Hongwei Li

Practice Areas

Shipping

SGLA Law Firm provided full-range shipping and admiralty legal service, including but not limited to:

Marine Insurance and P&I Insurance

Collision of Ships and Other Maritime Accidents

Salvage and Wreck Removal

General Average

Loss of Life or Personal Injury at Sea

Crew Employment Service

Bill of Lading, Charter Parties and Multimodal Transports Contract

Ship Finance and Investment

Shipbuilding and Repair

Ship Sale and Purchase

Shipping Policy and Administration

Arrest of Ships/Cargo, maritime injunction and other procedure

Career

Honver Lee, member of Jiu San Society, a member of the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, senior partner of SGLA Law Firm, and holds the position of Deputy Director of the Maritime and Admiralty Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association. He specializes in the legal practice areas of maritime and admiralty law, insurance law, and international commercial law.

Guided by r the philosophy that “the law should serve as a safeguard for business, rather than an obstacle”, Honver Lee aim is to provide well-structured solutions that comply with legal standards, which has earned him high praise from his clients.

Since 2023: Senior Partner, SGLA Law Firm

2021–2023: Partner, RICC&Co

2008–2021: Associate /Partner, Wintell&Co

2006–2008: Manager of Marine Insurance Claims, Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd., Shanghai Branch

2003–2006: Shipbuilding-related works, HUDONG-ZHONGHUA Shipbuilding GROUP Co., Ltd.

Professional Memberships

Deputy Director of the Maritime and Admiralty Committee, the Shanghai Bar Association;

Member of the Shipping Law Committee, the China Institute of Navigation;

Mediator, Baoshan Pan Asia International Commercial Mediation Center of Shanghai;

Member of Shipping Legal Service Team, the Shanghai Bar Association.

Publications

1."Legal Study on the Deductible in Total Loss Compensation under Hull Insurance" – Invited by the China Maritime Law Association to attend the 2023 Annual Conference on Maritime Law and the Academic Forum on the 30th Anniversary of the Implementation of China Maritime Code;

2."Analysis of the Unified Jurisdiction of Maritime Courts over Crew-Related" – Published in Yangtze Maritime Legal Law Review;

3."Analysis of the Legal Issues Concerning Unregistered Claims in the Maritime Limitation of Liability Fund Proceedings" – Published in Yangtze Maritime Legal Law Review.

4."Analysis of the Legal Nature of Ship Release Guarantee Letters" – Published in Yangtze Maritime Legal Law Review.

Clients

Honver Lee has represented a broad range of domestic and international clients, including:

PICC Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd

China Life Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd

China Pacific Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd

China Continent Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd

Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China，Ltd.

Guoren Property and Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd

Sunshine Property and Casualty Insurance Company Limited

Yangtze River Nanjing Navigational Engineering Bureau

Angang Group International Trade Corporation Ltd.

Jiangsu Huaxi Village Marine Engineering Services Co., Ltd.

Ningbo Ganglong Shipping Co., Ltd.

Guizhou New Era Union Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd

Zhejiang Daishan Hongda Shipping Co., Ltd.

Shaoxing Tengyue Foreign Trade & Integrated Service Co., Ltd.

Yichang Guoyu Shipping & Transportation Co., Ltd.

Chongqing Minyu Shipping Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Fude Ship Technology Co., Ltd.

Fujian Qirun Trading Co., Ltd.

Ningde Anxinda Shipping Co., Ltd.

Zhoushan Jiarun Shipping Co., Ltd.

Ningbo Haizhou Logistics Co., Ltd

Forward Marine Limited

Zhejiang Xinjiahai Shipping Co., Ltd.

Yong Feng Shipping S.A.

Fullcare Holdings Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Haisheng Shipping Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Hangping Glass Co., Ltd.

Daxin Shipping (Nantong) Co., Ltd.

Zhejiang Enjie Shipping Co., Ltd.

