Mingzhen Zhu
Zhu Mingzhen Partner
Corporate and M&A
Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency
Dispute Resolution
IP and Technology Innovation
Detailed introduction
As a Partner of theDentons' Shanghai office, Ms. MingzhenZhu focuses onlegal services in commercial fieldsincluding construction and real estate, corporates' merger andacquisition, private equity and financing, bank and finance. Ms. Zhubegan practicing in 2001. Since then, she has worked with fulfilled experience in relevant compliance review andrisk control of primary and secondary land development, real estate trust andprivate equity financing, construction projects, prime real estatetransactions, real estate leasing and sales, and property management in constructionand real estate industry; besides, she has provided a plenty of legal services inresolution of civil and commercial disputes about equity acquisition, foreigninvestment, corporate compliance, commercialization of scientific andtechnological achievements in the field ofcorporates' merger and acquisition.
Real Estate and Construction Projects
- Participating throughoutthe development and construction of Plaza 66 --- a commercial real estateproject at Shanghai invested by Hang Lung Properties, including the foreign-fundedland lease, development and construction of commercial real estate, the merchants, lease and operational management of the first commercial real estate in Chinathat brought the investment of international top-trending luxury brands
- On behalf of SRE GroupLimited, together with its affiliated asset management company and othersubsidiaries, providing legal serviceson cooperating with Shanghai Trust to set up a trust fund about raising theland transaction fees of real estate development
- Providing legal services on preliminary legalrisk analysis and compliance review for the supportive housing project investedand constructed by a design and research institute affiliated to China StateShipbuilding Corporation and the municipal government of Zhejiang
- Providing legal services for Shanghai Star Group Co.,Ltd. about selling relevant shops’ leasing contracts
- Providing legal consulting services on the investmentand construction of a commercial landmark developed by Furun Real Estate Co.,Ltd. in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Providing legal services about the transferring andrecapitalization of construction projects in process and issues of newlyestablished sino-foreign joint venture throughout the establishment of Jing’AnJiubai Urban Square (Jiuguang Department Store), a joint venture invested by astate-owned corporation affiliated to Shanghai Jiubai Group and Sogo Hong KongCo., Ltd.
- Providing legal services for a state-owned enterprisein Hongkou district throughout a project worked with a Korean company onrestructuring the state-owned enterprise, mergers and acquisitions, assetrestructuring, foreign investment, establishment of the New World DepartmentStore and relevant leasing
- Providing legal services for a group corporation inShanghai throughout its selling of a building located at West Nanjing Road,Jing’An district, participating in negotiation, drafting and reviewing the contract, evaluation, delivery andtransferring ownership of the state-owned assets, etc.
- Providing legal services for the investment companyaffiliated to Yulong Group Corporation throughoutthe acquisition of the industrial plant in Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone,participating in negotiation, drafting and reviewing the contract, the housingdelivery, etc.
- Providing legal services for Shanghai Quanxi Investment Company and its subsidiaries about equitytransfer, asset mergers and acquisitions
Civil and Commercial Disputes
- Representing China Galaxy Securities and dealingwith the lawsuit for dispute about short selling and margin trading
- Representing Shanghai PuwaiConstruction Company and dealing with thelawsuit against China Nuclear Industry Zhongyuan Construction Co., Ltd. oftrial of first and second instance for dispute about the construction project contract in Guangxi
- RepresentingShanghai Anheng Real Estate Development Company and dealing with the lawsuit for dispute aboutproject contract involved in development and construction
- RepresentingShanghai Yuti Optoelectronic Company and dealing with the lawsuit against CCB International fordispute about financial loancontract
- Representing Shanghai Yujinhong Building MaterialsCompany and dealing with the lawsuit against Shanghai Jahwa Group Corporationfor dispute about business contract
- Representing Shanghai Jinzhuan Building MaterialsCompany and dealing with the lawsuit of retrial for dispute about financial loancontract
- Representing Green Valley Investment Co. in Canada anddealing with the lawsuit against Shanghai Green Valley Investment Company fordispute about equity investment
- Representing Shanghai Building Decoration Group Corporationand dealing with the lawsuit against Shanghai Fusheng Company for dispute aboutcooperation contract
- Representing Jiangsu Suzhong Construction Group Co.,Ltd and dealing with the lawsuit against Qunda Company for dispute aboutconstruction project contract
Commercialization of Scientific and TechnologicalAchievements
- As a permanentlegal adviser of a grade three first-class hospitalaffiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Stem Celland Regenerative Medicine Translational Medicine Center at Institute ofTranslational Medicine, SJTU, providing legal services for commercialization of patent grantedby medical experts in clinical practice and scientific research, including investmentplan, equity structure, corporate governance structure design, projectcooperation negotiations, assessment of qualified investors, and price ofintellectual property rights
- LL.M., East China University of Political Science and Law
- LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law
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- 2010 - date Partner, Dentons Shanghai Office
- 2007 - 2010 Partner, Shanghai Deqin Law Firm
- 2001 - 2007 Partner/Lawyer, Shanghai Guoyao Law Firm
- PRC licensed lawyer
- Certified patent agent
- A Preliminary Study on Senior Care Property and the PPP Model
- Member of Shanghai Law Society
- Member of Shanghai Bar Association
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