Dr. Zhao is an arbitrator of the Beijing Arbitration Commission, an external expert of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Foreign-related Legal Services Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, a member of the Competition and Antitrust Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, and one of the first appointed experts at the Foreign-related Legal Consulting Service Center of Renmin University of China. She also serves as a professional mentor for the Master of Law Program at Renmin University of China Law School. She is currently the director of the Compliance and Risk Control Legal Professional Committee and leading partner in foreign-related legal services and competition law matters at the Firm, and is experienced in leading lawyers with diversified expertise to provide high quality legal services to multinational corporate groups, large state-owned enterprises, domestic corporate groups, unicorn companies and high-net-worth individuals. She is particularly good at advising multinational companies in complex matters or transactions.

Dr. Zhao specializes in corporate matters including competition, regulatory compliance and arbitration and has nearly 20 years’ professional experience. She has been highly recognized in China Business Law Journal’s A-List as one of China’s Top 100 Lawyers, ranked among the Top 15 Competition Lawyers by LEGAL BAND, and selected into the Beijing Lawyers Association’s Foreign-related Lawyer Talent Pool.

Working Experience

• Dr. Zhao previously worked at Sidley Austin LLP, Siemens (China) Ltd., and other well-known Chinese law firms. Currently, she is a senior partner at ZLWD Partners based in Beijing.

Achievements

• Providing comprehensive year-round legal advisory services to a worldwide leading theme park group.
• Advising a worldwide top-tier tire enterprise group on corporate matters.
• providing year-round legal services to a worldwide leading Korean corporate group.
• Providing year-round legal services to a worldwide leading automotive company.
• Represented a state-owned enterprise group in handling merger control filings, filing complaints, and responding to competitor complaints in a hostile takeover of a listed company—one of the few notable hostile takeover cases in the A-share market.
• Providing legal services in the areas of M&A, and antitrust to a worldwide leading environmental protection company.
• Provided antitrust legal services to foreign-invested pharmaceutical companies and domestic pharmaceutical industry enterprises.
• Represented a state-owned enterprise in merger control filings for an equity transfer transaction through a public bidding.
• Represented a real estate fund in merger control filings for the establishment of a new joint venture.
• Represented a state-owned enterprise in M&A, and merger control filings for its acquisition of controlling interest in a listed company.
• Designed the overall antitrust litigation strategy for a listed company in its disputes against a multinational corporation.

Dr. Zhao has been recognized in China Business Law Journal’s A-List as one of China’s Top 100 Lawyers, selected for the Beijing Lawyers Association’s Foreign-related Lawyer Talent Pool, and ranked among the Top 15 Competition Lawyers by LEGAL BAND. 

Public and Professional Activities:

       •      Arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission / Beijing International Arbitration Center

       •      Member of the Antitrust Expert Pool of Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation

       •      Member of Competition and Antitrust Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association

       •      Deputy Secretary-General, Foreign-Related Legal Services Committee, Beijing Lawyers Association

       •      One of the First Appointed Experts of Foreign-Related Legal Advisory Service Center of Renmin University of China

       •      Practical Mentor for Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program of Renmin University of China Law School

Major Publications:

       1.    New Trend in China’s RPM Policies in the Aftermath of Amended Anti-Monopoly Law, published in Asia Pacific Journal of Social and Legal Studies (Singapore)

       2.    A New Interpretation of Merger Control Filing, published in Legal Person magazine, Issue 04, 2024

       3.    How China’s Enforcement Agencies and Courts Are Shaping Antitrust Policies on Vertical Restraints, published in George Mason Law Review (a leading U.S. antitrust journal)

       4.    Exploring the Reasonable Boundaries Between Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property Law—A Discussion Based on Injunctive Relief Cases Involving Standard Essential Patents in China and Abroad, published in Electronic Intellectual Property, Issue 2, 2018

       5.    Translation of Chapters 14 to 19 of American Torts Law, authored by Vincent R. Johnson and published by Renmin University of China Press

Renmin University of China Law School, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) & Master of Laws (LL.M.)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Accounting and Law
University of International Business and Economics, Doctor of Laws (Ph.D.) in Economic Law

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Chinese and English