Recently, two well-known legal rating agencies have successively released their annual heavyweight rankings. Lawyer Zhang Mingzhi, Senior Partner of Gaopeng Law Firm, has won two industry awards with his profound professional accumulation, rich practical experience, and high trust from clients. He has successfully made it onto the "Top 15 LEGALBAND China Lawyers Special Recommendation List for 2026: Investment Dispute Resolution" and the "Top 15 LegalOne Customer Trusted Lawyers: Investment and Financing Dispute Resolution", demonstrating his outstanding strength and industry influence in the field of investment and financing dispute resolution with double recognition.

Lawyer Zhang Mingzhi won an award

Top 15 LEGALBAND China Lawyers Special Recommendation List for 2026: Investment Dispute Resolution

LegalOne's Top 15 Trusted Lawyers: Investment and Financing Dispute Resolution

Introduction to listed lawyers

Zhang Mingzhi

Lawyer Zhang Mingzhi specializes in commercial arbitration and litigation services and officially joined Gaopeng Law Firm in 2022. Previously worked as a partner in two "red circle" law firms, and currently serves as a member of the Commercial Arbitration Legal Professional Committee of the Beijing Bar Association.

Since his practice, Lawyer Zhang has provided high-quality legal services to many well-known enterprises and units, such as Peking University, ByteDance, China Holdings Fund, Shiyu Capital, Shuangjing Pharmaceutical, CICC Data, Hualong Aviation, etc., and has accumulatively represented arbitration cases managed by multiple authoritative arbitration institutions, such as the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the Shanghai International Arbitration Center, as well as litigation cases in multiple courts at all levels across the country. The areas of dispute cover a wide range of business scenarios, such as equity disputes, corporate governance, securities disputes, construction projects, film and television entertainment, and artist brokerage, with an accumulated dispute amount of more than 10 billion yuan.

In terms of professional honors, Lawyer Zhang has repeatedly received industry recognition: in 2019, he won the championship and national runner up in the Beijing division of the first "International Arbitration Chinese Competition" organized by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); Recommended as a Future Star in the fields of "Commercial Disputes" and "International Arbitration" by Benchmark Litigation China's first publication in 2021; In 2023, it was awarded the title of LegalOne Stellar Accolade; In 2024, the "Entertainment Law Litigation Case" and "Arbitration Case of a Famous Fund Company Against Gambling" represented by him were respectively rated as "Distinguished" and "Exemplary" by LegalOne; Ranked on the Legal 500 China Elite list in November 2025- Dispute Resolution.

Reasons for LEGALBAND's inclusion on the list

Lawyer Zhang Mingzhi has long provided commercial arbitration and litigation legal services for financial institutions such as funds, securities, insurance, as well as large state-owned and private enterprises. He has accumulated rich practical experience in the field of investment and financing dispute resolution. Based on his previous experience in non litigation legal business in investment and financing, Lawyer Zhang is able to have a deeper understanding of the commercial logic in investment and financing disputes, and can effectively address the key issues in legal defense. His handling of commercial dispute resolution cases has achieved satisfactory agency results for clients.

LEGALBAND Customer Reviews

Lawyer Zhang Mingzhi has solid professional abilities and can accurately combine legal points with commercial demands. He is honest and trustworthy, rigorous in handling affairs, and good at communication, always putting the interests of clients first. Lawyer Zhang has a strong sense of responsibility and follows up on every aspect of the case to the end. The cases he handles have achieved the expected legal and commercial goals, making him a trustworthy long-term partner

Core Highlights of LegalOne Customer Trusted Lawyer List

With his superb skills in commercial arbitration and litigation, Lawyer Zhang has built a dispute resolution service system covering multiple industries and the entire process. He is skilled in integrating legal expertise and business practice insights to develop precise and effective solutions for complex investment and financing disputes. Whether it is high-value equity disputes, difficult securities disputes, or cross disciplinary commercial litigation, he can rely on rigorous case control and efficient communication and coordination to help clients achieve their expected legal and business goals, becoming a long-term trusted legal partner for clients.

LEGALBAND is a professional legal rating agency under the international media company Accurate Media. Its list selection takes into account multidimensional information such as law firm recommendations, lawyer self introductions, and customer feedback, combined with industry insights from resident research teams, to ultimately select top lawyers in various fields. The list has broad industry credibility.

LegalOne is a global business transaction and dispute resolution case study and evaluation agency that focuses on the practical abilities and experience of professionals. By evaluating the actual problem-solving effectiveness of declared cases, individual awards are awarded. Its rating services have passed ISO 9001:2015 international quality system certification, and the value of awards is highly recognized by the industry.