Zhao Wang

Practice Areas

George (Zhao) Wang a senior partner at JunHe and specializes in dispute resolutions, antitrust and compliance.

With more than 31 years of legal practice with JunHe, Mr. Wang has developed a well-deserved reputation for providing comprehensive, sensible, and forward looking legal services to clients in an effective and responsive manner. Mr. Wang was independently nominated by his clients as one of the most outstanding lawyers they had worked with as part of a global research of Thomson Reuters with senior in-house counsels, and is thus included in the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers database.

Mr. Wang has successfully conducted litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings in a broad variety of disputes. His areas of expertise in litigation and arbitration include providing constructive and practical dispute avoidance approaches, designing litigation and arbitration strategies, and representing clients at all stages of litigation and arbitration. He represented Johnson & Johnson in the first vertical monopoly agreement case ever litigated in China, organizing and presenting detailed expert testimony in advocating on behalf of the client. Mr. Wang is also experienced in complex litigation involving multiple parties and was one of the lead counsels in the well-known Danone v. Wahaha joint venture and trademark dispute. In this dispute, the parties filed dozens of claims against each other in various jurisdictions in and outside of China. Mr. Wang’s ability to strategize multiple litigation and arbitration proceedings was well tested and ultimately contributed to a satisfactory settlement by the parties. Mr. Wang is an arbitrator for the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center）and Shanghai Arbitration Commission. He was listed as a China Dispute Star by Benchmark Litigation, a Leading Lawyer for Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global/Asia-Pacific/China Region and an Asia Dispute Resolution Lawyer by Asia Legal Business (2025). He was recognized as Litigation: PRC Firms Lawyer of the Year" by The Legal 500 (2024), a China Top 15 Litigators (2020) by Asia Legal Business, a Distinguished Practitioner for Dispute Resolution by asialaw, and a Leading Litigation Lawyer and a Recommended Arbitration Lawyer by The Legal 500 . In additional, Mr. Wang was honored in the first Arbitration Powerlist China 2023 released by The Legal 500.

Mr. Wang has extensive experience in defending clients in a multitude of regulatory investigations and administrative proceedings for allegations of monopolistic practices, corruption, unfair competition, violation of advertising and food safety, and in advising clients on regulatory and antirust matters. Mr. Wang was recognized as a Leading Competition Lawyer by Who’s Who Legal: China and Lexology Index, and a Recommended Antitrust and Competition Lawyer by The Legal 500.

Career

· Practicing lawyer of the People’s Republic of China

· Arbitrator for the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center）

· Arbitrator for the Shanghai Arbitration Commission

Languages Spoken

Mandarin and English

Work Highlights

Represented Johnson & Johnson in the first vertical monopoly agreement case ever litigated in China

Defended a global well-known Coffee MNC in an action for alleged abuse of dominant market position filed by a local competitor before court and antitrust authority

Defended a global automobile MNC in an antitrust lawsuit filed by a consumer claiming for damages allegedly caused by its RPM conducted by the client

Represented Michael Jordan against Qiaodan Sports in the litigation regarding the infringement of Jordan’s right of name

Acted as one of the lead counsels in the well-known Danone v. Wahaha joint venture and trademark dispute, where the parties launched dozens of litigations and arbitrations against each other in different jurisdictions within and outside of China

Represented a global well-know tire MNC in a CIETAC arbitration regarding dispute on “Change of Circumstance”

Represented a global well-known IT solution MNC company in a complicated sales contract litigation

Represented a global well-know IT solution MNC in a complicated BOT service CIETAC arbitration

Represented a Korean invested company in a cinema advertising litigation

Represented a Electrical MNC China subsidiary in the product liabilities litigations caused by a fire accident

Represented a global well-known cosmetics MNC in the litigations launched by consumers regarding false advertising

Represented a MNC accounting firm in the arbitration/litigation regarding audit disputes

Represented a MNC Hong Kong subsidiary in an administrative litigation against a local Administration of Industry and Commerce, regarding unfair competition punishment

Represented a US based pharmaceutical MNC in an administrative hearing regarding a commercial bribery allegation

Represented a British based luxury car MNC in several litigation and arbitration proceedings launched by its distributor

Represented a delivery platform enterprise in an antitrust lawsuit filed by one of its competitors claiming for damages allegedly caused by its abuse of its dominant market position.

Represented a US based pharmaceutical MNC in an administrative hearing regarding a commercial bribery allegation

Represented a MNC in a M&A dispute before the CIETAC arbitration using UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

Advised a local well-known private pharmaceutical company on an antitrust investigation conducted by the State Administration for Market Regulation

Advised global automobile MNC on a public-known antitrust investigation conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission

Represented many MNC China subsidiaries in various sorts of regulatory investigations and administrative proceedings, for allegations of monopolistic practices, corruption, and unfair competition

Advised many clients regarding commercial bribery, competition law (anti-unfair competition, anti-monopoly), advertising, food safety, consumer protection and other compliance issues, and presented trainings

Professional Memberships

Member of All-China Bar Association

Education

Awards