Practices

Dispute Resolution

Basic Overview

Amid deepening globalization and an ever-more intricate business environment, both multinational corporations and domestic enterprises face increasingly diverse dispute risks and compliance challenges. As a core practice area of Zhonglun W&D Law Firm, our dispute resolution team is dedicated to delivering high-quality legal services that integrate strategic vision with local expertise for clients both in China and abroad.

Our core team comprises alumni of top-tier law schools across China and overseas, boasting strong academic foundations with extensive experience in managing complex cases. With an in-depth grasp of China’s legal system and judicial practices, they bring unparalleled insight to every engagement. Notably, a number of our partners have served as long-term arbitrators at leading arbitration institutions, amassing deep expertise in both domestic and cross-border commercial arbitration. Moreover, several other partners and lawyers boast prior service in public security organs, procuratorates, and courts at all levels, strengthening our capability of dispute resolution from multiple professional perspectives.

Leveraging our integrated collaboration mechanism, we can swiftly assemble project teams tailored to case requirements. Each team is led by seasoned litigators and supported by experts across various practice areas including commercial contracts, investment and M&A, finance and capital, construction engineering, and antitrust, ensuring not only legally rigorous but also pragmatic, commercially viable solutions. With deep insight into public policy, ongoing engagement with regulatory bodies, and a broad global legal network, we deliver forward-looking, robust, and highly competitive solutions for our clients in every case, serving as their most trusted advisor and advocate in each complex dispute. Our strength lies not only in securing favorable outcomes through litigation and arbitration, but also in efficiently achieving business goals through flexible approaches like negotiation, mediation, and structural restructuring.

With exceptional service performance and esteemed client reputation, our dispute resolution team has once again earned recognition in the “2025 ALB China Dispute Resolution Rankings”. 

Services

  • 1、Strategic Analysis of Civil and Commercial Disputes:

    Offering constructive, practical plans for dispute prevention, while developing customized response strategies and tailored litigation or arbitration solutions for individual cases. 
  • 2、Commercial Contract and Corporate Disputes Resolution:

    Representing clients in diverse complex litigation and arbitration cases involving breaches of commercial contracts, creditor-debtor disputes, corporate control and equity matters, business partnership disputes, corporate M&A and reorganization, share repurchases, and corporate governance issues. 
  • 3、Financial and Asset Management Disputes Resolution:

    Representing clients in disputes across banking, trusts, asset management, private equity funds, and other financial sectors, and addressing legal issues including financial product defaults, entrusted investment, and asset recovery. 
  • 4、Real Estate and Construction Disputes Resolution:

    Representing clients in disputes arising from real estate development, transfer, leasing, property management, as well as project construction, settlement, and quality issues. 

  • 5、Civil Tort and Damages Claims:

    Representing clients in disputes related to intellectual property infringement, unfair competition, personal injury, and other civil tort liabilities. 
  • 6、International Arbitration:

    Representing clients in arbitration cases involving foreign entities, cross-border factors, or the application of foreign laws. 

  • 7、Alternative Dispute Resolution:

    Mitigating the limitations inherent in litigation—including its adversarial approach, procedural inflexibility, and significant time and cost demands—by offering clients greater autonomy and flexibility in resolving disputes, with an emphasis on maintaining business relations. 

Service Performance

  1. Representing Fujian Yongan Forestry(Group)Joint-stock Co., Ltd. in a securities-misrepresentation liability dispute brought by Zhang Qiang, Cai Zhenxiang , Wu Mingfang, and 16 other plaintiffs
  2. Representing the PLA Unit 93125 in the litigation case of the 95806 Comprehensive Building Project against Beijing Xinxing Tiancheng Technology Co., Ltd.
  3. Representing Beijing China Railway Shunxing Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in a product liability dispute against Mingrui Company
  4. Representing Beijing Jing Coal Group Co., Ltd. in a contract validity confirmation dispute against An Changqing and Guo Zhiwen
  5. Representing Palm Eco-Town Development Co., Ltd. in the construction contract dispute regarding the financing and construction of the Shenglian island project
  6. Representing Beijing Land Reserve Center in a contract dispute against a company
  7. Representing Zhongguancun Development Group in a lawsuit regarding the equity repurchase dispute
  8. Representing Bank of Communications in an arbitration case regarding the recovery of performance-based compensation
  9. Representing BOCOM Financial Technology Co., Ltd. in an arbitration case regarding the recovery of performance-based compensation
  10. Providing legal services for China Machinery Engineering Corporation in the ICC/CIETAC arbitration with the government of the Republic of the Congo
  11. Providing legal services for CCCS International Shipping Corporation in the Hong Kong arbitration
  12. Representing the Hebei branch of China CITIC Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd. in a dispute over the recovery of non-performing financial loans against Guoxing Global Investment Management Co., Ltd. and others
  13. Representing Guang’an Jingshang Real Estate Co., Ltd. in a contract dispute case