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Jiaolu Zhou
Zhou Jiaolu Partner
Dispute Resolution
Corporate and M&A
Cross-Border Investment and Trade
Capital Markets
Detailed introduction
Lu Zhou is a Partner at Dentons' Shanghai office. She has been with the firm since 2008. In recent years, she and her team have assisted domestic enterprises in completing cross-border investment, financing, and trading projects in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, and other regions along the "Belt and Road."
She is qualified to practice law in both the PRC and the State of New York, USA. She graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law with a Bachelor's degree in Law and later obtained a Master's degree in Law and a Master's degree in Business Administration in the United States. In 2016, she was nominated and recommended to join the “All-China Lawyer Association Talents Pool for Cross-Border Transaction Legal Services.” In 2018, she participated in the “Foreign-Related Leading Talent” training program (international trade and cross-border mergers and acquisitions) in the United States sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. She was listed in the 2023 LexisNexis “Elite Under 40” for Mainland China. In 2024, she was appointed a member of the Specialist Mediator Panel of the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) and later passed with distinction the "Dual City and Two Court Dual Certification" program of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) and the South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong) (SCIAHK). Her practice focuses on corporate and M&A, cross-border transactions, dispute resolution, and capital market-related services.
Cross-border Merger and Acquisition
(Foreign target company)
- Advised a Chinese composite materials manufacturing company listed in Shenzhen on its acquisition of 85% of shares in a Hungarian company
- Advised a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Chinese electrical company listed in Shenzhen on its acquisition of 5% of shares in a German new energy charging pile sales company
- Advised a Chinese logistics company listed in Shenzhen on its capital increase to acquire 25% of shares in a Myanmar company
- Advised a Chinese logistics company listed in Shenzhen on its provision of IT technology and consulting services to a target company in Sri Lanka and its provision of buy-in options to the target company's shareholders
- Advised a Chinese logistics company listed in Shenzhen for the establishment of a joint venture in Japan
- Advised a Chinese logistics company listed in Shenzhen for the establishment of a joint venture in Singapore and the acquisition of shares in a company in Vietnam
- Advised Kaishan Group Co., Ltd (stock code: 300257) on its acquisition of 95.5% of shares in the Austrian company LMF
- Advised Yongqing Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. (stock code: 300187) on its acquisition of 51% of shares in McMillan-McGee Corp of Canada
- Advised a Chinese state-owned investment company on its cornerstone investment in a company to be listed in Hong Kong
- Advised a large Chinese state-owned enterprise in Qinghai, China on its investment in mineral resources in Indonesia
- Advised a Chinese state-owned private equity fund on its acquisition of 80% of shares in a German semiconductor equipment manufacturer
- Advised a Chinese state-owned private equity fund on its capital increase and subscription for shares in a Cayman AI technology company
- Advised a Chinese private equity fund on its sale of 100% of shares in a Cayman company (Internet life service platform)
- Advised a Chinese private equity fund on its acquisition of shares in a VR start-up in Delaware, USA
- Advised a top 500 private grain and oil enterprise in Zhejiang, China, on its acquisition of shares in a project company that builds and operates docks in Brazil
- Advised a private metal manufacturing enterprise in Changzhou, China, on its sale of 100% of shares in a Malaysian company
- Advised a private medical device enterprise in Shanghai, China, on its acquisition of 90% of shares in a German company
- Advised a Chinese private enterprise on its acquisition of vineyards in Spain
- Advised a Chinese private enterprise in Jiangsu that produces new energy sources on its acquisition of shares in a French company
- Advised a Chinese manufacturing company’s shareholder on its sale of shares to a Swedish public company
- Advised a Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturing company in Jiangsu on its acquisition of 100% of shares in an Israeli company
- Advised a Cayman Islands internet company on its acceptance of additional investment from domestic investors
Cross-border Merger and Acquisition
( Domestic target company)
- Advised a Chinese private enterprise in Jiangsu Province in the new energy sector on establishing a joint venture company in China with Total Solar, a leading global international energy enterprise
- Advised a US biotechnology company on establishing a joint venture company (registered capital of 2 billion yuan) in China
- Advised a Swedish paper products manufacturing company on its sale of 100% of shares in its domestic subsidiary
- Advised a Thai company on its acquisition of shares in a Taiwanese-funded sheet metal sales enterprise
- Advised an Italian logistics company in its acquisition of shares in its joint venture company
- Advised a French food manufacturing company in its plan to establish a factory in China and the implementation of the plan
- Advised a Japanese listed pharmaceutical company in its acquisition of shares in a Chinese supplier company and its subsidiaries in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau
- Advised a Japanese listed pharmaceutical company in its acquisition of shares in a Chinese state-owned enterprise
- Advised a Japanese listed pharmaceutical company on its acquisition of shares in a Chinese Internet pharmaceutical enterprise
Overseas Greenfield Investment
- Advised an subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned enterprise on its investment in a photovoltaic power generation project in Jizzakh Province, Uzbekistan.
