Mr. Zheng is a partner at the Shenzhen office of Guantao Law Firm. He was selected as a Pioneering International Legal Talent in Guangdong Province and a Leading International Legal Talent in Shenzhen. He was named one of the "Top 40 Elite Lawyers" by the legal media "Lvxin News" and was awarded "Outstanding Young Lawyer" and "Outstanding Professional Committee Member" by the Shenzhen Bar Association.

Mr. Zheng's main areas of practice are real estate and construction, mergers and acquisitions, investment and financing, as well as related dispute resolution and international legal services. He is particularly adept at handling cross-border commercial disputes in the real estate and construction sectors, cross-border real estate investments, and non-performing asset (bankruptcy) matters, providing clients with comprehensive solutions ranging from non-litigation to litigation.

In recent years, Mr. Zheng has represented several landmark cases, some of which have been selected as a typical "Belt and Road" case by the Supreme People's Court, a typical case published in the Supreme People's Court Gazette, and outstanding cases recognized by the Shenzhen Bar Association.

Practice Areas

Litigation and arbitration, real estate and construction (including urban renewal), M&A, investment and financing

Representative Performance

• Represented the client in a real estate equity transaction dispute heard by the Supreme People's Court and achieved a favorable judgment; the case was selected as a typical "Belt and Road" case by the Supreme People's Court and a typical case published in the Supreme People's Court Gazette.

• Represented the client in a private lending dispute, first-instance adjudicated by the Guangdong High People's Court and second-instance by the Supreme People's Court, and achieved a favorable judgment.

• Represented the client in a real estate transaction dispute heard by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court and achieved a favorable judgment; the case was selected as a typical case by the Shenzhen Bar Association.

• Represented the client in a fund investment case and achieved a favorable arbitral award; the case was selected as a typical case by the Shenzhen Bar Association.

• Represented China State Construction Engineering Corporation Fourth Bureau in a subcontract dispute for a nuclear power plant construction project, achieved a satisfactory settlement.

• Provided specialized legal services for the client's investment in real estate projects in Sri Lanka.

• Provided specialized legal services for the client's investment in real estate projects in the Maldives.

• Provided specialized legal services for the client's investment in a multi-billion RMB bankruptcy restructuring project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

• Provided specialized legal services for Ping An Real Estate's investment in a Greater Bay Area urban renewal project.

• Provided specialized legal services for Vanke's acquisition of some Greater Bay Area urban renewal projects.

• Provided specialized legal services for a fund under CCB International's investment in a Greater Bay Area commercial complex project.

• Provided specialized legal services for China Railway Construction's urban renewal projects in Shenzhen.

• Provided specialized legal services for a Shenzhen platform company conducting multiple urban renewal and land consolidation benefit coordination projects in the city.

Social Activities

• Member and Secretary-General of the Professional Committee on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the 11th Shenzhen Bar Association

• Member of the Professional Training Committee and the Bankruptcy Litigation Committee of the Shenzhen Bankruptcy Administrators Association

Bar Admissions

• People’s Republic of China, 2017

Education

• Sun Yat-sen University, Master of Laws

• University of California, Berkeley, visiting student

• Sun Yat-sen University, Bachelor of Laws

Professional Experience

• Guantao Law Firm            Associate, Partner           （2019-present）

• Zhonglun Law Firm           Associate         （2015-2018）

Working Language

• Chinese mandarin, native

• Chaoshan dialect, native

• Cantonese, fluent

• English, fluent