Jiong Zhang

Practice Areas

Construction & Project Development, Compliance & Investigation, Health, Safety & Environmental Protection

Professional Memberships

Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration

Personal

Mr. Zhang focuses on construction law for over 20 years, covering construction matters concerning real estate, infrastructure and energy projects. Mr. Zhang has extensive experience in, among other things, bidding and bid invitation, construction and engineering management, project settlement risk control and dispute resolution for construction projects. He has represented and assisted high-profile clients in domestic landmark projects, such as China Zun, Universal Studios Beijing, Samsung Beijing headquarters, and BMW’s plant and served leading Chinese contractors in their overseas endeavors, with the list including CEEC, TBEA, and Chalieco. Mr. Zhang’s professionalism is evidenced by the accolades given by prominent industry watchers, which include:

Chambers and Partners: Asia-Pacific Outstanding Younger Partners (2013); Band 3 (2014-2018) and Band 2 (2019-2022) in Construction Law;

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Key Lawyer in Construction (2017-2022);

Benchmark Litigation: Dispute Resolution Star in Construction (2018-2022);

Recommendations from IFLR1000 and ALB for many years in a row.

Work Highlights

Real Estate

• Semiconductor centers, data centers, R&D centers and factories

• Advised HOYA on its construction of its plant in Chongqing

• Advised ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on the construction of its plant in Beijing

• Advised TSINGHUA UNIGROUP on the construction of its chip plants in Nanjing and Chengdu

• Providing contract drafting legal services to China Banking and Insurance Information Technology Management Co., Ltd. for the construction of its data center (phase I) in Ulanqab

• Advised INVISTA on its nylon plant in Shanghai (largest in the world)

• Providing contract review/drafting legal services to China Banknote SICPA Security Ink Co., Ltd. for the construction of its factory

• Provided contract review/drafting legal services to Beijing Wannuotong Technology Co., Ltd. for the construction of its AIoT data center in Gu'an, Hebei

• Advised SC Capital on the construction of its data centre project in Shanghai

• Advised Lenovo China on the agent-construction model for Lenovo's data center

• Advised Byte Dance on the whole-process construction of its headquarter in Beijing

• Advised Xiaomi on the whole-process construction of its R&D center in Wuhan

• Advised KINGSOFT on the whole-process construction of its supporting centre in Tianjin

• Provided whole-process legal services to the People’s Bank of China on the construction of its clearing center (CNCC)

• Advised the People’s Bank of China on the bidding and bid invitation and project management relating Shanghai Credit Reference Centre

• Advised the People’s Bank of China on the whole-process construction of its anti-money-laundering centre project in Shanghai

• Advised CICC on the whole-process construction of its office building in Shenzhen

• Advised New China Life on the whole-process construction of its operation centres in Guangzhou, Hefei and Shenzhen

• Advised Taikang Life on the whole-process construction of Taikang Health Management and Research Centre in Beijing

• Advised DRÄXLMAIER, a well-known German automotive component manufacturer, on matters concerning its plants in Shenyang

• Advised Firmenich Aromatics on the tender process of its factoryin Hebei

• Advised Safran Aircraft Engines on its research centre in Guizhou

• Advised Cummins on the construction of its research centre in Shanghai and Wuhan

• Advised ABB on the construction of its plant in Beijing

• Advised Volkswagen on the construction of its headquarters in Beijing and automotive transmitter plant in Tianjin

• Advised BMW on the construction of its plants, factories, training bases in China

• Advised Schneider on review of its EPC contract for its factory in Wuxi

• Advised FEV on the whole-process development and construction of its research centre phase I and II in Hebei

• Advised Germany Engineering Alliance (GEA) on the review of EPC contract for its factory expansion project in Suzhou

• Advised Schechers on the review of EPC contract for its logistic warehouse project in Suzhou

• Advised Harsco Corporation on the construction bidding and bid invitation for its iron and steel industrial waste handling projects in Henanon and on its subway equipment supply project

• Advised Kraft China on drafting the main contract for its industrial plant in Suzhou

• Advised Air Products and Chemicals on its EPC tendering process for its production lines in Hebei

• Advised Louis Dreyfus Commodities on the whole-process EPC construction of its sugar refinery project in Fujian

• Advised a well-known European contractor on its bid for a large chemical industrial project operating under EPCM model

• Advised Hyder Consulting East Asia on its bidding as a member of the island and tunnel construction consortium for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project

• Advised Blue Scope, an Australian listed company, on its participation of an EPC project in China

• Advised Samsung China on the contracting model for the construction of its industrial plants in China

• Advised SK on the contract review for its industrial plant project in Chengdu

• Advised Baker Hughes on its industrial plant project in Tianjin

• Advised Hines on the whole-process development and construction of its supply chain logistics project in Guangdong

• Advised Hanas Group on the construction of LGN port in Putian, Fujian (whole-process legal services)

• Advised Minmetals Exploration and Development on the construction of its graphite mining and processing plant in Heilongjiang (whole-process legal services)

• Advised China Southern Airlines on the whole-process construction of its logistics centre, Hangar, inflight food supply and office buildings in Beijing Daxing International Airport

• Advised China Eastern Airlines on its infrastructure projects all over China

• Advised Lenovo China on its manufacturing base projects all over China including in Beijing, Wuhan, and Hefei (whole-process legal services)

• Advised a subsidiary of CITIC group on Design & Build of urban infrastructure of Binhai New City in Shantou

• Advised Zhong Hai Natural Gas on an LNG EPC project in Guizhou

• Advised Guangzhou Shunde Shunkong Environment Investment Co., Ltd. on the tendering process of the major equipment (such as boilers) of a thermal project

• Advised Wufeng of China Resources on the tendering process for the Xilin Gol beef cattle processing production line EPC project

• Provided contract review legal services to Sanfeng Environment on the contract review for a Garbage incineration power plant

• Advised on Shantou Su-ai Tunnel PPP Project

• Advised China State Construction Group on Xuzhou Guanyin Airport, Third Ring North Road and urban rail transit BT projects

Medical and Healthcare Industry

• Advised Smith & Nephew Orthopedics on drafting of PM contract and GC contract for its plant transformation project in Beijing

• Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific on the construction of its plant in Hangzhou

• Advised BD on the construction of its production plants in Suzhou

• Advised Qingdao Qingxihuada Gene Co., Ltd. on the construction of its genetic test kit plant in Qingdao under agent-construction model

• Advised Junzheng Group on the construction of its blood products factory in Hebei (whole-process legal services)

• Advised Rongsheng Pharmaceutical of China Pharmaceutical Group on the tendering process of its blood products factory project in Chengdu

• Advised Xuanwu Hospital on the construction of a new ward building (whole-process legal services)

• Acted as annual retainer in construction law for Taikang Healthcare

Mr. Zhang ’s bio can be found here: https://en.zhonglun.com/team/zhangjiong.html

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Experience

Zhong Lun Law Firm, 200104 to present

One of the ministries and commissions under the PRC State Council, 199607-199909

Expert in these Jurisdictions

PRC Bar, 2002