City Development Law Firm

China

Analysis

Overview

Shanghai-based City Development Law Firm is consistently referenced among market peers in the capacity of construction and real estate, an area in which the firm has found a particular niche. The firm’s construction department consists of multiple outstanding teams with lawyers having both legal and civil engineering backgrounds. The chief proponent behind the infrastructure, public utilities and landmark projects, Shuying Zhu is skilled at handling both non-litigation and litigation cases related to the fields of construction and real estate.  

Construction

Work highlights 

Advised Shanghai Tunnel Engineering on the renegotiation of the Nanjing Metro Line 5 project. 

Advised a branch of Agricultural Bank of China on the construction project of its headquarter building. 

Real estate

Work highlights 

Advised CSSC Real Estate on its Lujiazui Harbour City project, a landmark urban complex in the financial centre of Lujiazui. 

Advised China Railway 2nd Bureau Real Estate Group on the Shanghai Shihudang Town, Jin Sheng Village, Ta Hui and other plots of land "urban village" transformation project.