PRC
Called to the bar of England & Wales
Chinese (native)
English
2017
BPP, Law School
BPTC
2016
City University London, Law School
GDL
2000
Fudan University, Law School
BA
Managing Partner
Shanghai OfficeTel：+86(21)2226 1255
Email：zhaofang@huizhonglaw.com
Practice Experience
Ms. Zhao is the managing partner of Hui Zhong’s Shanghai office. Ms. Zhao has been practicing PRC law for 25 years. She was also called to the Bar of England and Wales. Ms. Zhao was appointed as the Court Member of ICC in July 2024 and is working with other members from 119 jurisdictions all over the world. She is the fourth Chinese lawyers that has received this appointment and the first one in Shanghai. Ms. Zhao has been acting for clients both before the Chinese courts including the Supreme People’s Court and various international arbitration institutions including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CAS, SAC and DIS etc. The clients Ms. Zhao served cover a wide range of industries and her expertise lies in international trade, foreign investment, Sino-foreign joint venture, energy, telecommunication, construction, intellectual property, employment, sports, and entertainment. Other than a trial lawyer, she sits as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration cases. Ms. Zhao is on the official panel lists of HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and SCIA. She is an accredited civil-commercial mediator of ADR-ODR International in London and was invited by the Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court as the court’s mediator for foreign related cases. Ms. Zhao is a visiting lecturer at the Law Schools of Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Remin University, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics etc.
Chambers & Partners ranks Ms. Zhao in both the Global and Asian sectors as one of the leading practitioners in the field of Arbitration in China. Chambers mentioned in its comments that“Many sources highlight that she is also called to the Bar of England and Wales”, “Zhao Fang is experienced acting on domestic and international arbitration cases relating to the energy, financial services and manufacturing sectors. She receives a lot of praise from market sources”, “Her attention to detail is second to none; she knows the case inside out, is hyper-responsive and has an extremely quick grasp of the crucial aspects of the case”, “Her advocacy is excellent with strong logic. Her argument will make the opponent lost for words”, and “Zhao Fang has a deep understanding of the laws and knows about our commercial needs”.
Representative cases
▪ Acted for a world-renowned Chinese Olympic swimming champion winner against WADA before CAS regarding an alleged anti-doping violation; working with the Swiss lawyer team to successfully set-aside the CAS arbitration award unfavorable to the Athlete before the Swiss Supreme Court.
▪ Acted for a Chinese commercial bank against a Hong Kong bank in parallel PRC litigations before the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) concerning both contractual disputes and fraud under the demand guarantee and counter-guarantee, successfully helped the client in overturning the first-instance judgment and won the cases by creating the first precedent by the SPC in this area.
▪ Acted for a USA Fortune Global 500 company against a Chinese infringer in a retrial case before the SPC regarding an unfair competition and infringement of trademark case and successfully helped the client in overturning the previous two-instance judgments and won the case in the end.
Representative cases
▪ Acted for a world-renowned Chinese Olympic swimming champion winner against WADA before CAS regarding an alleged anti-doping violation; working with the Swiss lawyer team to successfully set-aside the CAS arbitration award unfavorable to the Athlete before the Swiss Supreme Court.
▪ Acted for a Chinese commercial bank against a Hong Kong bank in parallel PRC litigations before the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) concerning both contractual disputes and fraud under the demand guarantee and counter-guarantee, successfully helped the client in overturning the first-instance judgment and won the cases by creating the first precedent by the SPC in this area.
▪ Acted for a USA Fortune Global 500 company against a Chinese infringer in a retrial case before the SPC regarding an unfair competition and infringement of trademark case and successfully helped the client in overturning the previous two-instance judgments and won the case in the end.
Practice Experience
Ms. Zhao is the managing partner of Hui Zhong’s Shanghai office. Ms. Zhao has been practicing PRC law for 25 years. She was also called to the Bar of England and Wales. Ms. Zhao was appointed as the Court Member of ICC in July 2024 and is working with other members from 119 jurisdictions all over the world. She is the fourth Chinese lawyers that has received this appointment and the first one in Shanghai. Ms. Zhao has been acting for clients both before the Chinese courts including the Supreme People’s Court and various international arbitration institutions including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CAS, SAC and DIS etc. The clients Ms. Zhao served cover a wide range of industries and her expertise lies in international trade, foreign investment, Sino-foreign joint venture, energy, telecommunication, construction, intellectual property, employment, sports, and entertainment. Other than a trial lawyer, she sits as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration cases. Ms. Zhao is on the official panel lists of HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and SCIA. She is an accredited civil-commercial mediator of ADR-ODR International in London and was invited by the Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court as the court’s mediator for foreign related cases. Ms. Zhao is a visiting lecturer at the Law Schools of Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Remin University, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics etc.
