Headquartered in Beijing with branches in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Hangzhou, East & Concord Partners has expertise in banking and finance, and commercial arbitration. Managing partner Qi Zhou focuses on dispute resolution and is experienced in handling commercial litigation and arbitration cases. The firm hired a number of new partners in the past 12 months: dispute lawyers Jingjing Zhong, Yulong Wu and Ke Li, and other lawyers include Shi Yao, Chaowen Liu and Kai Zhan.
Client feedback
“The firm gives professional advice and is capable of identifying the real needs of the customer and providing realistic solutions including settlement.” – Dispute resolution
“East & Concord provides customers with practical solutions, and you can see that they make their best efforts to provide high quality legal services to their customers while the service fees stay very reasonable.” – Dispute resolution
Chaoyi Ji
“Ji's team is very efficient. They always put customers first and are very thorough in fact checking.”
“Timely responses with practical solutions.”
Work highlights
Advised Tishman Speyer China Fund (Barbados), a subsidiary of Tishman Speyer, in an international arbitration concerning an equity transfer agreement dispute against ARA Asset Management at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC).
Key clients
GE Hydro China, Huayi Pharmaceutical, Nationsync Electrical and Machinery Equip Corp, Shanghai Juqian Rongxin Enterprise Management Partnership,
Work highlights
Acted for Beijing Coking Chemical Plant on its bankruptcy reorganisation project.
Key clients
Anhui Maanshan Rural Commercial Bank, Beijing City Mineral Resources Development, DMG Entertainment Media, Ningxia Yuanlin Biological Power Generation, Zhongjianhaixi Construction
Work highlights
Advised Sichuan Aipu Financial Industrial on its investment in the 5G smart manufacturing cluster and the second headquarters project in Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu.
Key clients
Beijing Grain Group Finance, China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group), Minerva Foods
Work highlights
Acted for a state-owned joint-stock bank and its overseas subsidiary on the establishment of a syndicate bank group for the purpose of issuing syndicated loans to a domestic borrower.
Key clients
China Citic Bank, China Pacific Insurance Group, SPD Silicon Valley Bank
