Jihong Wang

Practice Areas

Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Health-Safety and Environmental Protection, Litigation & Arbitration

Professional Memberships

Vice-Chair China Chamber of International Commerce Environment and Energy Committee

Vice-Chair Inter-Pacific Bar Association Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Legal Expert Ministry of Finance PPP Center

Arbitrator China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

Member Drafting Group of the Atomic Energy Law

Deputy Director All China Lawyers Association Environment, Resource, and Energy Law Committee

Member Ministry of Housing and Urban & Rural Development Construction Supervision and Project Management Strategic Development Expert Panel

Expert Sinohydro Construction Group Scientific Management Committee

Member All-China Environment Federation Legal Expert Committee

Arbitrator Taiyuan Arbitration Commission

Evaluation Expert Jinan Arbitration Commission Shandong Construction Dispute Center

Expert China National Gold Group Legal Expert Database

Publications

2016.5 “Chinese Overseas PPP Projects: Practice and Case Analysis”(China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau Middle East Division (Dubai Office))

2016.1 “PPP Knowledge and Case Examples”(China Gezhouba Group, Feb. 2016)

“PPP Project Legal Risks Prevention and Control”(China Nuclear Industry Construction Group)

2015.12 “Practice and Case Examples of Design Companies Participating in PPP Projects”(PowerChina Beijing Survey and Design Research Institute)

2015.11 “Practice and Case Examples of Design Companies Participating in PPP Projects”(China Northeast Electrical Design Company)

2015.9 “PPP Legal Practice and Case Examples”(China Gezhouba Group)

2015.9 “PPP Project Issues and Solutions”(China New Town Company)

2015.9 “Corporate M&A Key Legal Issues and Risks”(SinoChem)

2015.8 “Legal Practices for PPP New Policies and Operations”(China Energy Chongqing)

2015.8 “Chinese PPP New Policies and Applications in Arbitration”(CIETAC)

2015.8 “PPP Project Practical Operations and Risk Prevention and Control”(LexisNexis)

2015.7 “Analyzing Issues in PPP Project Operations”(China Legal Alliance)

2015.7 “Cross-Border Project Financing and PPP Legal Practice”(China Electronics Import and Export Corporation)

2015.7 “PPP Project Practical Operations and Risk Prevention”(PowerChina Guiyang)

2015.7 “Viewing PPP Project Issues and Risks from a Case Perspective: Legal Practice of PPP Project Risk Prevention”(Qinghua University)

2015.6 “Legal Practice of the Socialized Tender System for Beijing’s New Airport”(Capital Airport Group Corporation)

2015.4 “Going Abroad: Overseas PPP Project Legal Risk Prevention”(China Society for World Trade Organization Studies)

2015.3 “Legal Experience on Investment and Financing of PPP Projects”(Beijing Science Park Development Group)

2015.3 “Stepping Closer to PPP Projects in China”(China Construction Enterprises Association)

2014.12 “Legal Practice for Urbanization Projects in the Mode of BT under the New PPP Policy”(China Investment and Development Company)

2014.12 “Legal Practice for PPP Projects under New Policy”(China Development Bank and PowerChina Road & Bridge)

2014.11 “PPP, Infrastructure and Real Estate Legal Practice”(Xinzejin LLC)

2014.11 “If the Fukushima Incident Had Occurred in China: A Legal Analysis of Nuclear Damages Compensation Liability”(Nuclear Power Insurance Workshop)

2014.11 “Understanding Doc. 64 from a Environmental Public Interest Litigation Perspective”(China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group)

2014.11 “Infrastructure and PPP Legal Practice”

2014.17 “From Contractor to Investor”(Sinohydro Bureau 8)

2014.6 “Concession Project Opportunities and Challenges under the New Regulations”(Beijing Arbitration Commission)

2014.6 “Chinese Legal Practice in the Infrastructure Sector”

2014.5 “Changes in the Registration and Registration Management of Foreign-Invested Enterprises”(LexisNexis First In-House Summit)

2014.5 “Construction Legal Risk Prevention and Control”

2014.4 “Controlling Concession Project Legal Risks”(China Life Investment Holding)

Personal

Ms. WANG main practices are Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Health, Safety and Environmental Protection, Litigation & Arbitration.

Work Highlights

Ms. Wang primarily advises within the infrastructure, construction, energy, natural resources, and environmental protection sectors, and many of her projects have obtained annual awards for her law firms. She is currently a Senior Counsel at Zhong Lun Law Firm, and co-chairs the Infrastructure, Real Estate and Construction Department

As a renowned legal expert on urban infrastructure, Ms. Wang has advised Chinese and foreign clients on countless infrastructure projects collectively exceeding RMB 200 billion in investment such as power plants (coal, nuclear, and hydro), river training, petroleum and natural gas pipelines, water works, water treatment, land reclamation, expressways, railways, subways, bridges, airports, ports, docks, stadiums, municipal buildings, schools, hospitals, hazardous waste disposal, providing comprehensive legal services throughout all project stages

Ms. Wang has extensive experience in public-private partnership (including concessions) and overseas EPC projects, not only in providing comprehensive legal services including assisting cross-border investors with transactional structure design, contract negotiations, tendering, construction, transfers and operations, but also advising on various avenues of project financing such as bond issuance, government sub-loans, financial leasing, collective trusts, and loan schemes, as well as providing post-construction legal services such as introducing and working with strategic partners both in China and abroad on capital increases, M&A, and asset securitization. She has advised on cross-border projects throughout the world including in Italy, France, Mongolia, Argentina, Columbia, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Oman, and Tunisia

As attorney for real estate developers and owners both in China and abroad, Ms. Wang has managed the legal services for some of China’s most prominent real estate projects such as the new CCTV Building, National Museum, and National Indoor Stadium

She has also participated in all aspects of development and M&A projects, from development method selection and preliminary financing through project company establishment, corporate acquisitions, public tenders, contract negotiation and execution, to land use right acquisition, construction design, insurance, construction claims and counterclaims, and sales and leasing. Examples of real estate project types include commercial, residential, public, tourism, community spaces, diplomatic, industrial, and offices

As one of the first attorneys to connect insurance funds with infrastructure and real estate projects, she has expertise in land development projects, urban city project development, urbanization projects, and combining real estate projects with infrastructure as well as real estate development projects with land leveling. She protects the interests of her clients and ensures the success of projects through effectively coordinating between related parties

Ms. Wang began her environmental, natural resources and energy practice at an early stage in her career, and has advised on the financing, M&A, and dispute resolution aspects of numerous projects both in China and abroad. Related clients include Chevron, China National Offshore Oil, China Gold International Resources, Sinochem, the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Fuel Tec, Stellar Energy, Datang Environment Industry Group, and China Minsheng New Energy. Ms. Wang was/is the legal advisor for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, the China Environmental Protection Foundation and several other domestic and foreign environmental organizations. She has participated in discussions and deliberations of several important environmental administrative and appellate cases including the Songhua River case, and provided legal support throughout Beijing’s first environmental assessment hearing

As an evaluation expert, Ms. Wang has participated in property rights transaction evaluations in Beijing, Tianjin, and other areas; as an arbitrator, she has extensive experience presiding over and arbitrating various types of arbitration cases

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Experience

Senior Counsel Beijing ZhongLun Law Firm, 2014 to Present

Executive Partner Grandway Law Offices, 2013-2014

Managing Partner Beijing V&T Law Firm, 2013-2014

Managing Partner Jianwei (Beijing) Law Firm, 2002-2007

Coudert Brothers LLP Beijing Representative Office, 2000-2002

Education

Awards