Jing Sun

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (PRC Firms)

Career

Jing SUN is a Senior Equity Partner at Beijing DHH Law Firm and serves as the Director of the Dispute Resolution Business Centre and Co-Director of the Shenzhen Office at DHH Law Firm.

Attorney SUN graduated from Peking University Law School and pursued extensive studies in arbitration law theory and practice under the guidance of leading domestic arbitration law experts.

After graduation, he joined the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Court (“BIAC”) as a senior case manager. During his five-year tenure at BIAC, he handled 512 cases with a total claim amount exceeding CNY 6 billion.

In 2013, Attorney SUN entered Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd. (“BAIC”), the largest state-owned enterprise in Beijing and a Fortune Global 500 company. He successively served as the director of the group’s Corporate Dispute Resolution Centre and the Chief Legal Advisor of Beijing Automotive Asset Operation Management Co., Ltd. Throughout his five-year term at BAIC and its subsidiaries, he managed all legal disputes, overseeing 83 arbitration cases with a combined claim amount of CNY 9.2 billion.

Since transitioning into private legal practice in 2018, Attorney SUN has represented clients in arbitration cases involving claims exceeding CNY 8.3 billion, with several cases having significant industry impact.

Professional Memberships

Civil Law Research Institute, Beijing Law Society

Part-time researcher at the Arbitration Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law.

Clients

Attorney SUN’s past major clients have been primarily concentrated in state-owned enterprises and large private enterprise groups. He has provided dispute resolution legal services to major state-owned enterprises, listed companies, and Fortune Global 500 companies such as CITIC Capital Holdings Limited, China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Corporation, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd., China National Aviation Fuel Group Limited, Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd., and MASTER KONG.

Since 2021, Attorney SUN has also begun providing dispute resolution services for a select few ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Focusing on providing legal services to large enterprises and elite individuals, his profound professional competence has attracted more high-end clients, affording him the opportunity to handle more complex high-end cases.

Work Highlights

One of Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel praised Attorney SUN, stating, “Attorney Jing SUN has long served in China’s leading arbitration institutions and served as legal director of large companies. He is not only familiar with the arbitration procedures of various arbitration institutions but also with the special industry rules of finance, automobiles, and investment. Attorney SUN’s triple professional experience (arbitration institution staff + legal affairs + lawyer) always enables him to provide different analysis perspectives and viewpoints on cases.”

Experience

Attorney SUN boasts an educational background from one of China’s leading law schools and has been mentored by top legislative experts in the domestic arbitration field. With nearly sixteen years of experience in arbitration, he has worked in arbitration institutions and state-owned enterprises, enabling him to integrate both institutional and client perspectives in handling arbitration cases. Attorney SUN specialises in representing significant and complex cases heard by various arbitration institutions.

He has handled numerous complex commercial litigation cases heard by the Supreme People’s Court and various provincial High People’s Courts, demonstrating his adept litigation and arbitration skills, as well as his extensive expertise in dispute resolution negotiation strategies.

Languages Spoken

Mandarin, English

Education