Taizhou Zhongzhen Shipping Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Longxiang Shipping Co., Ltd.

Various domestic shipping, logistics, port, and energy companies

Experience

Honver Lee is a Senior Partner at SGLA Law Firm, and holds the position of Deputy Director of the Maritime and Admiralty Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association. He is also a member of the Shipping Law Committee of the China Institute of Navigation and a mediator at the Baoshan Pan Asia International Commercial Mediation Center of Shanghai.

With years of accumulated practice experience and the solid background in shipbuilding and insurance sectors, Honver Lee specializes in maritime and admiralty, insurance, and international commercial litigation and non-litigation legal services. He is adept at providing practical and tailored legal solutions to meet the needs of his clients.

Honver Lee and shipping team of SGLA, have been consistently recognized in the shipping category of The Legal 500 from 2022 to 2025. Furthermore, he has been invited multiple times to contribute to the Chambers Global Guides of China Law and Practice.

Languages Spoken

Mandarin, English

Work Highlights

1.Represented Yangtze River Nanjing Navigational Engineering Bureau in the 2022 collision case involving MV Changjing 9 and MV Deqin 77 in the Yangtze River Estuary, recognized as the typical maritime case of 2023 by the Supreme People's Court.

2.Represented Zhanjiang Fengyong Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. in a marine insurance dispute with Ping An Insurance company concerning MV Fengyong 2.

3.Represented Jiangsu Weilon Shipping Co., Ltd. in the 2008 collision case involving MV Weilon 06 and MV Mirada Rose, recognized as Guiding Case by the Supreme Court for its significance in determining collision liability.

4.Represented PICC in the 2016 collision case involving MV Zhongheng 9 and MV Changrongmen in the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River.

5.Represented for Nanjing Port Co., Ltd. in the 2018 indirect collision and allision case involving MV Huarundianli 8", MV Jiayang 6 and Nanjing Port's terminal, recognized as the typical cases of supporting the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt of 2019 by Wuhan Maritime Court.

6.Represented Ningbo Haizhou Logistics Co., Ltd. in the bill of lading dispute against Wangcheng Co., Ltd. and Shandong Xingzhen Trade Co., Ltd.

7.Represented Ningbo Haizhou Logistics Co., Ltd. in the grounding incident of the MV Xinhaizhou 2 due to severe weather near Ishigaki Island, Japan, in 2023.

8.Represented Ningbo Haizhou Logistics Co., Ltd. in the general average case of MV NS QINGDAO in 2021.

9.Represented PICC in the repair explosion incident involving MV IONA in 2023.

10.Provided legal service to Zhejiang Jishun Company in the sale of MV Jishun 88 and MV Jishun 168 series chemical vessels in Indonesia.

11.Provided legal service to the shipowner of the MV Chao Yue 19 in the long-term charterparty.

12.Provided legal service to China Life Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd in the allision incident of MV Zhenyuanshun, effectively facilitating negotiations and providing solutions for damage compensation.

13.Represented the shipowner of MV Anruida in a voyage charterparty contract dispute.

14.Provided legal service to shipowner of the wind farm installation vessel MV Liaohe 1, including the preliminary handling and insurance claims.

15.Provided legal service to the shipowner in the collision incident involving the MV Fenghai 18 and MV Huifeng 6799, where subsequent collisions involving five vessels and MV Huifeng 6799.

16.Represented PICC in the marine insurance contracts disputes involving MV Xinli 11 and MV Grand Fortune 1.

17.Represented Ganglong Development Co., Ltd. in the significant collision incident involving MV Ganglun Development and MV Xinyuanlong 6 in 2023.

18.Represented Angang Group International Trade Corporation Ltd. in the collision incident involving MV OMEGA and MV MIRABELLA in the Yangtze River Estuary in January 2024.

19.Represented Zhejiang Enjie Shipping Co., Ltd. in the allision incident involving MV Enjie 11 and the Hengli Company’s dock in 2024.

Awards