Jean Zhu is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Jean worked as a core team member for Pinsent Masons Alliance for years and temporarily worked at Pinsent Masons London Office during that period of time. Jean also worked respectively as a senior associate and counsel for JunHe LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills JLO for years.
Jean has a combined background with material, engineering and law. She also passed the CSDG (Certificate for Specialists in Demand Guarantees) exam. Jean specialises in construction and commercial dispute resolution. Jean is a commercial and construction dispute lawyer with particular experience in international and domestic construction, cross-border transactions, international trade, insurance, bond, products liability related disputes. Jean has acted on arbitrations under various institutional rules including ICC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and also ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL rules as well as litigations at different levels of domestic courts. Jean is recognised by Who’s Who Legal in chapter of China 2020 – Construction and Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR 2021.
Advising an overseas branch of a Chinese commercial bank on a complex bond injunction litigation case.
Acting for a European supplier in a court preservation proceeding under the Mainland and Hong Kong Interim Measures Arrangement in arbitration proceeding for disputes arising out of a power plant in a Central European country.
Acting for a Chinese company before Shandong Province High Court in a litigation for disputes arising from payment issue in a process line project.
Acting for a Chinese company for a pipeline project in Erdos in administrative review and public hearing against seven local tax bureaus regarding farmland use tax issues.
Acting for a Chinese company before two local courts in Hebei in litigation cases for disputes arising from two garbage power plants.
Acting for a Dutch company before Putian Intermediate Court and Fujian Province High Court in an administrative litigation against a municipal tax bureau for tax issues in an LNG project at Putian, Fujian Province.
Acting for a Singaporean company in litigations before Zhuhai Intermediate Court and Fujian Province High Court against two subcontractors for disputes arising from payment issue and from confirming the validity of arbitration agreements with foreign elements.
Acting for a Chinese company before Chengdu Intermediate Court in a litigation for disputes arising from payment and delay issues in two main buildings of a university at Chengdu, Sichuan province.
Acting for a Hong Kong designer before Chengdu Intermediate Court in a litigation for disputes arising from payment issue in designing a hotel project.
Acting for an Australian company before Zhejiang Jinhua Intermediate Court for disputes arising out of supply of KN95 masks.
Acting for a German WFOE before Beijing Changping District Court for disputes arising from supply of products for vehicles.
Acting for a Chinese company before Beijing Changping District Court in a litigation for disputes arising from payment issue in a refined decoration project.
Acting for a retailer of Denmark in a litigation before Beijing Fengtai District Court for disputes arising from an agency agreement.
Acting for a Chinese company before Haikou Maritime Court for disputes arising from an artificial island project.
Acting for a German WFOE in a litigation before Dashiqiao Court for disputes arising from a magnesium mine factory project.
Acting for a private fund company in enforcing a Shanghai Arbitration Commission award before Beijing Third Intermediate Court.
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