Jiangsu

AllBright Law Offices is best known in the dispute realm for its commercial, construction and international arbitration capability. The market mainly recognises the firm’s work on investment funds, banking, M&A and joint ventures. Partners Tongmu Ni and Yukun Zhang are key contacts.

During the research period, the team acted for Guojing Holdings against Yabang Investment on disputes over a transfer and repurchase contract; it acted for Bank of Nanjing Jiangbei New District branch against Jinsheng Real Estate Financial on a loan contract dispute; and it acted for First Capital Securities against Xinglong Industrial Pledged Securities on a repurchase contract dispute. The case is still ongoing.

In the area of construction and real estate, the team represented a number of clients last year. Among them, the team represented three real estate development companies in an arbitration case in which the other party claimed costs for inferior quality. The case involved a dispute between the parties over the contract billing method and basis of billing, and there was a disputed amount of Rmb135 million ($19.5 million). The case is ongoing.

In another case, the team represented a party to a co-operative development and won a lawsuit against the other party claiming shareholder’s loan and liquidated damages. According to the report, the case was named as equity transfer dispute but was actually a private lending dispute – and through the correct understanding and definition of the true legal relationship between the two parties, the amount of liquidated damages was successfully adjusted down to one-fifth of the original amount.

Kangda law firm Nanjing office is a boutique firm that specialises in commercial disputes. Since its inception, the firm has actively participated in all kinds of dispute resolution work for companies in various industries. Shu Lima, the senior partner of Nanjing branch, is the leader of the team.

In 2021, the firm assisted Fushun Special Steel in its securities misrepresentation liability dispute. The team provided an effective proxy opinion for its client, greatly reducing the compensation, which provided experience for the resolution of similar disputes. Also, the firm acted for Smiga Petroleum Equipment against Qitai Electromechanical Equipment on a sales contract dispute. This case is a good example of resolving a sales contract dispute in the situation of conflicting claims of the two parties.

AllBright Law Offices is best known in the dispute realm for its commercial, construction and international arbitration capability. The market mainly recognises the firm’s work on investment funds, banking, M&A and joint ventures. Partners Tongmu Ni and Yukun Zhang are key contacts.

During the research period, the team acted for Guojing Holdings against Yabang Investment on disputes over a transfer and repurchase contract; it acted for Bank of Nanjing Jiangbei New District branch against Jinsheng Real Estate Financial on a loan contract dispute; and it acted for First Capital Securities against Xinglong Industrial Pledged Securities on a repurchase contract dispute. The case is still ongoing.

In the area of construction and real estate, the team represented a number of clients last year. Among them, the team represented three real estate development companies in an arbitration case in which the other party claimed costs for inferior quality. The case involved a dispute between the parties over the contract billing method and basis of billing, and there was a disputed amount of Rmb135 million ($19.5 million). The case is ongoing.

In another case, the team represented a party to a co-operative development and won a lawsuit against the other party claiming shareholder’s loan and liquidated damages. According to the report, the case was named as equity transfer dispute but was actually a private lending dispute – and through the correct understanding and definition of the true legal relationship between the two parties, the amount of liquidated damages was successfully adjusted down to one-fifth of the original amount.

Lantai Partners Nanjing office is a boutique firm that was founded in 2019. Since the inception, the firm has actively participated in dispute resolution work in commercial and transactions area, especially its banking practice is highly recognised by the market. Shulin Gao, Director of the Nanjing branch, is the leader of the team.

In 2020, case highlights include acting on loan contract disputes between Shengyuan Group and others; and providing legal services for the intellectual property review of the production line of Nanjing Chemical Fiber.

Founded in May 2020, Tian Yuan Law Firm’s Suzhou office hosts 23 lawyers and is a boutique firm that focuses on general commercial, construction, insolvency and financial services regulatory disputes. The office additionally specialises in construction litigation, offering legal services to local real estate developers, contractors and engineers as well as the government.  

Partners Qiumei Liu and Jing Zhang are key names in the Suzhou office.

Last year, the team provided legal services for a contract dispute between Zhongcheng Engineering Construction Management and Oriental Net Power Intelligent Technology; acted on a construction project supervision contract dispute between Suzhou Mingcheng Tiangong Project Management and Suzhou Xushi Technology; and also advised on a technical contract dispute between Suzhou Erye Pharmaceutical and Harbin Peiyoujiandi[ Biotechnology.

East & Concord Partners’ Nanjing office’s dispute resolution team is led by a number of senior partners who have been practising for more than 10 years and specialise in commercial arbitration and litigation.

In 2022, the team provided full-process legal services for a commercial complex development in Nanjing. The project has a construction scale of about 120,000 square feet and a construction cycle of three years. It includes a large commercial elements such as a Hilton hotel and a shopping mall. At the same time, the project involved many legal services such as land transfer, EPC general contracting and international hotel construction management.

In another key case, the team represented Nantong Four Construction Group in its construction contract dispute with Taizhou Hengjing Real Estate Company. The case involved more than 20 controversial points, covering the settlement of the construction payment, the joint and several liability of one shareholder, the dispute between the parties over whether the payment conditions were fulfilled, and the dispute over the legal consequences of actual use without completion and acceptance. The case was reversed by the Jiangsu High People’s Court in the second instance, and the case put by the East & Concord Partners team was supported.