Rocky (Chaoyi) Ji

Practice Areas

Distribute Resolution

Career

2011 - Present East & Concord Partners, Head of Dispute Resolution Department, Managing Partner of Beijing Office

Professional Memberships

China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

Chongqing Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator

APEC Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Service, Neutral

Singapore International Mediation Center, Specialist Mediator

Rule of Law Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of China Democratic League, Member

Beijing Foreign-related Rule of Law Research Institute, Supervisor

Commercial Arbitration Committee of the 12th Beijing Lawyers Association, Deputy Director

Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association, Member of the Council

International Exchanges and Cooperation Committee of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association, Director

Expert on the List of Lawyers with Expertise in Foreign-Related Legal Services of the Beijing Lawyers Association

Expert invited by the World Bank in the Doing Business project from 2018 to 2021 in the field of small investor protection & enforcing contracts in China

Independent director of the listed company (688503) in the Chinese stock market (The Science and Technology Innovation Board; the STAR Market)

Publications

- Legal Issues that Enterprises Should Pay Attention to in Handling Commercial Contract Disputes under Epidemic, published in China Lawyer.

- The Legal Nature Analysis of Epidemics and its Impacts, published on the official website of CIETAC.

- Opinions on the Establishment of China International Commercial Court by the Supreme People’s Court and the Development of Judicial Review of Foreign Arbitration in China, an exclusive interview by China Trade Daily.

Experience

Mr. JI Chaoyi is the partner of Beijing East & Concord Partners Law Firm, the Managing Partner of the Beijing office, the Head of the Dispute Resolution department.

Mr. Ji is listed in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Chongqing Arbitration Commission, as an arbitrator. Mr. Ji is the neutral of APEC Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Service, and the specialist mediator appointed by Singapore International Mediation Center.

Mr. Ji serves the member of Rule of Law Committee of Beijing Municipal Committee of China Democratic League, the supervisor of Beijing Foreign-related Rule of Law Research Institute. Mr. Ji also serves the lawyers community: he is the Deputy Director of Commercial Arbitration Committee of the 12th Beijing Lawyers Association, the Member of the Council of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association and the Director of International Exchanges and Cooperation Committee.

Mr. Ji specializes in commercial arbitration and litigation. He has served as counsel for many Fortune Global 500 companies across a wide range of industries, including PE/CV, engineering, automobiles, and quality disputes of mechanical and electronic equipment. Some of Mr. Ji's clients include The Coca-Cola Company, IBM, Honeywell, GE, Tishman Speyer, DXC, Garrett Motion, Ameropa, ConocoPhillips, Carrefour, Hitachi, China CITIC Bank, China Merchants Capital, CCB International, Hony Capital, China National Building Materials and Equipment Import & Export Corporation, Harbin Electric Company Limited, Beijing Enterprises Group, Beijing Holding Group, China Tower, and China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.

Mr. Ji actively practices in ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, SHIAC, BAC, SCIA arbitration. For many years, Mr. Ji has been recommended by Chambers and Partners in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-pacific Guide, and Chambers Greater China Region Guide as a leading lawyer of arbitration, included by The Legal 500 in the Arbitration Powerlist: China as one of the leading lawyers and arbitrators in China, awarded by Asialaw as the highest rated lawyer to work with in PRC dispute resolution in Client Service Excellence Ratings, included in China Business Law Journal's A-List as one of the top 100 PRC lawyers for years, ranked by Benchmark Litigation as a litigation star in China in the area of international arbitration, and recognized by LEGALBAND as one of the 15 top lawyers of arbitration. The cases represented by Mr. Ji and his team have been rated as Deal of the Year by China Business Law Journal for many years.