Yuxiang Zhou
Senior Consultant
As a graduate of Tsinghua University (LL.B.) and Duke University (LL.M.), Yuxiang currently serves as a Senior Counsel of S&P Law Firm. Prior to joining S&P, he worked at the Beijing office of King & Wood Mallesons, supporting clients in a variety of domestic and cross-border legal disputes, with an outstanding expertise in cases involving multiple jurisdictions and full-cycle legal services of overseas infrastructure projects (investment, financing, construction and operation).
In the area of cross-border dispute resolution, Yuxiang has participated in a series of asset recovery, white-collar crime, and commercial dispute cases, including civil and criminal litigations and international arbitrations concerning multiple jurisdictions including China, the United States, and Sweden.
In the area of legal affairs related to the Going Global national strategy, especially matters under the Belt and Road Initiative, Yuxiang was responsible for a wide spectrum of overseas investment and construction projects, resolving commercial disputes through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and advising on matters including investment, financing, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration.
In the area of cross-border dispute resolution, Yuxiang has participated in a series of asset recovery, white-collar crime, and commercial dispute cases, including civil and criminal litigations and international arbitrations concerning multiple jurisdictions including China, the United States, and Sweden.
In the area of legal affairs related to the Going Global national strategy, especially matters under the Belt and Road Initiative, Yuxiang was responsible for a wide spectrum of overseas investment and construction projects, resolving commercial disputes through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms and advising on matters including investment, financing, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration.
Office：Beijing
Tel：86-10-65288888
Fax：86-10-65226989
E-mail：zhouyuxiang@splf.com.cn
Working Language：Chinese | English
代表业绩
- Litigation and Arbitration:
Represented a prominent state-owned enterprise (“SOE”) in a CNY 200 million series of international arbitration cases stemming from a railway construction subcontracting project in a South American country at CIETAC. Directly saved CNY 18 million for the client based on personal effort, and obtained awards in favor of the client in different phases of the arbitration;
Represented a well-known PRC automobile enterprise in the investigation, evidence collection, and US court proceedings initiation on its US subsidiary executives’ crime (more than USD 150 million involved). Negotiated a settlement that safeguarded the client’s key overseas assets;
Represented three major SOEs in mega cross-border asset recovery confidential cases, handling domestic investigations, evidence collection, and litigation in foreign courts. Achieved strategic goals, secured favorable judgments, and recovered substantial assets for clients;
Represented a leading PRC engineering technology company in a USD 550 million international arbitration case involving SIAC and UNCITRAL rules, related to a steel mill dispute in Southeast Asia Represented multiple clients in navigating recognition, enforcement, and other procedural matters in courts across Yemen, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and various countries/regions on diverse legal cases. - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR):
Represented a prominent private international contractor in the termination and settlement negotiations for two EPC projects in Yemen and participated in the parallel letter of indemnity (“LOI”) litigation in China, successfully concluded the termination procedure, and secured a comprehensive victory in the LOI litigation;
Represented a significant industrial SOE’s subsidiary in the contract terminations concerning the Ethiopia Mekele PVC manufacturing plant EPC project, facilitating the cancellation of the project company;
Represented a major energy SOE’s subsidiary in the claim on issues in quarrying, processing, and transportation of stones with a subcontractor involved in a Guinea construction project;
Represented a large infrastructure SOE in the negotiation with its JV member on a Bangladesh railway project;
Represented a major power SOE in the pursuit of fraudulent funds and successfully filed a case with the FBI;
Advised multiple contractors in complex construction claims, resulting in successful project funding acquisition. - Overseas Investment and Construction:
Provided legal advice to a foreign enterprise regarding its offshore wind power investment strategy in China;
Represented a major energy SOE’s subsidiary in a significant Vietnam wind power advance acquisition initiative, successfully establishing its Hong Kong project platform company;
Represented Sinosure in multiple due diligence in export credit insurance (“ECI”) undertaking projects in Thailand, Indonesia, and other countries;
Represented a leading coal enterprise in structuring transactions and drafting contracts for an Indonesia shaft excavation project.
教育背景
- Tsinghua University LL.B. minor in Business Administration
- Duke University LL.M.
