DeHeng Law Offices’ dispute resolution practice is known for its expertise in construction and labour and employment. The firm’s construction team often acts for clients in disputes related to infrastructure projects, construction of public utilities projects, land development, real estate construction and financing. Its labour and employment practice, on the other hand, has a track record of advising on disputes arising from cross-regional lay-offs of large state-owned enterprises and foreign-related labour disputes of international enterprises.
Key figures of the practice include construction and real estate partners Ganghong Sun and Xiongwei Li, and labour and employment specialist Wenwei Su, whose practice covers risk control of management, employee resettlement, and labour disputes.
In commercial disputes, the firm’s team led by Junqi Wang is representing the original shareholder of a company in respect of the equity repurchase dispute of the target company with a value of more than Rmb10 billion (US$1.4 billion). The case delves into the application of the doctrine of clausula rebus sic stantibus within the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, as well as the boundaries of the principle of strict adherence to contracts. The case has reverberated throughout the capital market and industry, drawing extensive attention and sparking widespread discussions across various sectors of society.
In the construction space, the firm is currently representing a private investment group in the construction sector involved in a contentious dispute concerning the transfer of a prominent real estate project in Beijing. This case involves various complex legal issues, including the determination of entities when multiple agreements pertain to the same matter, the fulfilment of payment conditions for project transfers made years ago, the performance of contractual payments, the implications of debt offsetting arrangements between private enterprises on the statute of limitations for litigation, and the interplay between arbitration cases and litigation cases.
Foda Holdings Group, TAL Education Group, Xi'an Dingfeng Hotel Management and Xi'an Jinglong Industrial Development are some of the firm’s key clients.
