Shanghai JianLingChengDa Law Firm

Managing Partner: Jigao Zhou

Number of partners: 10

Number of lawyers: 35

Languages: Chinese, English 

Firm Overview: 

Founded in 2010, JianingChengDa has become one of the leading roles in China’s construction and real estate, with a high reputation among its clients. Since its establishment, JianLingChengDa has determined to play the leading role in the area of construction and real estate. Based in Shanghai, JianLingChengDa has provided legal services for domestic projects over 30 provinces and overseas projects in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Angola, Laos, Vietnam, Egypt etc. In 2021, JianLingChengDa set its new office in Nanchang, Jiangxi to provide better services for the local clients. Professionals of JianLingChengDa all graduated from well-known law schools and have abundant practical experiences in real estate and construction law of PRC. A number of JianLingChengDa’s partners have working experience of cost management, project management and advising in real estate and construction enterprises. JianLingChengDa has its unique advantages in implementing control over project operations and providing constructive suggestions for clients. JianLingChengDa focuses in the litigation and non-contentious legal services of construction, real estate and projects and infrastructure.

In the field of construction, JianLingChengDa provides tailor-made legal services such as formulation of SOPs and bylaws, preparation of model contracts and agreements, risk prevention, whole process service for project construction, construction dispute resolution, and construction insurance dispute resolution. On JianLingChengDa’s client list are over 70 construction enterprises of top or first grade qualification including central enterprises, large state-owned enterprises and well-known private construction enterprises.

In the field of real estate, JianLingChengDa provides legal services such as due diligence, purchase and transfer, whole process service for real estate development and operation, and dispute resolution. JianLingChengDa’s clients are well-known real estate enterprises.

In the field of PPP, JianLingChengDa has built up a team since 2014, which has provided legal services for more than 40 PPP projects of central enterprises, large state-owned enterprises and other well-known construction enterprises.

Main Areas of Practice 

Construction & Real Estate: 

10 partners; 35 fee earners based in Shanghai;

Relevant cases: 

■ Provided a listed state-owned enterprise with legal services at the stage of constructing a PPP+EPC project

■ Successfully represented a listed central enterprise’s subsidiary in an enforcement dispute case. Partners: Jigao Zhou and Min Wang

■ Successfully represented a construction enterprise in a construction contract dispute case of a residential project. Partner: Min Wang

■ Successfully represented a listed state-owned enterprise’s subsidiary in a construction contract dispute case in the Supreme Court. Partner: Peixin Cheng

■ Successfully represented a central enterprise’s subsidiary in the second trial of the project price dispute case, and finally won the retrial in the Supreme Court. Partners: Jigao Zhou and Min Wang;

■ Successfully represented a central enterprise’s subsidiary in the cases of project payment dispute and bill dispute. Partners: Jigao Zhou and Min Wang;

■ Successfully represented a listed company in an advance-fund construction dispute case. Partners: Jigao Zhou and Min Wang

■ Successfully represented a central enterprise’s subsidiary in the second trial of a EPC contract dispute. Partners: Jigao Zhou and Guanghong Yu.

Key Clients: CSCEC 8th Bureau; CSCEC 3rd Bureau; China MCC5 Group; Shanghai Baoye Group; China MCC20 Group; China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction; Red Star Macalline Group; Longyuan Construction; China MCC1 Group; Shanghai Electric Group; Shanghai Greenland Construction Group; Shanghai Jinhui Construction Group; Lixil Building Materials Manufacturing (Suzhou); Jiangxi Construction Group.

International Work: 

Provided ZCIGC with legal services for the whole process of constructing the school and housing in Rwanda.

Contact: Jigao Zhou

Tel: +86 021 58773182

Email: [email protected]

Offices 

Shanghai Office: 

Site: 17/F, Central Plaza, No.381 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai

Contact: [email protected]

Nanchang Office: 

Site: Room 2704, Lianfa Square, No.129 Lvyin Road, Honggutan New District, Nanchang, Jiangxi

Contact: [email protected]