Angel Duan

Senior Partner

  • Email

    duanyou@zlwd.com

  • Tel

    18670712335

  • Office

    Changsha

Angel Duan, a senior partner (and deputy director of the managing committee) of Beijing Zhonglun W&D (Changsha) Law Firm. Her professional fields include non-litigation and dispute resolution in the fields of mining, electric power, engineering machinery and other manufacturing industries. Her major clients include government agencies, state-owned enterprises, listed companies and private enterprises. Angel has been on the list of foreign-related leading talents of the P.R.C. Ministry of Justice, and serves as arbitrators and/or mediators of some institutions. She is vice president of Hunan Commercial Mediation Association, vice president of CCPIT Changsha, etc. She also attended the training program of the Bar Association of England and Wales. She has participated in projects such as the "One Belt and One Road" Country Legal Research Series (Serbia) and the Guide to ICSID Cases.


Working Experience


  • After passing the judicial examination in 2009, interned in Beijing Zhonglun Law Firm and Siemens (China) Co., LTD.;
  • Shanghai Xieli (Changsha) Law Firm, lawyer and Director of Foreign Affairs Department (April 2012 - December 2017);
  • Hunan Changyan (Changsha) Law Firm, senior lawyer (January 2018 to March 2019);
  • Beijing Zhonglun W&D (Changsha) Law Firm, Senior Partner Deputy Director of the Managing Committee (April 2019 to date).


Achievements

CCPIT Changsha  (foreign-related legal service project), Higoshipping Group (litigation and non-litigation projects), Arshine Group (long-term legal consultant), Exim Hunan Branch (multiple cross-border loan projects, cross-border guarantee projects), a mineral resources group (non-litigation project), a state-owned enterprise against a shipping company contract dispute (won the case in all legal proceedings).

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Honors

She has been included in the "List of Foreign-related Legal Talents" of the PRC Ministry of Justice and was awarded as excellent mediator of CCPIT Hunan Mediation Center.

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Education

Double Bachelor's Degree in Law and English from Minzu University of China,
Master of International Law from Beijing Foreign Studies University,
Master of Laws from William & Mary.

Professional Qualifications

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Languages

Chinese、English