Professionals

Zhifang Lu

Beijing    Consultant
T:+8610 6590 6639
E:luzhifang@east-concord.com
F:+8610 6510 7030
A:20/F Landmark Building Tower 1, 8 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Expertise

As a senior lawyer, Zhifang Lu provides a wide range of legal services for foreign clients, including foreign direct investment in China, venture investment, private equity investment and other forms of foreign trade and economic cooperation. Over the past years, Lu mainly worked in the field of capital markets, acting as an attorney for companies, as well as investors and underwriters in a great number of major mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. His abilities of decision-making, communications and problems solving are highly recognized by the industry. He has extensive experience in international trade disputes resolution and a good understanding of the laws in other jurisdictions, which help him achieve remarkable results over commercial trade in various industries.

Lu has won many awards from the Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Legal Who’s Who.

His clients include Minmetals, Bain Capital, Universal Picture, CDH, Goldman Sachs, Thyssenkrupp, Manroland, Temasek, Deutsche Bank,Sinolink , Panva Gas, Sunco,Huawei Appliance, Huawei Technology, IBM, Emerson Electric, Honeywell, P & G,Bayer,Royal Bank of Canada,CHEC,China Dongxiang Group, CASC, Cinda Capital, Maoxin Capital, China Yufu Group, Zhong An Insurance, BAIC ,Volkswagen Financial Services, etc.


Practice Areas

Private Equity

Corporate and M

Securities and

Education

University of California at Berkeley LLM
Teacher Training Program, University of International Business and Economics Graduation
University of International Business and Economics LLB

Professional Experience

  • 2015-Present

    East & Concord Partners

    Consultant

  • 2008-2014

    Hylands Law Firm

    Partner

  • 1994-2008

    Haiwen & Partners

    Partner


Professional Associations

1986-1994 The law school of the UIBE Associate Professor Associate Dean 1989 & 1992 Invited to give short-term lectures to many college law schools in the United States Visiting Professor 1987-2005 China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Arbitrator 2002-2005 Beijing Arbitration Commission Arbitrator