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Wintell & Co Law Firm Offices
18-19F, Tower 1, LJZ Financial Holdings Plaza
1788-1800 Century Avenue
Pudong, Shanghai
China
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Mervyn Chen
Work Department
Corporate Compliance, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Insurance and Reinsurance, Shipping
Position
Director and Managing Partner
Career
2006 – Now
Wintell & Co Senior Partner/Director
Wintell & HFW Association Office Managing Partner
1999 – 2006
SG & Co Associate/Partner
Languages
English and Madarian Chinese
Memberships
· Deputy Director of the Maritime and Marine Professional Committee of the National Lawyers Association
· Legal counsel to the CPC Pudong New Area Committee, Pudong New Area People’s Government and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Administration Committee
· Arbitrator of China Maritime Arbitration Commission
· Specially Appointed Mediator of Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center
· Arbitrator of Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center)
· Arbitrator of Nanjing Arbitration Commission
· Specially Appointed Professor of Lawyer College, East China University of Political Science and Law
· Visiting Researcher of Insurance Law, Dalian Maritime University
· Visiting Professor, Shanghai Maritime University
· Member of the 10th Maritime Law Committee of Shanghai Nautical Society
Education
Shanghai Maritime University LL.B & LL.M in Maritime Law
Personal
Mervyn focuses on providing practical, comprehensive solutions for international and domestic clients. He is recommended by Chambers as a leading lawyer and is described by clients as “a ‘reputable’ lawyer with a great deal of commercial awareness.”
He has successfully handled many complex and significant impact cases for shipowners, P&I clubs home and abroad, insurance companies, shipyards, major airlines, integrated logistics companies, importers and exporters, and financial leasing companies, and has represented clients in major foreign commercial cases before arbitration bodies in London, Singapore and Hong Kong. He is highly regarded by clients, courts and judicial authorities, and many of the cases he has handled have been published as typical cases.
Mervyn is currently the deputy director of the Maritime and Marine Business Research Committee of the National Lawyers Association, the legal advisor of the CPC Shanghai Pudong New Area Committee, Pudong New Area People’s Government and the Administration Committee of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, the arbitrator of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, and the special mediator of the Shanghai Commercial Mediation Center, etc.
Lawyer Rankings
China > Shipping: PRC firms
(Leading individuals)The shipping practice at Wintell & Co Law Firm utilises its vast knowledge of the sector to advise on marine casualties, shipbuilding, international trade, and bill of lading issues. The firm is praised for its ‘unique’ expertise within the maritime field and is a go-to for both non-litigation and litigation maritime-related matters. Both wet and dry maritime and shipping mandates are within the scope of the team, which is led by Mervyn Chen. Chen is an expert in complicated commercial litigation and transactions, especially those involving collisions, fires, explosions, and personal injury. Nautical specialist Cunqiang Cai, maritime lawyer James Hu, and Taijin-based Hailong Li are also key to the team, as well as Jason Chen, Changqing Yu, Jasmine Liu, and Liang Chen.