Qiao Zhiqiang

Profile

Qiao Zhiqiang is co-founder and managing partner of Shen Yong Law Firm. He was educated at Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Tsinghua University. For more than seventeen years he has advised corporate clients on operating decisions, transactions and disputes.

At Wanda, Agile Group, Yifeng Pharmacy and peer listed companies, he was responsible for legal affairs, policy research and investment management. He is familiar with both government-facing and business-to-business negotiations, and combines legal work with enterprise management experience. In disputes, he has led litigation exceeding RMB 1 billion in amount in dispute. In M&A and financing, he has led or taken part in several hundred investment and acquisition projects.

The work turns on organising the facts, the evidence and the pace of the procedure, so that a path can be formed that holds both the commercial objective and legal risk, and so that the key judgments are written down.

Education & experience

• Education — Southwest University of Political Science and Law; Tsinghua University
• Current — Co-founder and managing partner, Shen Yong Law Firm
• Prior — Wanda, Agile Group, Yifeng Pharmacy and peer listed companies (legal / policy research / investment)
• Practice — 17+ years in litigation and non-litigation practice management

Practice areas

• Major commercial dispute resolution — litigation and arbitration of major commercial, equity, governance and construction disputes
• Corporate governance and joint ventures — JV arrangements, board and shareholders' meetings, shareholders' agreements, earn-outs, exits and post-deal governance
• M&A and financing — equity investment, acquisitions, financing and deal structure; due diligence, transaction documents and negotiation
• Outside general counsel — operating decisions, contract review and compliance
• Contracts, employment and compliance — workplace rules, internal controls, templates and institutional documents

Sector focus: real estate and commercial property, property and smart-city operations, pharmaceutical retail, high-tech / new energy.

Companies and clients served

The following companies or clients have received legal services or related cooperation (in no particular order; names are given for general description of the practice only):

• Wanda Group — commercial property · group
• Agile Group — real estate · listed
• Kardan Land — real estate
• A-Living — property management · listed
• Yifeng Pharmacy — pharmaceutical retail · listed
• Minghua Smart City — smart-city · group
• Longcheng Services — property management
• Jingqi Services — enterprise services
• Huafu Network — networking and cloud · high-tech
• Zhichong New Energy — EV charging · high-tech
• Yanqiao Technology — BI / AIGC · growth-stage

Prior consent is recommended before using the above names or marks. Engagement scope is governed by written retainer.

Representative matters

Summaries by type of work. Parties and case numbers are omitted, and the items below are not mapped one-for-one to the names above.

Major disputes

• Equity-transfer dispute (~RMB 810 million) — acted for a corporate client on an equity-transfer contract dispute, coordinating the cause of action, the evidence and the procedure.
• Construction-contract dispute (~RMB 220 million) — acted on a dispute over contract price and performance between the client and the contractor.
• Inter-company loan dispute (~RMB 80 million) — a cross-province loan, interest and security arrangement between enterprises.
• Litigation exceeding RMB 1 billion in dispute — led complex commercial litigation, covering fact-finding, the evidence chain and the overall pace of the procedure.

Transactions, governance and compliance

• Joint ventures and governance — drafted and iterated JV agreements for a smart-city operator, covering the board and shareholders' meeting, deadlock, financial control and seal control, and a review of the other side's draft.
• Debt-assignment opinion — a compliance opinion for a listed group on a debt-assignment, covering validity, consideration, notice and accessory rights, and a path for the order of enforcement over a combined asset package.
• ESOP and financing documents — option and nominee structures for a technology start-up, including vesting, exercise and related instruments, and iteration of financing agreements.
• Antitrust investigation response — analysis and a response path for a corporate client facing an antitrust investigation.
• Risk review and templates — a legal risk review, and revision of core commercial templates and internal rules.

M&A and investment

• Led or took part in several hundred M&A and investment projects, covering structure, due diligence, document negotiation and post-deal governance.

Ongoing counsel and employment

• Employment disputes and workplace systems — several employment disputes, with the evidence organised; review and rebuild of labour-dispatch and employment-contract systems.
• Demand letters and dispute strategy — letters of demand for a high-tech enterprise on a contract dispute, holding together the facts, the choice of procedure and the room to negotiate.

Method

Structured analysis. Allocation of risk. Orderly execution.