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Zongnan Wu has in-depth research on cross-border investment, international trade, international litigation and arbitration. He has published several papers in top international journals (including ICSID Review, the official publication of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes under the World Bank) and mainstream media in China. Mr. Wu has excellent dispute resolution skills, flexible bilingual communication skills and solid legal knowledge. He also has rich experience in private equity investment and financing, cross-border investment and other fields. Mr. Wu studied in London, United Kingdom and is qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales.
Education
LLM, Queen Mary University of London
LLM, University of International Business and Economics,
Bachelor of Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law
Language Skills
Chinese and English
Qualifications:
Qualified PRC lawyer
Qualified solicitor of England and Wales (non-practising)
Representative Experiences
Litigation Cases
Represented a Mainland natural person in providing legal expert opinion to the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on jurisdiction issues, which was accepted by the High Court
Represented Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd. in product liability litigation in Shunyi District People's Court of Beijing
Represented a Hong Kong company in a lawsuit in Beijing No. 4 Intermediate People's Court concerning a dispute over a contract for the sale of goods
Represented a state-owned enterprise in the Fengtai District People's Court of Beijing to respond to a dispute lawsuit against the interests of shareholders, and rejected all the plaintiff's litigation requests
Represented a private equity fund in a lawsuit in the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court over a share buyback dispute
On behalf of a private equity fund, the company successfully applied for arbitration and reached a settlement with the other party in the basic Court of Wuhan
Assisted a state-owned enterprise in dealing with 37 receivable pledge contract disputes involving about RMB 1 billion
Arbitration Cases
Assisted an Internet media company in handling arbitration before Hong Kong International Arbitration Center in relation to an investment framework agreement dispute.
Assisted an Internet media company in handling arbitration before Hong Kong International Arbitration Center in relation to a share repurchase agreement dispute.
Assisted a large multinational technology company in handling arbitration before Hong Kong International Arbitration Center in relation to a standard necessary patent dispute.
Assisted a private equity fund in handling arbitration before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in relation to an investment agreement dispute.
Assisted a private equity fund manager in handling arbitration before Shanghai Branch of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in relation to a consulting agreement dispute.
Assisted a multinational company in handling arbitration before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in relation to a lease contract dispute.
Cross-border Transactions
Provided legal advice to a domestic e-commerce company on product compliance matters in the United States
Provided legal due diligence services for a large state-owned mining enterprise to acquire the mineral assets of a large Chinese listed company in Australia and Chile
Represented a state-owned enterprise in its acquisition of equity in a Sino-foreign joint venture held by a Korean shareholder
provided legal services for the adjustment of VIE structure of a high-tech enterprise in Beijing
provided legal services to a domestic listed company intending to establish a wholly owned company in Thailand
provided legal services for a high-tech enterprise in Shanghai to receive Pre-A round of investment from an overseas investment company
Advised a Chinese fund on the purchase of a limited partnership share in a British Virgin Islands limited partnership
Advised a Chinese fund on the purchase of preferred shares of target companies from Cayman Islands Limited Liability Company
Advised a Chinese fund on the purchase of warrants and preferred shares of a Delaware company
