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Provided by Zhao Wang
With more than 30 years of legal practice with JunHe, Mr. Wang has developed a well-deserved reputation for providing comprehensive, sensible, and forward looking legal services to clients in an effective and responsive manner. Mr. Wang was independently nominated by his clients as one of the most outstanding lawyers they had worked with as part of a global research of Thomson Reuters with senior in-house counsels, and is thus included in the Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers database.
Mr. Wang has successfully conducted litigation, arbitration and administrative proceedings in a broad variety of disputes. His areas of expertise in litigation and arbitration includes providing constructive and practical dispute avoidance approaches, designing litigation and arbitration strategies, and representing clients at all stages of litigation and arbitration. He represented Johnson & Johnson in the first vertical monopoly agreement case ever litigated in China, organizing and presenting detailed expert testimony in advocating on behalf of the client. Mr. Wang is also experienced in complex litigation involving multiple parties and was one of the lead counsels in the well-known Danone v. Wahaha joint venture and trademark dispute. In this dispute, the parties filed dozens of claims against each other in various jurisdictions in and outside of China. Mr. Wang’s ability to strategize multiple litigation and arbitration proceedings was well tested and ultimately contributed to a satisfactory settlement by the parties. Mr. Wang is an arbitrator for the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (also known as the Shanghai International Arbitration Center）and Shanghai Arbitration Commission. Mr. Wang was ranked by Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025 in Dispute Resolution: Litigation (PRC Firms). He was also named China Dispute Star by Benchmark Litigation 2021-2024, 2024 Litigation: PRC Firms Lawyer of the Year by Legal 500, Distinguished practitioner (Dispute Resolution) by Asialaw 2024, 2020 China Top 15 Litigators by Asia Legal Business, a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011-2013 & Chambers Global 2012, a Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution and Litigation in Asia by Asialaw 2017-2018, a recommended lawyer in Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019-2024， and the Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2023 – Arbitration – China. Mr. Wang has extensive experience in defending clients in a multitude of regulatory investigations and administrative proceedings for allegations of monopolistic practices, corruption, violations of environmental laws, and unfair competition, and in advising clients on regulatory and antirust matters. His clients include multinational corporations from the U.S., U.K., E.U. and Japan in industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, electronics, nutrition, food and beverage packaging, automobile, distribution, and wholesale and retail. Mr. Wang was named a leading lawyer in Competition Law by Who’s Who Legal: China 2020， 2022 and 2024, and a recommended lawyer in Antitrust and Competition Law by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022-2024.
Member of All-China Bar Association
Represented Johnson & Johnson in the first vertical monopoly agreement case ever litigated in China
Defended a global well-known Coffee MNC in an action for alleged abuse of dominant market position filed by a local competitor before court and antitrust authority
Defended a global automobile MNC in an antitrust lawsuit filed by a consumer claiming for damages allegedly caused by its RPM conducted by the client
Represented Michael Jordan against Qiaodan Sports in the litigation regarding the infringement of Jordan’s right of name
Acted as one of the lead counsels in the well-known Danone v. Wahaha joint venture and trademark dispute, where the parties launched dozens of litigations and arbitrations against each other in different jurisdictions within and outside of China
Represented a global well-know tire MNC in a CIETAC arbitration regarding dispute on “Change of Circumstance”
Represented a global well-known IT solution MNC company in a complicated sales contract litigation
Represented a global well-know IT solution MNC in a complicated BOT service CIETAC arbitration
Represented a Korean invested company in a cinema advertising litigation
Represented a Electrical MNC China subsidiary in the product liabilities litigations caused by a fire accident
Represented a global well-known cosmetics MNC in the litigations launched by consumers regarding false advertising
Represented a MNC accounting firm in the arbitration/litigation regarding audit disputes
Represented a MNC Hong Kong subsidiary in an administrative litigation against a local Administration of Industry and Commerce, regarding unfair competition punishment
Represented a US based pharmaceutical MNC in an administrative hearing regarding a commercial bribery allegation
Represented a British based luxury car MNC in several litigation and arbitration proceedings launched by its distributor
Represented a delivery platform enterprise in an antitrust lawsuit filed by one of its competitors claiming for damages allegedly caused by its abuse of its dominant market position.
Represented a US based pharmaceutical MNC in an administrative hearing regarding a commercial bribery allegation
Represented a MNC in a M&A dispute before the CIETAC arbitration using UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
Advised a local well-known private pharmaceutical company on an antitrust investigation conducted by the State Administration for Market Regulation
Advised global automobile MNC on a public-known antitrust investigation conducted by the National Development and Reform Commission
Represented many MNC China subsidiaries in various sorts of regulatory investigations and administrative proceedings, for allegations of monopolistic practices, corruption, and unfair competition
Advised many clients regarding commercial bribery, competition law (anti-unfair competition, anti-monopoly), advertising, food safety, consumer protection and other compliance issues, and presented trainings
Mandarin Chinese (native) and English (fluent)
Fudan University, Law School
LL.M.
1995
Fudan University, Law School
LL.B.
1993
Provided by Chambers
Wang Zhao wins market endorsement for his broad dispute resolution practice. He is praised for his focus on commercial litigation and typically counts multinationals and large organisations as his clients.
王钊律师因其广泛的争议解决业务赢得了市场认可。他因专注于商业诉讼而受到赞誉，通常将跨国公司和大型组织视为他的客户。
Provided by Chambers
He was able to give us good suggestions on litigation strategy and was very direct in his advice.
他能够就诉讼策略给我们很好的建议，而且他的建议非常直接。
He was able to give us good suggestions on litigation strategy and was very direct in his advice.
他能够就诉讼策略给我们很好的建议，而且他的建议非常直接。
