Zhengdong Liu

Practice Areas

Restructuring and Insolvency (Bankruptcy Liquidation, Reorganization and Reconciliation)，Corporate investment and M&A, Real Estate,

Career

Mr. Liu is a partner at Junhe Law Firm, and has been recognized as a First Grade Lawyer in Shanghai. He began practicing law in 1994 and has extensive experience in providing sophisticated legal services in the areas of Real Estate, Corporate investment and M&A, Restructuring and Insolvency (including Bankruptcy Liquidation, Reorganization and Reconciliation).

Professional Memberships

Admitted to practice law in the PRC in 1993

Recognized as a First Grade Lawyer in Shanghai in December 2021

Currently serves as an arbitrator on the panel of the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (a.k.a. Shanghai International Arbitration Centre) (SHIAC)

Currently serves as an arbitrator on the panel of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC)

Member of INSOL International

Publications

Published "Explorations on Overcoming Challenges in the Restructuring of Real Estate Enterprises" – 2025

Editor-in-Chief of "Community Common Legal Dispute Mediation Handbook: Volumes on Lawyer Mediation Cases, Judge Mediation Cases, People's Mediation Cases, Labor Disputes, Consumer Disputes" – 2010

Editor-in-Chief of "Community Common Legal Dispute Mediation Handbook: Volumes on Juvenile-Related Disputes, Yuan Yuequan's Art of Mediation, Housing Disputes, Yuan Yuequan Mailbox, Property Disputes" – 2009

Editor-in-Chief of "Community Common Legal Dispute Mediation Handbook (Volumes on Elderly-Related Disputes, Property Management Disputes, Neighboring Disputes, Personal Injury Compensation, Marriage and Family Disputes)" – 2008

Personal

Mr. Liu previously served as President of the 8th Shanghai Lawyers Association and was the founding President of the Shanghai Bankruptcy Administrators Association.He currently holds various social positions, including:

• Executive Council Member of the All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA);

• Vice President of the Bankruptcy Law Research Society of the Shanghai Law Society (SLS);

• Deputy to the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress;

• Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Shanghai Bankruptcy Administrators Association (SHABA); and

• Arbitrator at relevant arbitration institutions.

Clients

Dahua (Group) Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Golden Bund Group Development Co., Ltd.

Shanghai YiGuo E-Commerce Co.,Ltd.

Shanghai Dongying Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

HUREVOR Limited

Shanghai Sheshan Country Club Co., Ltd.

Work Highlights

Human Horizons is a group company integrating the R&D, production, and sales of new energy vehicles. Its premium intelligent electric vehicle brand, HiPhi, enjoys high market recognition. Since 2023, due to factors such as the economic downturn, intensified competition in the NEV sector, and difficulties in fundraising, Human Horizons gradually fell into an operational crisis, and was forced to suspend production and operations on February 18, 2024.

Since the court accepted the pre-restructuring case of Human Horizons (Jiangsu) Technology Co., Ltd. on August 8, 2024, Mr. Liu Zhengdong, as the head of the administrator, has led his team to strive to sustain the company's operations, preserve its restructuring value, and ensure basic after-sales services for HiPhi vehicles by pooling funds, revitalizing assets, and introducing common benefit debt investments. Meanwhile, facing nearly 4,000 employees (and employee creditors) and over 2,500 individual and institutional creditors, Mr. Liu has taken charge of organizing and advancing key tasks such as the filing and verification of creditor claims, property inventory and maintenance, financial auditing and asset appraisal, investor recruitment, and due diligence and negotiations with prospective investors. He has worked diligently to maintain social stability and spare no effort to help Human Horizons achieve a breakthrough and rebirth. Ultimately, the draft reorganization plan was approved by an overwhelming majority of all classes of creditors and the shareholders group. After the expiration of the 15-day objection period, the Yancheng Economic and Technological Development District People's Court legally ruled on April 2, 2026, to approve the reorganization plan of Human Horizons and terminate the reorganization proceedings. Human Horizons has finally ushered in the dawn of a successful reorganization and a new lease on life.

Industry Sector Expertise

Real Estate，Corporate

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Mainland China

Languages Spoken

Chinese

Experience

Mr. Liu joined JunHe LLP in early 2022 and practices law at its Shanghai office.

Mr. Liu has been practicing law since 1994. He focuses on providing advisory and special legal services to help clients prevent legal disputes, and is committed to delivering high-quality and efficient litigation and non-litigation legal services through a team-based and specialized approach. Over his thirty-year career, Mr. Liu has successfully represented a large number of litigation and arbitration cases involving land use rights transfer, real estate joint development, construction projects, corporate investment, and state-owned asset transfer. He has also handled numerous projects relating to voluntary corporate liquidation, corporate debt restructuring or pre-restructuring, and court-supervised reorganization.

Education

Awards