Zhang Mingzhi
Senior Partner
Areas of practices

Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Disposal of Non-performing Assets, Corporation and Investment,

Practice experience
Lawyer Zhang Zhizhi is good at commercial arbitration and litigation.

Lawyer Zhang has provided legal services to well-known domestic and foreign enterprises and units such as Softbank Group,Hillhouse Investment,Macquarie Group,Huakong Fund,CITIC Capital,Daren Group,Zhongzhi Group,Minmetals Group,PICC Property and Casualty Insurance,Haier Group,Gome Group,New World Real Estate,Beautiful China,Korea Mineral Resources Corporation,Peking University,etc.He has acted for China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission,Beijing Arbitration Commission Arbitration cases managed by multiple arbitration institutions such as the Shanghai Arbitration Commission,the Shanghai International Arbitration Center,and the Shenzhen International Arbitration Court,as well as litigation cases in multiple and multi-level courts in China,involving a wide range of commercial fields such as investment and financing,property insurance,construction projects,international trade,corporate governance,film and television entertainment,and artist brokerage,with a dispute amount of over 10 billion yuan.
Work experience

Zhang Zhizhi joined Gaopeng Law Firm in 2022

Before joining Gaopeng,he worked as a partner in Tongshang Law Firm and Jingtian Gongcheng Law Firm


Educational background

China University of Political Science and Law Undergraduate Law
Master of International Economic Law, City University of Hong Kong


Social positions

Mediator of Haidian District People's Court of Beijing Municipality
Member of Beijing Young Lawyers Public Welfare Legal Service Group
Member of Beijing Chaoyang District Arbitration and Mediation Business Committee


Awards

In 2019, Lawyer Zhang participated in the first "Chinese International Arbitration Competition" held by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC), winning the Beijing regional championship and the national runner-up
In June 2021, Lawyer Zhang was recommended as Future Star in the field of "commercial disputes" and "international arbitration" by Benchmark Litigation in China's first publication


Representative cases
Lawsuit / Arbitrate /
  • Representation of a listed company in prosecuting actor Gao Yunxiang, a case known in the industry as the "first case of bad performers," winning litigation for customers

  • Representation of a well-known investment holding group in three related financing agreement lawsuits against related parties, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 500 million yuan

  • Represented a state-owned enterprise in 11 related party lawsuits against a private enterprise, with the disputed subject matter exceeding 360 million yuan

  • Representation of an investment institution in an equity buyback lawsuit against the actual controller of a manufacturing enterprise, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding RMB 100 million

  • Representation of a property insurance company in an insurer's subrogation lawsuit against an electric power company, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 25 million yuan

  • Representation of a Beijing municipal state-owned enterprise in a lawsuit against a well-known time-honored enterprise over a housing lease contract, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 20 million yuan

  • Represented a Hong Kong listed company in filing a lawsuit against a subsidiary of a central enterprise, claiming construction project payment exceeding 20 million yuan

  • Representing an actor in responding to a breach of contract lawsuit filed by his brokerage company, the case went through two trials and ultimately helped the client achieve the optimal result of successfully terminating the contract without paying any compensation

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  • Representation of an entrepreneur and an internationally renowned investment institution in an equity transfer contract arbitration case filed by investors in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 10 billion yuan

  • Representation of a leading international investment bank in four interrelated arbitration cases involving foreign capital merger and acquisition contract disputes with more than ten parties before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. The subject matter of the dispute in this series of cases exceeds 1.4 billion yuan

  • Represented the Beijing Municipal Government in participating in the initiation of an industrial investment fund to arbitrate against two well-known investment institutions in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. The subject matter of the dispute exceeded 213 million yuan

  • Representation of a Croatian shipbuilding enterprise in the arbitration of an international goods sales contract initiated by a domestic steel company in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

  • Representing a Fortune 500 company in connection with an arbitration initiated by a joint venture company in Beijing Arbitration Commission, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 40 million yuan

  • Representing a subsidiary of a central enterprise in bringing an arbitration against a joint-stock company in the Shenzhen International Arbitration Court, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 40 million yuan

  • Representation of a real estate fund in an arbitration initiated by an internationally renowned supermarket chain enterprise in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, with the subject matter of the dispute exceeding 30 million yuan

  • Representation of a food company in a financial advisory agreement arbitration case initiated by a financial advisory company at the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, with the subject matter of the dispute amounting to nearly 2 million yuan

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Thesis and books

Is the ruling that the respondent's performance of debts to a third party under the contract constitutes "excessive adjudication"—— From the perspective of an arbitration case
The Standard of Contract Formation under CISG -- From the Perspective of an Arbitration Case
Does the effectiveness of the contract terms for the target company to repurchase the investor's equity welcome a definitive conclusion—— Brief review of the Supreme Court's No. 96 guidance case


Working language
  • Chinese
  • English
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