Work and Education Experience
• Worked as the manager of purchasing department of Dongjie(China) Electric Co., Ltd. from 1993 to 2003
• Worked as the senior partner and deputy director lawyer of Shanghai Zhongmao Law Firm from 2003 to 2015
• Graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law, and obtained the bachelor of law in 1993
• Qualified as a lawyer in PR China in 2004
Practice Field
• Mainly practices in large-scale infrastructure and real estate business, litigation and arbitration business, litigation and arbitration business, bankruptcy business and company business
• Serves as the legal advisor for numerous government agencies, large-scale state-owned enterprises and many major government projects. And have handled numerous major equity mergers and acquisition projects, syndicated loan projects and bond issue projects
Main Performance
• Serves as the legal advisor for numerous government agencies and large-scale state-owned enterprises such as the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo Coordination, Shanghai Housing and Urban-Rural Development Management Committee, Shanghai Bureau of Grain, Shanghai Municipal Investment Group Company, Shanghai Expo Development Group, Shanghai Shendi Group as well as for many major government projects, for example, Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Disneyland Park, Shanghai Hongqiao business district development and construction and Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in Shanghai.
• Have handled numerous major equity merger and acquisition, bond issue and listing projects, such as the project of the issue of 5 hundred million dollars international bond of Bright Food Group, the transfer of 10% shares of Chengtou Holding from Shanghai Municipal Investment Group to Hony Capital in the way of collecting the transferees openly, the financial investment project of Shanghai International Group Venture Capital Co., Ltd., the issue of RMB 4 billion corporate bonds of China 2010 Shanghai World Expo and the cash management projects of Bank of China and Shanghai World Expo Group
• Serves as the legal advisor for many major projects such as Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Disneyland, National Exhibition Centre and Shanghai Center Tower
• Have undertaken many investment promotion and operation projects such as the investment promotion and operation of Shanghai Hongqiao Integrated Transportation Hub traffic center and the recruitment and operation of Shanghai Center Tower J Hotel Management Company, as well as many syndicated loan projects, such as the syndicated loan project of Shanghai Changtai International Commercial Plaza and of Magnolia Plaza
• Have acted on nearly one hundred cases of litigation disputes, such as the equity transfer disputes of Shanghai Hongyuan Enterprise Development Co., Ltd. and the construction project disputes of Shanghai Electric Group
• Have completed the management work for a number of bankruptcy (compulsive) liquidation projects as the head of bankruptcy administrator
Honor Ranking
Lawyer Hongli Zou has received many honorary titles such as the national outstanding lawyer in social contradictions resolving and in harmony and stability maintaining, the outstanding female lawyer in Shanghai, Shanghai Lawyers Association advanced individual in serving the World Expo and the district attorney profession advanced individual. The work achievements of the team she leads are not only highly praised by the clients, but also are appeared on mass media such as Legal Daily, Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, Shanghai Wen Wei Po, Xinmin Evening News and China Lawyer.
Professional Affiliations
Lawyer Hongli Zou is now the legal advisor of Shanghai Municipal Housing Construction Commission, the legal advisor of Shanghai Bureau of Grain, an arbitrator of Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, an arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission, etc.
Working Language
• Chinese
• English
