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Provided by Joanie (Jie) Zhang

Greater China Region

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Attorney ZHANG is an expert in handling affairs concerning employment dispute resolution, cross-border employment arrangements under multiple jurisdictions, restriction and resignation negotiations for key employees, employee background and integrity investigation, large-scale strikes handling, and group-based HR compliance management, etc.

1. Offering Services Globally with a Thorough Knowledge of Both Foreign and Chinese Laws

Attorney ZHANG could fully understand the cultural differences between the East and the West and then to flexibly apply her insights in dealing with legal projects requiring multinational collaboration. In handling cross-border affairs, attorney ZHANG is always able to effectively resolve conflicts between foreign and Chinese laws, for which she can design solutions that are both in line with Chinese legal norms and compliant with Western corporate values and ideas, thus greatly satisfying the integration demands of her global clients.

2. Comprehensive Service Expert in Anti-Fraud Field, Preferred Choice of Foreign-Funded Enterprises

Due to the fact that private investigators, such as private detectives, are not recognized in Chinese laws, it is difficult for multinationals to collect valuable evidence on their own concerning employee fraud incidents at home. Even if multinationals have their own investigators, the evidence they collect is often rejected by judicial authorities on the grounds of not being compliant with the provisions of Chinese laws. With her experience in focusing on criminal affairs from 1994 to 2000, attorney ZHANG has accumulated rich experience in collecting and screening evidence, achieving a breakthrough in testimony, etc. Furthermore, her rich litigation experience has endowed her with strict logical thinking, for which she is able to keenly detect the characteristics of cases involving civil and criminal proceedings in compliance investigations and then to make comprehensive arrangements orderly, thus cracking down on employee fraud forcefully and helping clients recover losses and dismiss related employees in a lawful way.

3. Quelling Layoff: A Top-Notch Lawyer in Employment Dispute Resolution, Keeping up with the Latest Trend in Judicial Practice

Practicing law for thirty years, attorney ZHANG has always been appearing in courts and arbitration tribunals herself. Consequently, she has a first-hand understanding of the trend of case handling, the styles of various personnel, and the adjudicative factors of different cases, thus being able to handle emergencies and complex employment disputes with ease in a flexible and adaptable manner. Rich experience in employment dispute resolution has led to her high success rate, which has also helped her attract a large number of foreign clients, with whom she has maintained a long-term and stable partnership.

Career

Joanie has been serving as a lawyer for almost 30 years.

Lawyer, Zhuhai Huaxin Law Firm, 1994-1995;

Lawyer, Founding Partner, Zhuhai Chenguang Law Firm, 1995-2007;

Lawyer, Partner, Guangdong Yataishidai Law Firm, 2007-2015;

Lawyer, Senior Partner, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices, LLP (Zhuhai), from 2015

Professional Memberships

- The leader of the Employment and Labour Group of Dacheng China Region;

- Deputy Secretary-General of Dacheng’s Belt and Road Initiative Construction Centre and the Manufacturing Industry Committee;

- Deputy Secretary-General of Dacheng’s Commission of Manufacturing Industry

- Member of the Management Committee of Dacheng Zhuhai Office;

- Member of the Zhuhai Municipality’s Belt and Road Legal Service Expert Pool;

- Arbitrator at the Zhuhai International Arbitration Court;

Expert in these Jurisdictions

PRC;

Hong Kong SAR.

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Cantonese

Education

Shantou University

Bachelor of Law

1988 - 1992

Awards

Leading Foreign-Related Lawyer in Guangdong Province

Bar Association of Guangdong Province

2017

Top 1000 Foreign-Related Lawyers in China

Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China

2019

Recommended Lawyer in the Field of Labor and Employment

The Legal 500

2022

Recommended Lawyer in the Field of Labor and Employment

The Legal 500

2023

Nominated 2023 Woman Lawyer of the Year: South China & Central China

Asian Legal Business

2023

Band 4 for Corporate/Commercial: Guangdong: Contentious (PRC Firms)

Chambers and Partners

2024

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