Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Law major
PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification
Chinese, English
Non-Equity Partner
Emailduzhihan@zlwd.com
Tel15022090907
Practices
Banking and Finance Corporate and M&A Dispute Resolution
Industries
Banking Insurance Securities
Partner Du Zhihan has provided high-quality legal services to clients with his experience accumulated from handling major and important cases in the fields of rapid and effective case preservation, resolution of high-end disputes, handling of difficult and complex enforcement matters, as well as bankruptcy liquidation and restructuring. Most of the cases under his jurisdiction are at the first instance level in intermediate people's courts of various provinces and cities, and he has the experience of appearing in court at the Supreme People's Court. Currently, the total subject matter value of the cases he undertakes exceeds 9 billion yuan.
He stably serves more than 30 clients on a daily basis, the majority of which are state-owned enterprises, central enterprises, or their holding companies, and most of them are extremely active business entities in the commercial market. These relevant clients rank at the forefront in terms of registered capital, total assets and scale, annual net profit, total volume of business launched, as well as industry rating levels, industry business innovation capabilities, and influence in relevant domestic and international industries. He has been listed as a "Star of Dispute Resolution Strength" by LegalOne and has won the "Outstanding Deal Award" of China Business Law Journal.
Working Experience
Achievements
1、Supreme People's Court - Represented a financial leasing company in an execution supervision case against a Chinese construction company. (The subject matter of the case was worth 400 million yuan. The Supreme People's Court revoked the rulings of the lower high-level and intermediate-level courts, supported all the appellant's claims, and the appellant won the entire case. This case won the Outstanding Deal Award of China Business Law Journal in 2023.)
2、Supreme People's Court - Represented an asset management company in a financial loan contract dispute with a limited company. (The subject matter of the case was worth 700 million yuan. The Supreme People's Court revoked the judgment of the lower high-level court, supported all the appellant's appeal requests, reversed the entire case, and made a new judgment in favor of the appellant.)
3、Higher People's Court of Anhui Province - Represented a financial leasing company in a bankruptcy claim confirmation dispute with an Anhui chemical company. (The subject matter of the case was worth 220 million yuan. An intermediate court in Anhui Province revoked the judgment made by a county court after discussion and decision by the judicial committee, and made a new judgment supporting all the claim amounts and the priority of the claims asserted by the appellant. The Higher People's Court of Anhui Province upheld the new judgment after retrial, and the appellant won the entire case.)
4、Intermediate People's Court of Langfang City and the Third Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin City - Represented a financial leasing company in litigation and execution against a joint-stock company. (The total subject matter of the case was worth 220 million yuan. The defendant was a national-level real estate star and leading enterprise. The agent reacted quickly and worked efficiently, completed the case-filing and preservation work one day before the "centralized jurisdiction". Eventually, the two parties reached a mediation settlement, and through the execution process, more than 100 million yuan was recovered in cash. At the same time, this case was a typical excellent collection case of the client's group for the year.)
5、The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin City - Represented a bank joint-stock company in the execution against a group company. (For the first time, the court successfully disposed of 35 million listed tradable shares held by a state-owned enterprise through the mode of bulk stock splitting. After 67 rounds of fierce bidding, it was sold at 94.13 million yuan, with a premium of 37%.)
6、The Third Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin City - Represented a financial leasing company in a financing lease contract dispute against a central state-owned enterprise. (The total subject matter was worth 1.935 billion yuan. The agent precisely seized the listed company stocks held by the central state-owned enterprise, forcing it to repay more than 160 million yuan in cash in advance.)
7、The First and Second Intermediate People's Courts of Tianjin City - Represented a state-owned enterprise group in execution and bankruptcy liquidation. (The subject matter of the case was worth 598 million yuan. This series of cases was reported by the "Focus Interview" program of CCTV.)
8、The Third Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin City - Represented a pharmaceutical company in responding to a lawsuit filed by a financial leasing company. (The total subject matter was worth 790 million yuan. This case involved the intersection of criminal and civil matters. The represented client was a military enterprise producing drugs related to the Belt and Road Initiative. Relying on the understanding of the professional field, the agent successfully got the court to rule to dismiss all the plaintiff's claims.)
9、Intermediate People's Court of Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region - Represented a financial leasing company in a third-party execution objection lawsuit against a company in Jilin Province and a Chinese investment group. (The subject matter was worth 60 million yuan. This was the first execution objection lawsuit derived from a financial leasing case in this court. Eventually, the case confirmed the priority rights enjoyed by the principal, fully safeguarding the client's interests.)
10、People's Courts of Chaoyang District and Fangshan District in Beijing - Represented a trust joint-stock company in responding to a series of cases regarding the liability for shareholders of an asset management company damaging the interests of the company's creditors. (In total, the parties were exempted from a debt burden of 120 million yuan. In all the cases in the series, all the plaintiff's claims were dismissed. At the same time, this was the first case in this court to refute the misinterpretation and application of a guiding case, closely adhering to the reasoning spirit of the "Minutes of the Ninth National Court Civil and Commercial Trial Work Conference (Draft)".)
Honors
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Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Law major
PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification
Chinese, English