Heng Ju
Ju Heng Partner
Real Estate, Construction and Energy
Corporate and M&A
Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency
Dispute Resolution
Detailed introduction
Mr. Heng Ju is specialized in construction and real estate practice. He had worked in Shanghai Foundation Engineering Group Co., Ltd. for nearly a decade and successively served as a contract specialist, a budgeter and the head of the legal counsel office. He is especially good at handling all kinds of construction cost disputes and non-litigation legal matters. He has accumulated rich practical experience of practising law in the construction and real estate sector. He not only has a wealth of practical experience, but also has formed a solid theoretical foundation. He published a number of influential papers. He was also repeatedly invited to participate in events to discuss and amend laws and regulations. He has provided legal services for the development of many commercial dwellings, commercial buildings, factories and start-up parks projects through the whole process with his skilled legal knowledge and deep understanding of the construction and real estate sector. He also has provided legal services for acquisition of building projects under construction, for acquisition of office buildings worth hundreds of millions of Renminbi, for the financing of many real estate projects involving billions of Renminbi. He has provided professional legal services for many well-known real estate enterprises, large housing construction enterprises, building decoration enterprises, materials companies, and government departments and earned the respect and praise of his clients.
Provided legal services for the development and construction of the following commercial/office/residential/factory projects through the whole process or at certain stages:
- Shanghai Yuexing Global Harbor (each building project covers an area of approximately 480,000 square meters)
- Changzhou Yuexing Global Harbor (covers an area of approximately 880,000 square meters)
- Oriental Fortune Internet Industrial Park
- Shanghai Shengdi Building
- Shanghai International Garden Phase III Project
- Changzhou California Science and Technology Harbor Phase I(2) Project
Provided legal services for the acquisition of the following real estate projects:
- Hongqiao International Business Garden Building 3
- Shanghai Yongfeng International Plaza Gold Block
- Shanghai International Garden Phase III Project
- Yulan Baodu Project
- Other factory buildings
Provided legal services for the financing of the following real estate projects involving billions of Renminbi:
- Shanghai Thames Town
- Shanghai International Garden Phase III
Mr. Ju has handled hundreds of litigation/arbitration cases in the construction and real estate sector, covering construction cost settlement, settlement of water and electricity charges, invalidation/termination of construction contracts, construction period related claims, quality claims, quality warranty, arrears, priority of compensation, real estate leasing, real estate trading, materials trading, equity transfer, bankruptcy and liquidation, co-development, among others.
- 2000 - 2003 LL.M., Fudan University
- 1987 - 1992 Bachelor of Management, Tongji University
- 2012 - date Lawyer/Partner, Dentons Shanghai Office
- 2009 - 2012 Lawyer/Partner, Shanghai Zhongmao Law Firm
- 2002 - 2009 Lawyer/Partner, Shanghai City Development Law Firm
- 1992 - 2002 Deputy Director of the Office/Head of the Legal Counsel Office, Shanghai Foundation Engineering Group Co., Ltd.
- Does a Fixed Contract Price Result in a Lump Sum Contract?, Co-author, Construction Times, 2001
- The Owner's No-fault Civil Liability for the Special Tort arsing from the Damages Caused by Construction Safety Accidents to Adjacent Buildings and Right of Recovery, Co-author, Chinese Lawyers Forum, 2001
- A Brief Analysis of the Understanding and Application of Article 26 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Construction Contract Dispute Cases, Chinese Lawyers Forum, 2005
- Guidelines on Legal Risk Prevention of Construction Enterprises, Co-author, Shanghai Bar Association/Shanghai Construction Trade Association/Construction Times, 2013
- Certified PRC real estate senior professional manager
- Certified PRC senior economist
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- Co-authored "Is a fixed contract price a total price lump-sum contract?", Construction Times, 2001
- Co-authored "The construction unit's strict liability for damage to adjacent buildings caused by construction safety accidents and the right of recourse", China Lawyer Forum, 2001
- "A Brief Analysis of the Understanding and Application of Article 26 of the Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on the Application of Law in the Trial of Construction Contract Dispute Cases", China Lawyer Forum, 2005
- Co-authored "Guidelines for Legal Risk Prevention in Construction Enterprises", Shanghai Bar Association/Shanghai Construction Industry Association/Construction Times, 2013