Chambers & Partners ranks Ms. Zhao in both the Global and Asian sectors as one of the leading practitioners in the field of Arbitration in China. Chambers mentioned in its comments that“Many sources highlight that she is also called to the Bar of England and Wales”, “Zhao Fang is experienced acting on domestic and international arbitration cases relating to the energy, financial services and manufacturing sectors. She receives a lot of praise from market sources”, “Her attention to detail is second to none; she knows the case inside out, is hyper-responsive and has an extremely quick grasp of the crucial aspects of the case”, “Her advocacy is excellent with strong logic. Her argument will make the opponent lost for words”, and “Zhao Fang has a deep understanding of the laws and knows about our commercial needs”.
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Practice Experience
Ms. Zhao is the managing partner of Hui Zhong’s Shanghai office. Ms. Zhao has been practicing PRC law for 25 years. She was also called to the Bar of England and Wales. Ms. Zhao was appointed as the Court Member of ICC in July 2024 and is working with other members from 119 jurisdictions all over the world. She is the fourth Chinese lawyers that has received this appointment and the first one in Shanghai. Ms. Zhao has been acting for clients both before the Chinese courts including the Supreme People’s Court and various international arbitration institutions including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CAS, SAC and DIS etc. The clients Ms. Zhao served cover a wide range of industries and her expertise lies in international trade, foreign investment, Sino-foreign joint venture, energy, telecommunication, construction, intellectual property, employment, sports, and entertainment. Other than a trial lawyer, she sits as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration cases. Ms. Zhao is on the official panel lists of HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and SCIA. She is an accredited civil-commercial mediator of ADR-ODR International in London and was invited by the Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court as the court’s mediator for foreign related cases. Ms. Zhao is a visiting lecturer at the Law Schools of Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Remin University, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics etc.
Chambers & Partners ranks Ms. Zhao in both the Global and Asian sectors as one of the leading practitioners in the field of Arbitration in China. Chambers mentioned in its comments that“Many sources highlight that she is also called to the Bar of England and Wales”, “Zhao Fang is experienced acting on domestic and international arbitration cases relating to the energy, financial services and manufacturing sectors. She receives a lot of praise from market sources”, “Her attention to detail is second to none; she knows the case inside out, is hyper-responsive and has an extremely quick grasp of the crucial aspects of the case”, “Her advocacy is excellent with strong logic. Her argument will make the opponent lost for words”, and “Zhao Fang has a deep understanding of the laws and knows about our commercial needs”.
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Practice Experience
Ms. Zhao is the managing partner of Hui Zhong’s Shanghai office. Ms. Zhao has been practicing PRC law for 25 years. She was also called to the Bar of England and Wales. Ms. Zhao was appointed as the Court Member of ICC in July 2024 and is working with other members from 119 jurisdictions all over the world. She is the fourth Chinese lawyers that has received this appointment and the first one in Shanghai. Ms. Zhao has been acting for clients both before the Chinese courts including the Supreme People’s Court and various international arbitration institutions including ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, CAS, SAC and DIS etc. The clients Ms. Zhao served cover a wide range of industries and her expertise lies in international trade, foreign investment, Sino-foreign joint venture, energy, telecommunication, construction, intellectual property, employment, sports, and entertainment. Other than a trial lawyer, she sits as an arbitrator in commercial arbitration cases. Ms. Zhao is on the official panel lists of HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and SCIA. She is an accredited civil-commercial mediator of ADR-ODR International in London and was invited by the Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court as the court’s mediator for foreign related cases. Ms. Zhao is a visiting lecturer at the Law Schools of Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Remin University, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics etc.
Chambers & Partners ranks Ms. Zhao in both the Global and Asian sectors as one of the leading practitioners in the field of Arbitration in China. Chambers mentioned in its comments that“Many sources highlight that she is also called to the Bar of England and Wales”, “Zhao Fang is experienced acting on domestic and international arbitration cases relating to the energy, financial services and manufacturing sectors. She receives a lot of praise from market sources”, “Her attention to detail is second to none; she knows the case inside out, is hyper-responsive and has an extremely quick grasp of the crucial aspects of the case”, “Her advocacy is excellent with strong logic. Her argument will make the opponent lost for words”, and “Zhao Fang has a deep understanding of the laws and knows about our commercial needs”.
