Joseph Zhu

senior partner

  • Email

    zhuzhonghua@zlwd.com

  • Tel

    13910586630

  • Office

    Beijing

Lawyer Zhu Zhonghua, a senior partner of Beijing ZhongLun W&D Law Firm. He serves as the deputy director of the Real Estate and Construction Committee and the leader of energy and natural resources law at Beijing ZhongLun W&D Law Firm. He is a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 (cross-border engineering) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) of UK. He has also been selected in the International Lawyer Database by Beijing Bar Association. His specialization covers international & domestic engineering and Construction, overseas direct investment and international Arbitration. 
Lawyer Zhu has been engaged in legal work related to the export of integrated plants, international and domestic engineering and construction at China National Machinery Industry Corporation Ltd (SINOMACH) and China State Construction and Engineering Ltd (CSCEC) before he became a full-time lawyer in 2011. He served as the director of the Legal Affairs Department and works abroad several times during his time in CSCEC International. He is currently as the regular legal advisor for several large enterprises.

Lawyer Zhu is One of the drafting experts of National Standard Forms of Construction Contract Conditions, Subcontract Conditions, Labor Subcontract Conditions published by Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2017, as well as the Implementation Standards for Whole-Process International Engineering Management Consultation (T/CAIEC 093-2025) of the China Association of International Engineering Consultants.


Working Experience:

From 1996 to 2020, China National Machinery Industry Corporation Ltd

From 2020 to Present time, senior partner of Beijing ZhongLun W&D Law Firm

Achievements:

Lawyer Zhu provided Legal service for hundreds of overseas and domestic projects. The overseas projects he has served include:

  • the Z65 Project in Serbia
  • the Serbian Factory Construction of a certain Chinese machinery Company
  • the Danube Bridge Project in Serbia
  • the Star-Sky Mountain Project in Serbia
  • a certain automotive-parts plant project in Uzbekistan
  • dispute of a pump station EPC project in Uzbekistan
  • a certain new energy project in Laos
  • a high-rise building project in Kuwait
  • a performance guarantee dispute of a project in Kuwait
  • a house-building project dispute in Saudi Arabia
  • an EP project of a potassium chlorate factory in Egypt
  • construction dispute of the International Airport Project in Qatar
  • a certain EPC+F mine project in Australia
  • a house-building project in New Zealand
  • a certain EPC mine project in Fiji
  • a certain EPC port project in Mauritania
  • a London arbitration case of a shipbuilding and export dispute for a certain Chinese company
  • a complex construction project in Zambia
  • a litigation case of a road construction project in Zambia
  • a sewage treatment plant project in Tanzania
  • a litigation case of a certain production-line project in Ghana
  • a litigation case of a certain new energy project in Ghana
  • an EPC port project in Senegal
  • the Smart City Project in Mauritius, etc.
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Education

East China University of Political Science and Law, LLM
University of Southampton, UK, LLM in Maritime Law

Professional Qualifications

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Languages

Chinese and English