Zhou Qiang

ABOUT ZY PARTNERS

ZY PARTNERS(“ZY”) is a law firm based in Beijing providing legal services across Chinese mainland. We are a boutique law firm specialised in litigation practice with a remarkable proven track record, especially in the fields of foreign-related intellectual property (“IP”) and commercial dispute resolution.

Many of the cases represented by ZY are ranked as one of the Top Ten most Influential Cases of the Year, Guiding Cases or Reference Cases by the Supreme People’s Court of China (“the SPC”), the Beijing High People’s Court and local people’s courts in other parts of China. One of the appellate cases represented by ZY, i.e., the dispute over shareholders’ capital contribution between Thumb Env-Tech Group (Fujian) Co, Ltd. and Sino-Environment Technology Group Limited, even created a number of FIRSTs since the establishment of the SPC, namely: (1) it was the first time for the SPC to set up a grand collegial bench with five justices to hear a civil case; (2) it was the first time for SPC to declare a ruling on the case right after conclusion of an oral argument in court, in which our client prevailed; and (3) it was the first time for the SPC to invite a large number of foreign envoys and foreign media in Beijing to observe the hearing.

ABOUT Mr ZHOU Qiang

Mr Zhou, a senior partner of the firm, has extensive experience in representing Chinese and foreign clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings, including courts across China, CIETAC, HKIAC and the British Arbitration Tribunal. He specializes in solving complex corporate and commercial disputes through negotiations and mediation.

Mr Zhou has filled the position of legal expert in IP-related legal matters, specializing in copyright, trade secrets and application of international IP systems in China under the WTO and TRIPS rules.

Mr Zhou has degrees from Jilin University’s Department of Law, where he graduated in 1982 with a LL.B as well as from the University of Iowa’s College of Law in 1995 where he earned his LL.M. In addition to his education, Mr Zhou has also engaged in legal teaching and research at various educational institutes, such as Law Faculty, Queen’s University in Canada, the Center for Chinese Legal Study at School of Law and Columbia University in the USA. Currently, Mr Zhou is still very active in the academic legal circle of China.