1998-2002, Bachelor Degree in Law, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

2009-2011, Master Course, Sun Yat-sen University

Areas of practice：

Focus on company law, foreign investment law, IP law, cross-border M&A, dispute resolution.

Experience:

Lawyer ZHANG is now also the Director of Foreign-related Legal Services Committee and Deputy-director of Pre-practicing Management Committee, the Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Deputy-director of Guangzhou International Legal Service Center for Trade and Commerce, Deputy-director of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Working Committee, the Guangdong Lawyers Association, Deputy-director of Legal Service Committee, Council for Promotion of Canton-HK-Macau Cooperation.

Lawyer ZHANG was selected one of the Top 1,000 PRC Elite Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services by the PRC Department of Justice, Consultant on Civil & Ministrative Cases for the PRC Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Guangdong Leading Lawyers on Foreign Legal Services, Advisory Committee Member of the PRC National Legal English Test, Extramural Postgraduate Tutor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, School of Legal Studies, Extramural Postgraduate Tutor of the Joint Training Program for the Master of Law (Foreign-related Lawyers) of School of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, Instructor for Foreign-related Legal Services, Guangdong Lawyers Association, Expert for Guangzhou Mediation, Mediator for Guangzhou International Commercial Mediation Center. Besides, he was awarded Excellent Member by Guangdong Lawyers Association in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and awarded the same honor by Guangzhou Lawyers Association in 2017 and 2019. He was also awarded Excellent Director by Guangdong Lawyers Association and Excellent Mediator by the Guangzhou International Commercial Mediation Center. The cases he handled were awarded the second prize in Contest of Typical Cases of Foreign Legal Services from 2014 to 2018 by Guangdong Lawyers Association and was selected as one of the typical cases in 2019 by Guangdong Lawyers Association. The mediation case he handled was elected one of the Top 10 mediation cases of Guangzhou Courts.

Lawyer ZHANG focuses on providing foreign legal services. He has provided long-term legal advisory services to several multi-nation companies and foreign capital enterprises. From 2016 to 2017, he also provided legal consultancy service to Guangdong Airport Authority for hosting World Routes 2018. From 2017 to 2018, he engaged as an expert witness on the PRC law and provided depositions in the Federal Court of California in the U.S. From 2018 to 2019, he provided legal services to a state-owned company for a cooperation project with a well-known company in the U.S. Moreover, Lawyer ZHANG has provided foreign business training to lawyers in Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen, Huizhou and Zhuhai.

Lawyer ZHANG participated in the ICC International Commercial Arbitration Practice Training Program in August 2018. After that, he participated in International Arbitration Training Program at BPP University in October 2018. In March 2019, as the sole representative of China, he participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program on “Rule of Law and the U.S. Judicial System” organized by the U.S. Department of State. In November 2019, as the representative of Guangdong Lawyers Association, he visited leaders in politics and business in Brazil as a member of Canton-Macau Legal & Arbitration Delegation. Lawyer ZHANG has been keeping close contact with legal professionals from different countries for several years.

Lawyer ZHANG has published a series of academic papers, including International Vision of Chinese Lawyers on Foreign-related Services, On Foreign Sovereign Immunity, On COVID-19 Investigation against WHO by the United States, On Expert Witness, Practice and Legal Risk Protection on Investments in Singapore, Comparison on Court Order Enforcement Systems in Singapore and China.