Chuxing Dong

Practice Areas

Carbon Trading and Carbon Finance

Integrated Energy

Investment and M&A of Energy and Environmental Projects

Professional Memberships

Quality Supervisor of Carbon Emission Management Capacity Building Camp

Committee Member of Shandong Provincial Carbon Inclusion Expert Committee

Specialist in National Carbon Market Capacity Building of Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange

Industry Mentor for Master Students at China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Practitioner Mentor for Master Students at Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University

Instructor of Carbon Neutrality Courses at School of Economics, Fudan University

Member of Energy Law Research Association of the China Law Society

Personal

Mr. Chuxing Dong has a particular focus on legal practices related to the investment and financing of energy and environmental projects, with extensive experience in counseling carbon trading and integrated energy projects. The carbon trading projects he has advised are mainly about carbon assets transactions, CCER projects development, carbon finance, compliance management for emission regulated entities, etc. The integrated energy projects he has advised include Energy Performance Contracting (EPC), multi-energy coupling system of industrial parks, electric vehicle charging piles, energy storage and fuel cells. The legal services he provides span full life cycle of the projects, from due diligence, financial and business model design, transaction documents preparation and review, project negotiation, to the management of project performance and dealing with project disputes.

Mr. Chuxing Dong has assisted clients in a series of landmark projects with significant industry influence, including China’s first carbon asset custody project in the steel industry, China’s first carbon neutralization service trust based on CCER, the first transaction of APX TIGR in China, China’s first carbon compensation iron ore transaction, the first large-capacity natural gas distributed energy project and the first large-scale grid-side energy storage demonstration project of Zhejiang Province, a series of centralized cooling projects in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the acquisition of BYD Electric Vehicle Investment Co., Ltd. by Shell, etc. He has also provided integrated legal services for power generation groups including Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group Company and Yunnan Energy Investment Group in their construction of carbon asset management system and establishment of carbon asset management platforms, and has offered specialized consultancy for formulating the first national carbon asset management system group standard mandated by Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange.

Clients

State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC), Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group, CLP Group, Shell, Rio Tinto, Mercuria, Envision Group.

Work Highlights

The first carbon asset custody project in steel industry in mainland China.

The first carbon neutralization service trust based on CCER in mainland China.

The first transaction of APX TIGR in mainland China.

The first carbon compensation iron ore transaction in mainland China.

The first large-capacity natural gas distributed energy project of Zhejiang Province.

The first large-scale grid-side energy storage demonstration project of Zhejiang Province.

The first carbon asset management system group standard in mainland China.

Acquisition of Wind Power Plants in Tongliao by State Power Investment Corporation Mengdong Energy.

Acquisition of Guangxi Hydropower Corporation by CHD Power Plant Operation.

Cooperation project between China Resources Power Holdings and Zhengzhou Coal Industry Group.

Corporate-style Restructuring Project of Zhejiang Electric Power.

Restructuring and Assets and Capital Verification Project of Zhejiang Seaport Group.

Acquisition of Waste Incineration Power Plant by Zhejiang Environmental Protection Group.

Awards