Wei Zhijian
Senior Partner
Areas of practices

Corporation and Investment, Securities and Capital Market, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution,

Practice experience
Lawyer Wei Zhijian has been engaged in judicial work for 14 years.He joined the People's Court of Shunyi District of Beijing in 2004.He has been serving as Vice President of Houshayu Court of the People's Court of Shunyi District of Beijing since 2009.He was selected to the Beijing Higher People's Court in 2012 and served as Chief Justice of the Beijing Higher People's Court since 2014.During his tenure in the court,he twice won the third prize in the Beijing court system,and was the first pacesetter in the civil trial business of the Beijing court system.

In the field of construction engineering,the court heard disputes over construction projects involving the eastern expansion of the airport and the construction of the airport logistics park in the airport development zone area and the capital airport area.In the second instance of the rejection of a construction contract dispute between the appellant,a real estate company,and the respondent,a limited liability company,and the original defendant,a group company,which was tried in 2013,the legal relationship,responsibility,and jurisdiction between the employer,the contractor,and the actual constructor in the field of construction were elaborated in detail.In the second instance,the Supreme Court recognized the hearing opinion of the Beijing High Court.The judgment document in this case was evaluated as excellent judgment document by the Beijing Court.As a lawyer,I have represented in construction project contract dispute cases,including the Supreme Court,and have rich experience in the field of construction projects.

In the financial field,in 2013,I wrote an article to conduct a thematic study on financial loan contract disputes and insurance disputes in Beijing courts,and clarified the guiding opinions of Beijing courts on the centralized jurisdiction of two types of disputes,the trial of financial loan contract disputes and non performing creditor's rights recovery disputes,and the jurisdictional differences.There is more research and practice on financial non performing claims.

In terms of the business field of listed companies,from 2020 to early 2022,I was appointed by a law firm as the Head of Risk Control(Legal Affairs)of the group company,responsible for all investment and financing fields,contract risk prevention and control,litigation,dispute resolution,and other businesses of the group company,establishing regulations and systems to effectively achieve risk prevention and control.

Work experience
Lawyer Wei Zhijian joined Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm in January 2022 as a senior partner and lawyer

Before joining Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm,he served as a judge and deputy chief judge of the Shunyi District People's Court of Beijing,as well as a judge and presiding judge of the Beijing Higher People's Court

After becoming a practicing lawyer,Mr.Wei served as a senior partner and lawyer at Beijing Lantai Law Firm


Educational background
Master of Law of China University of Political Science and Law
Social positions

Arbitrator of Yulin Arbitration Commission
Member of Beijing Municipal Financial Mediation Committee
Member of the All China Lawyers Association
Member of Beijing Lawyers Association


Awards

Won the third prize in the Beijing court system twice
The first Beijing court system civil trial business pacesetter


Representative cases
Financial field / Construction engineering /
  • Design a claim scheme for a fund company's channel business, achieve the recovery of 70% of the loss compensation, and achieve creditor's rights through implementation

  • Leading the liquidation of corporate bond investment projects, achieving investment recovery of 460 million yuan; Take the lead in the disposal of bank claims and achieve a reduction of around 800 million yuan in bank claims

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  • Acting as an agent for a series of construction project contract disputes between a design company (EPC project general contractor) and the owner and construction general contractor in an airport construction project (2 cases, reviewed by the highest court)

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Thesis and books
Working language
  • Chinese
  • English
News
Articles/News/Credentials/Awards
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