Qinghua Zhang

Practice Areas

Reorganization/Bankruptcy

Career

Dr. Zhang began her legal career in 1993 and previously practiced at Grandall Law Firm (Beijing). She has served as a member of the Tax Law Committee and the M&A/Restructuring/Non-performing Assets Disposal Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, Chief Supervisor of The Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and a Member of the Shenzhen Financial Technology Ethics Committee.

Dr. Zhang is a well-known lawyer in the financial field where she has achieved considerable success. She has provided long-term legal counsel to dozens of state-owned commercial banks, joint-stock banks, securities companies and insurance companies. Her areas of expertise include banking, securities, trust, insurance, corporate and financial institution mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, non-performing assets disposal, bond issuance, and asset securitization. Dr. Zhang has drafted and revised the standard contract texts of dozens of commercial banks, and has led major international and domestic syndicated loans, large-scale financing projects, investment banking transactions, venture capital projects and aircraft finance leasing projects. Her accomplishments in litigation and arbitration are remarkable. She has represented clients in numerous difficult and complex litigation cases heard by the Supreme People's Court of the PRC, recovering more than ten billions in clients losses. Some of her cases have been included in the Supreme People's Court's Civil Trial Guidance and Reference. She also serves as legal counsel to major central state-owned enterprises under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), including the Beijing SASAC and State Development & Investment Corporation (SDIC). In corporate restructuring, reorganization, and M&A, she has achieved significant results. At the same time, as a Certified Tax Agent, she regularly advises on tax strategy in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings.

Professional Memberships

Master tutor of Southwest University of Political Science and Law; Chinese certified tax agent; New York state foreign legal consultant; Beijing third-party supervision and evaluation expert of corporate compliance; Supreme People's Procuratorate "Excellent Civil Consulting Expert"; the third council of Beijing Bankruptcy Law Society executive director.

Publications

"Rebirth of Financially Distressed Enterprises --- Out-of-Court Non-Bankruptcy Debt Restructuring Practice"

"Creditor's Action Strategy --- Legal Practice Operation Guide for Debt Collection"

"Defense Guide and Risk Prevention in the Financial Crime Context"

Personal

Bachelor of Law (LLB), Southwest University of Political Science & Law;

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Peking University;

Master's Supervisor, Southwest University of Political Science & Law;

Doctor of Management, The University of Hong Kong;

Certified Tax Agent of China;

Foreign Legal Consultant of the State of New York, USA.

Awards