & commercial

Introduction

Zhou Zhiming is the executive partner of Guantao (Shanghai) Law Firm and a member of the management committee of Guantao Law Firm.

With his legal practice focusing on commercial litigation and arbitration, Zhou has deep experience and an outstanding track record in dealing with commercial disputes in areas such as finance, corporate equity and governance, and real estate, among others. He is the director of the civil and commercial litigation committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.

Zhou is also an arbitrator with the Shanghai International Arbitration Centre and Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and a mediator with the Shanghai Commercial Mediation Centre, etc.

His clients include large enterprises and multinational companies in the financial, real estate, retail and media industries. One of the cases Zhou successfully acted on was selected to the Gazette of the Supreme People’s Court, and his viewpoints were accepted as the guiding legal basis for judicial review of disputes of this type. Zhou also represented a client in the first case applying the new Securities Law, winning a comprehensive victory in the Shanghai Financial Court. As chief arbitrator, he conducted Shanghai’s first online arbitration case, which was selected by the Ministry of Justice as one of the top 10 cases in fighting the pandemic and ensuring the resumption of work and production.

More than 20 years of practice has provided Zhou with excellent knowledge and skills to master trial procedures. He represented Shanghai in the National Lawyers Debate Competition and won the top grade gold award, and he has long served as the coach of Shanghai lawyers debate team. Zhou has received awards and honours including National Excellent Lawyer, Shanghai Oriental Grand Lawyer (Fourth term), and Top 10 Excellent Youths of Shanghai Judicial Administration System (First term).

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