Yuxiang Zhou
Senior Counsel
As a graduate of Tsinghua University (LL.B.) and Duke University (LL.M.), Yuxiang currently serves as a Senior Counsel as well as the Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Committee on Cross-Border Legal Affairs at S&P Law Firm. As a multi-jurisdictional, full-process cross-border complex dispute resolution expert, he specializes in handling dispute cases involving multiple jurisdictions. 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 outstanding expertise in cases involving multiple jurisdictions and full-cycle risk compliance and 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, Germany, and Sweden, etc.
In the area of legal affairs related to the Going Global 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 litigation, arbitration, intellectual property, investment and financing, etc.
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, Germany, and Sweden, etc.
In the area of legal affairs related to the Going Global 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 litigation, arbitration, intellectual property, investment and financing, etc.
Office：Beijing
Tel：86-10-65288888
Fax：86-10-65226989
E-mail：zhouyuxiang@splf.com.cn
Working Language：Chinese | English
Experience
- Litigation and Arbitration:
-Represented three major state-owned enterprises (“SOEs”) in mega cross-border asset recovery 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 prominent SOE in a series of international arbitration cases exceeding CNY 200 million stemming from a railway construction subcontracting project in a South American country, defending against claims and filing counterclaims before CIETAC. Directly saved CNY 18 million for the client 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 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 a foreign high net-worth individual in a series of civil and administrative litigations involving CNY 200 million related to debt repayment and enforcement settlement in Guangdong Province
-Represented a subsidiary of a chemical SOE in defending its Saudi Arabia pipeline project dispute arbitration at CIETAC
-Represented a Sichuan-based material company in a CNY 200 million contract dispute involving electrolytic aluminum production capacity indicators, handling retrial applications, civil protests and administrative litigation procedures
-Represented an Inner Mongolia-based real estate company in filing a civil protest regarding a CNY 80 million construction contract dispute
-Represented a major domestic transportation equipment manufacturing company in Jiangsu in applying for enforcement objections in a complex debt case spanning 11 years and involving nearly CNY 70 million, with multiple rounds of debt transfers and interest calculations
-Represented a listed Jiangsu specialty equipment manufacturer in filing a lawsuit and responding to a counterclaim regarding a construction contract dispute involving CNY 100 million
-Represented a Xi'an-based real estate company in an enforcement objection application case involving the ownership of all ground-floor commercial properties in nine residential buildings
-Assisted a Zhejiang medical company in securing a favorable arbitration award concerning a payment dispute with a German company, and facilitated the recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award in Germany
-Represented diverse clients in cross-border recognition, enforcement, and other procedures for arbitral awards or judicial judgments in multiple cases before the courts of Yemen, Kuwait, Hong Kong SAR, and other countries/regions - Alternative Dispute Resolution:
-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, facilitated 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 SOE’s subsidiary 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
-Provided legal advisory services and comprehensive solutions for a local government's housing demolition and relocation work
-Advised multiple contractors in complex construction claims, resulting in successful project funding acquisition - Overseas Infrastructure & Construction:
-Represented a major energy SOE’s subsidiary in a significant Vietnam wind power advance acquisition initiative, successfully established its Hong Kong project platform company
-Represented Sinosure in multiple legal 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
-Provided legal advice to a foreign enterprise regarding its offshore wind power investment strategy in China
Education
- LL.M., Duke University
- LL.B., with a minor in Business Administration, Tsinghua University
