Ms. Geng Tiantian, a Senior Partner at ZhongLun W&D Law Firm Shanghai Office, and a Senior Corporate Compliance Officer, serves as the Secretary-General of the International Law Professional Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Real Estate and Construction Legal Professional Committee of ZhongLun W&D, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Cross-border Investment and International Trade Legal Professional Committee of ZhongLun W&D, concurrently holding the position of Deputy Director of the Foreign Direct Investment Research Center.

Ms. Geng graduated from The Pennsylvania State University. She holds a double master's degree and has established a profound expertise in the real estate sector, providing legal services for domestic and overseas real estate investment, financing, mergers and acquisitions, development, operation and sales management. She also acts as a legal counsel for numerous enterprises, providing full-process legal support for commercial transactions and dispute resolution including enterprise internal control, corporate structure design, external investment and financing cooperation, offshore company equity acquisition, as well as creditor's rights and debt settlement.

Ms. Geng leads her team with the service philosophy of “understanding government and business, facilitating synergy, and driving growth” to bridge the gap between law and commerce. Emphasizing deep insight into the business logic of various industries, she has developed a “non-litigation and litigation” dual-driven service model. She excels at resolving complex disputes through multi-party mediation, commercial negotiation, and other alternative methods, delivering comprehensive, integrated solutions that balance regulatory compliance, risk management, and commercial execution—ultimately aligning legal value with business value.

Ms. Geng has been the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award conferred by the International Law Professional Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association, the title of Excellent Partner of ZhongLun W&D Law Firm Shanghai Office, and the 2025 Yangtze River Delta Special Award: Distinguished Lawyer in Real Estate and Construction issued by LegalOne. She has also been honored as Outstanding Director of the Special Working Committee, and recognized by Lvxin Media as one of the Top 100 Recommended Outstanding Partners and as a Brand Star Lawyer for 2026. The complex dispute case involving cross-border investment and financing represented by her has been rated as Exemplary by LegalOne.

• 2020 - 2024     Shanghai Shiji Law Firm  Partner / ExecutiveDirector 
• 2024 - Present  Zhonglun W＆D Law Firm Shanghai Office  Partner

Achievements

• Representative real estate projects for which Ms. Geng has provided legal services include:
• For a foreign-invested real estate project (with underlying assets located in Shanghai's core area), she provided special legal services for the project's winding-up and exit through equity transfer, with the transaction value exceeding RMB 200 million.
• For a commercial support project introduced in a city in Jiangsu Province, she provided full-process legal services with an investment of over RMB 1.2 billion and a total gross floor area of approximately 120,000 square meters, including a five-star hotel (managed by a Singapore hotel brand) and high-end serviced apartments (managed by a Japanese apartment brand), which provide comprehensive commercial services such as business travel, accommodation, and conferences for large foreign-invested enterprises in the region.
• She represented a central state-owned enterprise in a complex dispute resolution case concerning a core CBD office building project, with the building's value amounting to approximately RMB 2 billion.
• She represented an insurance-funded enterprise in a complex dispute resolution case involving a commercial and office mixed-use development project invested in Shanghai, with the disputed amount exceeding RMB 700 million.
• She provided legal services for a luxury residential project on the Shanghai waterfront, a model project of joint development between a state-owned enterprise and a private enterprise.
• For a stalled real estate project in a core area of a district in Shanghai, she provided comprehensive full-process legal services for the successful transfer of the project under construction, debt resolution, subsequent development, sales, and leasing and operation management.
• For a project located in a core administrative district, comprising twin-tower office buildings and a large shopping mall, with an investment of over RMB 3 billion, she provided comprehensive legal services for its development, financing, construction, and leasing and operation management...
• Ms. Geng has provided legal services for commercial transactions and dispute resolution, such as offshore company equity acquisition, in the following projects:
• Entrusted by the acquirer, she provided special legal services for a Shanghai-based enterprise in its equity acquisition of a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and owned by a UK entity;
• Entrusted by the transferor, she provided special legal services for a Beijing-based company in its acquisition of a Shanghai-based enterprise involving foreign-related elements, with the underlying assets being a large-scale commercial hotel and commercial office complex;
• Entrusted by the transferor, she provided special legal services for projects concerning the transfer of domestic equity interests by an offshore company.

Honors

In 2025 and 2026, Ms. Geng was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the International Law Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association, the title of Excellent Partner of ZhongLun W&D Law Firm Shanghai Office, and the Outstanding Director of the Special Working Committee, as well as the 2025 Yangtze River Delta Special Award: Distinguished Lawyer in Real Estate and Construction by LegalOne, a renowned legal rating agency. She was also recognized by Lvxin Media as one of the Top 100 Recommended Outstanding Partners and as the Brand Star Lawyer for 2026. The complex cross-border investment and financing dispute case represented by her was rated as Exemplary by LegalOne.

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Social Activities: In collaboration with Phoenix New Media, Ms. Geng initiated the public welfare activity "Rule of Law Promotion into Thousands of Households, Building the Great Chinese Dream Together." Leading her team, she has visited nearly 500 enterprises and families to provide legal knowledge promotion and consultation services.

Master of Laws, The Pennsylvania State University (USA)
Master of Law, Huaqiao University

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Chinese and English