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W&H Law Firm

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With a steadily growing team, W&H Law Firm provides traditional maritime and commercial business legal expertise for domestic and foreign financial institutions,  and shipping and insurance companies. The team is jointly led from the Ningbo office by Dengyong Tong, who routinely handles cross-border maritime disputes and commercial arbitrations, Hongkai Zhang, who advises P&I clubs on dispute resolution cases, and Run Xu, who excels in complex cargo damage claims, bills of lading, and cargo insurance litigation.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Weiheng Ningbo's maritime team boasts a sizeable team of over 30 lawyers with diverse disciplinary backgrounds, well-positioned to meet the diverse needs of both non-litigation and litigation cases, offering a comprehensive range of services.'

  • 'Dengyong Tong is a leading figure within the team, holding several key positions, including Director of the Maritime Committee of the Zhejiang Lawyers Association. He has represented numerous significant cases and participated in legislative work, including the revision of the Maritime Code.'
  • 'Weiheng Ningbo boasts a high level of collaborative capabilities, enabling it to integrate resources across regions and jointly undertake major cases with its offices in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. The team's use of artificial intelligence modules produces highly visual, comprehensive, and efficient products.'

  • ‘The team can meet the business needs of state-owned enterprises in a timely and meticulous manner, and is well versed in the current environment and business model of shipping assets and markets, and can help our company handle special financial asset business.'

  • ‘Weiheng's Ningbo office boasts a mature maritime team of over 30 lawyers with diverse backgrounds, fully capable of handling a wide range of non-litigation and litigation matters.'

  • ‘In recent years, in addition to handling influential traditional maritime cases in China, Yi Ren has also gained a deep understanding of cross-border e-commerce business in South America. His service attitude and response speed are more in line with the needs of listed companies in the current economic environment.'

Key clients

  • GENERAL Tank Containers Co., Ltd.
  • Ningbo Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • Aoxin (Guangzhou) Management Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Ningbo Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China
  • Hangzhou Zhilang Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Yuanhai (Hangzhou) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Zhejiang Supai Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
  • Shaoxing Keqiao ESSE Textile Co., Ltd.
  • Yuhuan County Xujiu Petroleum Co., Ltd.
  • CSI Closure SYSTEMS(Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

Advised Huánmǎo Ship Leasing Co., Ltd. on a dispute over damage liability for vessel collision with Tiānwù Wealth Co., Ltd.
Advised Zhejiang Manyang Shipping Engineering Co., Ltd. on a damage compensation case against Ningbo Jingjie International Logistics Co., Ltd.

Practice head

Run Xu; Dengyong Tong; Hongkai Zhang

Other key lawyers

Yi Ren