Qi Zhou

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy and Restructuring

Career

1995-Present East & Concord Partners, Director of the Managing Committee & Founder Partner

1986-1995 Beijing Foreign Economic Law Firm, Associate

Professional Memberships

China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

The Cross Strait Arbitration Center, Arbitrator

Beijing Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

Hainan Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, Arbitrator

Qingdao Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

Law School of China University of Political Science and Law, Adjunct Professor

Law School of Wuhan University, Adjunct Professor

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Experience

Zhou is one of the founding partners of East & Concord Partners. Zhou graduated from the Economic Law Department of China University of Political Science and Law in 1986. In the same year, he began working at the Beijing Foreign Economic Law Firm and was licensed to practice in law in 1987. In 1995, as one of the founding partners, he presided over the establishment of Concord & Partners.

During his practising in law, Zhou undertook a large number of domestic and international economic and legal affairs, including but not limited to legal services in terms of establishment and operation of Sino US cooperation Antaibao Coal Mine Co., Ltd., Sino US joint venture Beijing Jeep Co., Ltd., Sino US joint venture McDonald's Food Co., Ltd., Philips (China) Co., Ltd., Nestle (China) Co., Ltd., Sino Japanese joint venture Beijing Panasonic Color CRT Co., Ltd., Beijing Wangfu Restaurant Co., Ltd., Beijing International Art Garden Crowne Plaza Hotel Co., Ltd., Beijing Sunworld Dynasty Hotel Co., Ltd; legal affairs of corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, domestic and foreign private equity, and listed projects of Sanjiu Enterprise Group, China International Tourism Trust and Investment Corporation, Shandong Electric Power Group Co., Ltd., Huaxia Bank Co., Ltd., Xinhua Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Taikang Insurance Co., Ltd., Agricultural Bank of China Guangdong Securities Co., Ltd., Great Wall Securities Co., Ltd., Xuzhou VV Food and Beverage Co., Ltd., Jinan Baotu Spring Beer Co., Ltd., ST Zhengzhou Baiwen Company Limited; hundreds of various commercial lawsuits and arbitrations involving Chinese and foreign clients, including China Minmetals Corporation, China Development and Investment Corporation, SinoSteel Corporation, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, CITIC Group, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, China Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd., ConocoPhillips (China) Co., Ltd., Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd., BHP Billiton, Siemens (China) Co., Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong China Resources (Group) Co., Ltd., and Hong Kong China Travel Service (Group) Co., Ltd.

Zhou is particularly skilled in dispute resolution legal affairs. During his practising in law, on the one hand, Zhou has represented clients in terms of a large number of major and difficult commercial litigation and arbitration cases; on the other hand, as a senior arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Zhou has handled hundreds of various arbitration cases and has a good reputation in the industry. From 2015 to 2018, Zhou was consecutively rated as a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Profiles; from 2016 to 2023, Zhou was named the Band 1 Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by LEGALBAND, and was rated as one of the Top 15 Litigators in China by ALB in 2016; in 2017, Zhou was nominated as the Star of Dispute Resolution by Asialaw Profiles; in 2019, Zhou was rated as one of the 100 Outstanding Lawyers in China (the A-list 2019) by China Business Law Journal. From 2021 to 2022, Zhou was named the Lawyer of the Year in the field of civil law in China by Finance Monthly - Legal Awards. From 2021 to 2023, Zhou was selected on the Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) Powerlist by the Legal 500. From 2024 to 2025, Zhou was selected for the Chambers Greater China Region Guide. In 2024, Zhou was selected for the Chambers Global Guide, and was awarded the title of “Eminent Practitioners” in “Dispute Resolution: Litigation”.