Hui Ye Law Firm focuses on cross-border commercial disputes and has built a strong practice in this area. Through its Hui Ye International Commercial Dispute Resolution Committee, the firm handles equity disputes, investment disputes, and a range of commercial cases for multinational corporations and state-owned enterprises at arbitration institutions domestically and internationally.
The dispute resolution team includes experienced professionals with significant expertise in arbitration and litigation. Key partners such as Dong Wu, Frank Ji, Chuanbao Zang, Sean Yuan, and Qingsong Wei serve as arbitrators for institutions including CIETAC, HKIAC, and local arbitration commissions. Cheng Chen focuses on cross-border disputes, including international contracts and equity cases, at SIAC, CIETAC, and other arbitration centres. Steven Zhou, Rocky Ding, and Zhicheng Pan work on foreign-related commercial disputes, employing arbitration, litigation, and non-litigation approaches.
The firm's restructuring and insolvency practice has handled two significant matters in recent years. In the ongoing bankruptcy liquidation of Shanghai FEI Qiu Valve Co, a Rmb230 million case complicated by potentially invalid collateral agreements and affiliated company disputes, the firm was appointed as administrator and successfully steered all parties toward a consensus on asset-based settlement, with the case now progressing through the asset assessment stage. Separately, the firm acted as administrator in the bankruptcy reorganisation of Shanghai Xiangfa Dangerous Goods Shipping Storage Co, a major Shanghai case involving debts exceeding Rmb450 million, where the withdrawal of prospective investors following criminal allegations against the debtor's legal representative necessitated a strategic pivot from external investment recruitment to internal debt-to-equity conversion. By leveraging the debtor's rare inland waterway transportation and hazardous chemicals permits as the basis for reorganisation, the firm successfully restructured the company and preserved its operations, with the case subsequently recognised as a typical case by both the Supreme People's Court and the Shanghai Bankruptcy Court in 2020.
Key clients include Deve, Shanghai Green Light Education Training Co, Shanghai Haikang Pharmaceutical Tech and Shanghai Cheexpress Car Rental Co.
