Greater China Region
Practice Areas
Litigation & Arbitration, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Compliance & Investigation
Career
Lawyer Wu Fangrong has been engaged in the legal profession for more than 20 years. His main business areas are Litigation & Arbitration, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance and Compliance & Anti-corruption. Over these years, with his outstanding ability and rich experience, he has helped clients grasp business opportunities, identify risks and handle disputes in the increasingly complex market environment. With rich practical experience, his lawyer team has provided clients with all-round and professional legal services, and has become an outstanding legal service team in the field. Clients highly praise Lawyer Wu and his team, referring to them as "escort" and "problem solvers" for project development and major transactions.
Professional Memberships
Director, the 11th Real Estate Professional Committee, Zhejiang Provincial Lawyers Association
Expert, Advisory Network of the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Civil Administrative Prosecution
Arbitrator, Real Estate Arbitration Court, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission
Practice Mentor, Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University
Member, the 5th Council of the Civil Law Research Society, Zhejiang Law Society
Publications
“Compliance at Key Points: A Practical Guide to Compliance in Real Estate Development”, Law Press, 2024 (ISBN 978-7-5197-9103-2)
“The Significance, Trend, and Interface of the 'Green Principles' in the Civil Code”, Research on Rule of Law, 2017
“Study on the Protection of Property Name Rights”, Zhejiang Real Estate, 2015
“Preliminary Analysis on Legal Risk Prevention and Dispute Handling for Delivery of Housing”, China Construction News, 2014
“Liability for the Quality of Housing after the Developer's Write-off”, Studies in Lawyer Practice Vol. 6, Zhejiang University Press, 2012
Expert in these Jurisdictions
First Class Attorney (Principal Senior Title), 2024
PRC Bar
Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Partner, Zhejiang Tengfei Jinying Law Firm
Languages Spoken
Chinese
English
Work Highlights
In the field of litigation involving various industries, Mr. Wu has successfully won hundreds of litigation cases on behalf of his clients, including many difficult and complicated litigation and arbitration cases involving many entities and huge amounts of money, which are of landmark relevance and great social influence. In particular, Mr. Wu has an excellent track record in handling benchmarking cases such as group litigation, corporate law disputes, investment disputes concerning start-ups, and litigation over shareholders' rights and interests, which is a testament to his remarkable astuteness and finesse.
In the field of compliance, Mr. Wu has provided legal services for hundreds of projects of many industry heavyweights, including Greentown, Zhonghai, Renheng Land, Zhejiang Jiangong Real Estate Group, Hangzhou Urban Construction Development Group, Zhejiang Zhi Tongren Group, Huaxia Sunshine Real Estate, Teng Yue Network Science and Technology, GTC Real Estate, Anhui Land, Sheng'ao, Zhan zheng, Rongxin, Poly, and China Merchants, assisting real estate enterprises in establishing compliance systems and preventing legal risks throughout project cycles. He has also completed a number of M&A and co-development projects on behalf of clients such as Teng Yue Network Technology, Cinda, Sino-Ocean, Lon ghu, Greentown, Poly, etc., and excels in identifying and dealing with all kinds of risks and compliance matters arising in the course of transactions.