Director of W&H Law Firm’s Shanghai branch Jun Guo is a trusted arbitrator and litigator. Guo leads a large team of lawyers offering services across a wide array of sectors and disciplines, handling transactions ranging from real estate bankruptcies to M&A and PE fund establishment. The team includes veteran practitioner Wenmei Zhao, a key resource for a number of state-owned enterprises and municipal authorities who is also well-versed in funds and investment-related matters, including disputes. Fubin Xiang focuses on insurance, including shipping and maritime coverage matters; Jun Lou is a go-to for intellectual property disputes; and Qiong Zhao’s expertise lies in PE.
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Testimonials
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'Professional competence, service excellence, and dedication.'
'W&H Law Firm distinguishes itself through its highly specialised legal services deeply integrated with industry-specific expertise.'
'The firm excels particularly in corporate investment and financing, M&A, compliance, data privacy, and cross-border dispute resolution.'
- 'The firm has integrated lawyers with prior in-house legal experience, significantly enhancing its understanding of client needs and business realities.'
- 'Wenmei Zhao is a long-term trusted partner of our unit. She has rich and profound experience in the fields of finance and government legal services and is particularly good at handling difficult, complex, and major commercial and administrative dispute cases.'
- 'W&H's strengths lie in its flexible service model and efficient response mechanism, especially its excellent coordination capabilities when handling multi-jurisdictional projects.'
- 'The service is highly professional and granular, and the team can anticipate areas that clients have not considered. The professional service is complex and is not limited to the law itself, but integrates securities, economics and business arrangements to deliver work results.'
Key clients
- Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd.
- PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Shanghai Branch
- CITIC Financial AMC Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Branch
- Shanghai Qucent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Aerospace Hi-Tech (Zhenjiang) Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd.
- Fuyang Quanfu Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
- GENERAL Tank Containers Co., Ltd.
- Ningbo Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Jiangsu Branch
- Shanghai Construction Group
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.
- Haier
- Shanghai Lujie Kunchi Group Co., Ltd.
- SAIC Motor Corporation Limited
- Z-ONE Technology Co., Ltd.
- IM Motors Technology Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Hai Kang Bei Foundatio
- Shanghai Huibo Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
- China Communications Service Marine Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Telecom Industrial (Group) Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
Advised Jiawei (Shanghai) Photovoltaic Power Co., Ltd. and Jiawei Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of premium power station assets from Zhenfa Energy and its affiliates.
Advised Chengdi Construction Group Co., Ltd. on arbitration for the recovery of RMB12.72m project funds and termination of the Ningbo enclosure project contract.
Advised Shanghai Huibo Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. on a RMB1.6bn real estate sector bankruptcy reorganisation.
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Practice head
Jun Guo
Other key lawyers
Wenmei Zhao; Fubin Xiang; Jun Lou; Qiong Zhao