East & Concord Partners is mainly recognised for its arbitration work, and many lawyers from its Beijing office are senior arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and other arbitration institutions. The firm is also experienced in commercial disputes and IP disputes, leading several significant cases in various industries such as finance, energy, education and insurance. The firm regularly provides litigation services for central enterprises, financial institutions, and domestic and foreign enterprises.
Qi Zhou and Chaoyi Ji are two key partners
in the dispute resolution department of the firm, focusing on commercial litigation and arbitration.
The team acted as the counsel for Coca-Cola Beverage (Shanghai) Co. in an international arbitration against John Bean Technologies SpA (a subsidiary of JBT Cooperation) in Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration. In this case, the physical weight of documentary evidence submitted by Ji’s team was more than 100 kilograms, which was recognised and praised by the client. Also, the firm acted as the counsel for Ms. Lan Zhang and her companies to apply for setting aside arbitral award before the China International Commercial Court (CICC) of the Supreme Court. This is not only the first arbitration judicial review case ever directly tried by the Supreme Court, but also the first application of setting aside arbitral award filed in CICC.
Notable clients include China Banking Association, CITIC Bank, Pacific Insurance Group, Vanke Beijing and Zhejiang Longsheng Group.
