Steven Lisi Zhou

Senior Partner

  • Email

    zhoulisi@zlwd.com

  • Tel

    13530887033

  • Office

    Qianhai

Steven Lisi Zhou is an experienced lawyer specializing in cross-border legal services, intellectual property, data compliance, bankruptcy restructuring, healthcare, finance and securities, and dispute resolution. His client portfolio includes prominent domestic and international companies such as: OCT Group, China Merchants Group, Shenzhen Anju Group, China Everbright Bank, China Dongguan Bank, CSCEC Steel Structure Group, Inspur Group, Shenzhen International Holdings, Tian’an Cyber Park Group, Jiuling Lithium Co., Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Luna Innovations (USA), Severin (Germany).


Working Experience

  • 2016 to present: Deputy Director and Senior Partner of Zhonglun W&D Hu Baiquan (Qianhai) Associated Law Firm
  • 2015~2016: Lawyer of A&L Goodbody Law Firm, Ireland (expatriate)
  • 2013~2016: Lawyer of Zhonglun W&D (Shenzhen) Law Firm, Beijing
  • 2008~2013: Legal Director and General Counsel of a Singapore-listed healthcare company 2006~2008: International Intellectual Property Agent of an Intellectual Property Firm

Other


  • April 27, 2022, Shenzhen Satellite TV‘Shenzhen News’ ‘Qianhai Shekou FTZ 7 years after listing, vibrant to achieve leapfrog development’
  • April 27, 2022, Shenzhen Evening News‘Shenzhen Evening Report’"From 'a piece of white paper ' to“core engine!”"
  • December 2021, Thomson Reuters Asia Law Journal (ALB) 2021 Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area Legal Forum Speech‘The Latest Changes in China's Intellectual Property Rights, Cybersecurity and Data Compliance and the Implications’
  • August 2021, Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice's Foreign-related Legal Services Series Speech‘Analysis of EU Data Compliance Issues for Chinese Enterprises’
  • July 2021, Shenzhen Lawyers College,‘Chinese Lawyers in Foreign-related IPR Legal Services’
  • January 2021, Thomson Reuters Asian Law Journal (ALB)‘The Unique Elite Team in the Greater Bay Area’by‘Legal Guide to the Greater Bay Area’
  • October 2020,‘Post-80s Lawyers in Intellectual Property’by Legal Economics
  • September 2020,‘Dispute Resolution Trends in China after the Epidemic’by American Chamber of Commerce in South China November 2019, Speech at GLA 2019 Annual Conference
  • October 2019, Speech at InterLaw Annual Conference
  • July 2019, Speech at Wuhan Special Session of Secretaries' Club of Listed Companies in China
  • November 2018, The Third Sino-European Young Lawyers' Forum, two consecutive days of English keynote speeches in Antwerp (Belgium) and The Hague (The Netherlands)‘One Small Step for Intellectual Property Rights, One Big Step for Foreign SMEs to Enter the Chinese Market’
  • April 2018, Keynote Speech‘Intellectual Property Rights’, "Made in China 2025: Implications for U.S. Law (Shenzhen Seminar) One Small Step, One Big Step for Foreign SMEs Entering the Chinese Market‘
  • March 2017, Speech on’Cooperation between Chinese and Foreign Lawyers in Cross-border Patent Litigation", China-US Young Lawyers Forum (United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA)
  • November 2016, Speech on behalf of Chinese young lawyers, China-Europe Young Lawyers Forum (CEYLF) Speech in English on‘Status and Direction of Intellectual Property Protection in China’(Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands)





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Honors


  • Thomson Reuters Asian Legal Business (ALB)  South China Rising Lawyers, 2022
  • Shenzhen Copyright Association, Shenzhen Media Group - Fifth and Sixth Gold Award of Shenzhen Copyright.
  • Guangdong Lawyers Association – Leading International lawyers Award, 2020


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Education

Chengdu University of Technology LLB
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Professional Qualifications

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Languages

Chinese and English