Commercial Dispute Resolution

• Represented a large scale state owned enterprise in commercial arbitration against a renowned real estate group and a subsidiary of a major construction engineering group over contractual disputes arising from the Wuhan Greenland Center Project, securing a favourable arbitral award for the client；

• Represented a well known shipping group in an unfair competition lawsuit against a listed company and obtained a victory, compelling the listed company to change its corporate name as well as stock code；

• Represented a subsidiary of a major steel conglomerate in commercial arbitration and related litigation over sales contract disputes against a large central SOE, successfully recovering full payment for the client；

• Handled a series of accounts receivable litigations for subsidiaries of a leading electrical enterprise covering construction projects and goods trading, with winning judgements obtained；

• Acted for a famous medical device manufacturer in serial sales contract disputes against its suppliers. During enforcement proceedings, countered evasive measures including malicious legal representative replacement, and achieved full recovery through enforcement;

• Represented a Fortune 500 US fastmoving consumer goods enterprise in a sales contract dispute with a well known department store operator and obtained a winning judgement;

• Advised a French luxury brand in contract disputes where consumers alleged fraudulent conduct;

• Represented a prominent trading enterprise in commissionagency contract litigation, recovering all outstanding receivables together with full return of goods.

Labor & Employment Dispute Resolution

• Represented a Fortune 500 US agricultural enterprise in numerous laborrelated cases and secured favourable judgements and awards;

• Resolved multiple employment disputes for a world famous US sportswear brand;

• Represented a leading US consumer goods company in a wide range of labor litigations with positive rulings;

• Handled numerous labor dispute matters for a major energy enterprise and delivered client satisfactory outcomes;

• Defended an internationally renowned testing institution in disputes with foreign employees and fully rejected the foreign employees’ claims;

• Defended a well known real estate enterprise against abusive claims filed by on site sales staff, obtaining full dismissal of employee claims;

• Represented a senior technical executive in non compete arbitration, defeating the company’s claim for liquidated damages for breach of non compete obligations;

• Represented a senior executive of a financial institution in a wrongful termination dispute triggered by internal corporate investigation. The arbitral tribunal confirmed unlawful dismissal and granted nearly RMB 600,000 in damages.

Labor & Employment Compliance (Non-litigation Work)

• Provided ongoing labor law advisory services for multiple renowned clients across finance, FMCG and heavy equipment manufacturing sectors;

• Participated in workforce reorganisation for corporate dissolution of a major French enterprise, covering over 500 employees;

• Delivered workforce optimisation project for a leading US security equipment enterprise, achieving a 100 % signing rate for settlement agreements;

• Participated in workforce optimisation project for a top pharmaceutical enterprise affecting nearly 100 staff members.

Maritime, Shipping Finance & International Trade

• Represented a prominent shipyard in civil special proceeding for confirmation of arbitral agreement validity, and obtained a ruling confirming the non existence of the purported arbitration agreement;

• Represented a well known shipping conglomerate and its subsidiaries in multiple shipping related cases with successful results;

• Advised an international trading enterprise on disputes stemming from mineral cargo transactions involving two Australia bound vessels;

• Assisted export oriented trading clients with legal solutions for non take up of goods at destination ports;

• Represented a US funded shipping line in container detention charge litigations arising at Dalian Port;

• Acted for a Marshall Islands registered ship owner in domestic litigation over vessel repair contracts;

• Participated in cross border litigation for a leading domestic ship owner in Panama, including proceedings for vessel arrest release;

• Advised leading financial leasing companies on ship finance leasing transactions, coordinating vessel title and mortgage registrations in Panama, Marshall Islands and Liberia;

• Managed multiple cross border ship leasing projects for major financial leasing institutions, coordinating local counsel across jurisdictions to facilitate deal closing;

• Delivered day to day legal advisory retainer for an international logistics company based in Shanghai;

• Provided ongoing legal counsel on shipping related matters for a well known leasing enterprise.

Apr 2018  Feb 2019 Associate, Rajah & Tann Shanghai Representative Office

Feb 2019   Jul 2022 Lawyer, Huiye Law Firm

Aug 2022   Mar 2025 Lawyer, Zhong Lun Law Firm (Shanghai)

Apr 2025   Present Partner, Dehe Hantong Law Offices

Master of Law, East China University of Political Science and LawMaster of Laws (LL.M.), University of Wisconsin Madison, USA

• Entrepreneur Mentor for Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, delivering training and advising start-ups on equity structure design and general corporate legal issues;

• Co-author of Labor & Personnel Compliance Management Guide (Law Press China, ISBN 978-7-5197-4465-6).