Overseas Compliance
- Advised a Chinese logistics company listed in Shenzhen on the construction of the Belt and Road logistics network (including Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, etc.), including providing legal compliance advice on the group's new business model for countries along the Belt and Road and new ways of cooperating with local logistics companies
- Advised a Chinese bank on granting credit to a German company
- Advised a Chinese private new energy enterprise in Jiangsu Province on complying with UK MSA project regulations
- Advised a Chinese private new energy enterprise in Jiangsu Province on its EPC project for a wind farm in the Middle East, including contract review and clause interpretation
Foreign-related Dispute Resolution
- Represented an Australian wheat export company in a dispute over an international goods sale contract with a Chinese company in Qingdao and Hong Kong (domestic litigation)
- Represented a US ophthalmology company in a dispute over a Sino-foreign joint venture contract (domestic litigation)
- Represented a private technology company in Changzhou, China, in a dispute over a cooperation agreement with a German partner (domestic arbitration)
- Represented a Shandong steel company, a Jiangyin steel manufacturing company and a Zhengzhou machinery and equipment trading company in response to the lawsuit filed by the US bankruptcy applicant SunEdison in the US court to revoke the discharge (foreign litigation)
- Represented a Hong Kong non-ferrous metal trading company in a supply dispute with a Swiss company (foreign arbitration)
- Represented a Japanese-funded enterprise and its British affiliate in a dispute with a state-owned automobile manufacturer over an engineering and technical agreement and an open-ended contract (domestic litigation)
- Represented an auto parts manufacturing enterprise (wholly foreign-owned) in a dispute with a state-owned automobile manufacturer over a project development business contract (domestic arbitration)
- Represented an auto parts manufacturing enterprise (wholly foreign-owned) in a dispute with a dealer over a franchise agreement (domestic arbitration)Represented an auto parts manufacturing enterprise (wholly foreign-owned) in a dispute with a supplier over a sales contract (domestic litigation)
MBA (2022), Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
LLM (2011), Chicago Kent College of Law, IIT
LLB (2006), East China University of Political Science and Law
Since 2008, Beijing Dacheng Law Offices (Shanghai), LLP
Qualified in PRC and the State of New York, USA
- “Success Stories - A Practical Guide for Companies Going Global”, Beijing Dacheng (Shanghai) Law Firm, first printed in December 2024
- Business Guide to Trade and Investment, Nanjing University Press, November 2019 (ISBN 978-7-305-08054-8)
- Law and Practice of International Dispute Resolution, Law Press, October 2015 (ISBN: 978-7-5118-8567-8)
- Cross-border Merger & Acquisition, Wuhan University Press, July 2015 (ISBN: 978-7-307-16242-6)
- Overseas Investment , Wuhan University Press, June 2013 (ISBN：978-7-307-10870-7)
Specialist Mediator, the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) (May 2024- June 2026.)
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