Jingjing Chen

Practice Areas

Ms. Chen is a partner in the Shanghai office of Haiwen & Partners. Ms. Chen has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of dispute resolution (commercial arbitration and litigation), specializing in complex cross-border and foreign-related disputes, and has extensive experience in complex contractual and tort disputes in the areas of automotive, pharmaceuticals, construction, international trade, investment and financing, and banking and finance. Ms. Chen sits as an arbitrator of Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC).

Career

Ms. Chen worked with Haiwen & Partners from 2005 to 2008. Before returning to Haiwen & Partners in October 2022 as a partner, she was a partner with the Shanghai office of Hui Zhong Law Firm and also worked in the Shanghai Office of Jun He Law Offices.

Work Highlights

Ms. Chen has represented Chinese and foreign clients in hundreds of litigation and commercial arbitration cases before the Supreme People's Court, other PRC courts at various levels, and a multitude of renowned foreign and domestic arbitration institutions.

Ms. Chen has substantial experience in the field of international commercial arbitration and has represented multinational and domestic companies in international commercial arbitration proceedings, either as leading counsel or in cooperation with international law firms and barristers, before renowned arbitration institutions, including among others, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Ms. Chen has long-standing cooperations with several international law firms, and she has provided expert opinions on Chinese law in various proceedings in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.

Ms. Chen specializes in providing efficient and practical legal services to domestic and foreign clients in disputes involving complex legal relationships and multiple parallel proceedings. As an example, she acted for a renowned multinational manufacturer against various financial institutions over their respective financing and cooperation agreements before PRC Court and arbitration institution in parallel, and handled the disputes arising therefrom between the company and a dozen of its distributing partners over indemnification and warranty claims before different arbitration institutions and simultaneously dealt with a number of derivative disputes against the end users over the title of equipment before PRC Courts of different districts and levels.

Ms. Chen also focuses on the automotive sector and leads an automotive industry disputes team responsible for the general corporate and dispute resolution matters for a number of clients in the automotive industry (including OEMs and auto parts manufacturers). Also, she acts as the leading counsel for a world-renowned German automobile manufacturer in its product liability disputes.