Zhenhua Wang

Practice Areas

Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration, Debt Restructuring & Non-performing Assets

Work Highlights

Retainer-based Legal Services

• Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly the Ministry of Land and Resources)

• Oil and Gas Resource Strategy Research Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources

• Shandong Gold Industry Investment Group

• China Minmetals Mining Holdings Co., Ltd.

• Inner Mongolia Junzheng Group

• Shanxi Qinxin Energy Group

• State Investment Group

• State Power Investment Corporation Limited

Land Projects

• Providing various types of legal consultation and advisory services for land use issues to the Ministry of Natural Resources and local land administrative departments; handled nearly a hundred administrative cases, such as rural collective land requisition and demolition

• Assisted the former Ministry of Land and Resources in conducting research on the “three land” reform pilot and drafting legislative proposals

• Assisted the Market Supervision Department of the National Land Use Control Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Research Office of the Supreme People’s Court in researching the issue of compulsory enforcement of idle land

• Assisted the former Ministry of Land and Resources in drafting relevant report materials on the land administrative adjudication system

• Prepared a research report on legal issues related to making collectively operated construction land available in the market for China National Chemical Corporation Real Estate Co., Ltd.

• Prepared a legal opinion on the past developments and legality of the land use rights for 450,000 mu of land (involving various types of land use such as state-owned farmland, forest land, and grassland) of Yili Resources Group Co., Ltd.

• Conducted investigations into the past developments of all the land (including collective land, allocated land, leased land, sold land, forest land, grassland, beach land, etc.) owned by Shanxi Qinnew Energy Group Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, and provided legal services, in particular plans and opinions, regarding legality of obtaining the land use, future land use under the new land management law, and rectification of defect in land use

• Provided legal opinions on the rural collective land use issues for a photovoltaic project in Jilin

• Provided legal services, in particular plans and opinions, for the issue of occupying collective land involved in a thermal power charging and revenue rights backed asset scheme of Shuifa Group Co., Ltd.

• Provided solutions for the collective land occupation issues of ski runs of the Chengde Ski Resort PPP project

• Prepared research and proposals on whether foreign-invested enterprises can apply for land use renewal after the expiration of allocated land, and conducted research on issues related to making the collectively operated construction land available in the market

M&A Projects Involving Mining Resources

• Advised on Minmetals Mining Holding Co., Ltd.’sacquisition of 51% equity stake in a mining company (iron ore, proven reserves of 2.484 billion tons)

• Advised on Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.’s acquisition of the Kyrgyz gold mine (3 million ounces) business of Shandong Gold Mining Resources Group Limited

• Advised China National Gold Group Corporation on its acquisition of a gold mine project in Laizhou (300 tons)

• Advised Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd. on its absorption of a Hong Kong-listed gold mine in Xinjiang

• Advised Shandong Gold Group on its acquisition of the Jiuzhou gold mine in Yantai (200 tons)

• Advised the lead-zinc mine trading project (3 million tons) between Yintai Resources, Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development, and Team 113 Pig Gongtang

• Advised Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. on the absorption of the Gannan gold mine in Gansu

• Advised Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of a series of dynamic coal projects (300 million tons) of the Inner Mongolia Jintai Energy Group

• Advised Omya Calcium Industry on its acquisition of four marble mining projects in Sichuan and Henan

• Advised Omya Calcium Industry on its acquisition of a marble mining project in Guangxi

• Advised Southwest Mining and Energy Group on its acquisition of the Rushan gold mine project in Shandong

• Advised Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development on its acquisition of a gold mine project in Xinjiang and a lead-zinc mine project in Inner Mongolia

• Advised Guangzhou Yufeng Quarry Co., Ltd. on mining license extension in an acquisition and merger project

• Advised Xinda Zhongrun Mihyun on restructuring/shutdown of Yunye iron mine and an eldercare project

• Advised Xinhua Power Jiangxi Xinhua Mining Development Co., Ltd. on its equity transfer project

• Advised Hao Hua Energy on its acquisition of a coal mine project in Inner Mongolia with an annual production of 8 million tons

Debt Restructuring Projects in the Mining and Energy Sectors

• Advised China Merchants Bank Shanxi Branch on restructuring a debt of CNY 6.7 billion for Meijin Coking Coal Group

• Advised on the CNY 10 billion debt restructuring of Taixi Coal Group by Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch and other debt committees

• Advised on the CNY 20 billion debt restructuring of Baogang Group, rare earth, and iron ore by Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch and other debt committees

• Advised Bank of China Bayannaoer Branch on the bankruptcy and reorganization project of Jianxin Group

• Advised Jingneng Group on its Xilin coal-to-liquids 2*5.5 million tons brown coal upgrading, pyrolysis and grading comprehensive utilization and disposal project

• Advised Huainan Mining Industry Co., Ltd. on the auditing and rectification of a special large-scale coal mine in Shaanxi for acquisition

• Advised Inner Mongolia Energy Group on the Haizita equity restructuring and equity transfer project

• Advised Inner Mongolia Energy Group on its 11 coal mine resource recovery and reorganization projects

• Advised on the State Power Investment Corporation-Junzheng Chaha Well Field Resource and Equity Restructuring Project

• Advised on the Yinpangu Well Field restructuring project by Shandong Energy, Inner Mongolia Ruisheng, and four other enterprises

• Advised Yintai Gold on its debt restructuring project for a gold mine in Mangshi, Yunnan

Mining Dispute Resolution

• Handled over 200 administrative litigation cases, including over 20 mining disputes, on behalf of the Ministry of Land and Resources

• Represented Shandong Huayuan Venture Capital in a dispute with Anhui Xulou Iron Mine, a listed company of Shandong Geological and Mineral Corporation, over a gambling contract

Ms. Zhenhua Wang’s bio can be found here: https://en.zhonglun.com/team/wangzhenhua.html

Professional Memberships

Director, Law Society, Chinese Society of Land and Resources

Executive Director, Mining Resources Law Branch, Chinese Society of Geological and Mineral Economics

Member, Energy Law Research Association, China Law Society

Personal

Ms. Zhenhua Wang is well-versed in policies in natural resource and energy, particularly those concerning mineral resources, land, and new energy. She has been providing professional legal services in mineral resources and new energy and first-level land transfer markets, demonstrating an impressive track record in legal advice and retainer-based counsel for matters including investment and mergers and acquisitions, corporate policies, corporate compliance management, debt restructuring, major civil, commercial, and administrative dispute resolution in the mineral and energy sectors. Ms. Wang has served as legal advisor to the Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly the Ministry of Land and Resources) for six years, and provided legal services to well-known mining SOEs and large listed companies such as Minmetals Group, China National Gold Group, Zijin Group, Beijing Energy Group, Haohua Energy, Shandong Gold Group, Chifeng Gold, Lianmei Group, Taixi Coal Group, Junzheng Group, Hui Energy Group, Yitai Group, Bank of China Inner Mongolia Branch, Ping An Inner Mongolia Branch, and Zhujiang Inner Mongolia Qingchunt Tower. In terms of academic works, Ms. Wang edited and published “Mining Language: Legal Practices of Mining Focus Issues” and was commissioned by the China Mining Association to edit “China Mining Legal Review (2022)”.

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Experience

Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, August 2015 to present

Partner, Beijing Yuren Law Firm, October 2010 - August 2015

Investment Manager, VMS Investment Group in Hong Kong, December 2007 - October 2010

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