RENJIE ZHOU
Counsel·
RENJIE ZHOU
Counsel·
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RENJIE ZHOU
Counsel·
Shanghai
PROFILE REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES OTHER INFORMATION Further Reading
MR. ZHOU SPECIALIZES IN BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING AND IN COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Education
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, LL.B.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, J.M.
Professional Qualification
Admitted to practice in the PRC
Professional Background
Mr. Zhou joined the firm in 2016.
PROFILE
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES
- Appointed over 10 times by Shanghai courts to act as head of bankruptcy administrator or compulsory liquidation team for companies in either bankruptcy or compulsory liquidation procedures
- Acted as the bankruptcy administrator for ZK Engineering & Development Corporation’s headquarters in the first-ever pre-packaged bankruptcy in Shanghai, with multibillion-renminbi in debts
- Acted as the bankruptcy administrator for Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Company in a restructuring proceeding with total debt of more than CNY 20 billion
- Acting as member of the joint bankruptcy administrators for CEFC China and CEFC Shanghai Group Limited in a substantive consolidation bankruptcy proceeding with total debt of more than CNY 200 billion
- Acting as member of the joint bankruptcy administrators for Huaxin Group in a substantive consolidation restructuring proceeding with total debt of more than CNY 3 billion
- Acted as the bankruptcy administrator for the first bankruptcy case ever accepted by the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court in a bankruptcy liquidation proceeding, with debts at issue amounting to CNY 4 billion
- Acted as the bankruptcy administrator for the insolvency liquidation of Shanghai Jingmao Culture Communication Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sohu Group
- Represented China Orient as the investor in multiple bankruptcy restructuring cases
- Represented the Creditors’ Committee of Financial Institutions in the restructuring of Yurun Group
- Represented multiple financial institution creditors in large-scale bankruptcy restructuring proceedings in the PRC
- Represented an offshore syndicate in a creditor’s rights dispute with Dalian STX
- Represented Shanghai Yaze New Roofing Materials Co., Ltd. in a shareholder’s liability dispute with its shareholders (named by the Shanghai Bankruptcy Tribunal as a “Typical Case”, 2021)
- Represented bankruptcy administrators in dozens of litigation disputes, including over creditor rights, debt recovery, and avoidance powers
- Represented multiple foreign banks in loan dispute litigation
- Represented a renowned international architecture firm in more than 10 litigation and arbitration proceedings in the PRC
- Represented a US automobile company in a design contract dispute before CIETAC
- Represented a renowned pharmaceutical company in handling litigation involving an equipment installation contract
- Represented an A-share listed company in handling arbitration over a star-rated hotel lease contract and in applying for a Zhejiang court injunction
- Represented a renowned US clothing company before CIETAC in a series of disputes regarding a lease contract
- Represented an offshore vessel owner in the recognition and enforcement procedure for the foreign arbitral awards it obtained against its charter
