ZHANG Chi

Dr. Zhang Chi is the Director and Senior Partner at Long An (Shenzhen) Law Firm, Deputy Director of the National Financial Law Committee and Securities Law Committee of Long An. He holds the qualification of independent director certified by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. He serves as an advisory expert for civil and administrative cases at the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Executive Director of the Enterprise Governance Research Branch of the China Law Society, a leading foreign-related lawyer in Guangdong Province, an arbitrator at the South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission/Shenzhen International Arbitration Court and Foshan Arbitration Commission, an expert in the Shenzhen State-Owned Assets and State Enterprises Legal Talent Pool, a listed lawyer at the Shenzhen Local Financial Supervision Administration, a government legal advisor to the Futian Branch of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau (focusing on state-owned enterprise investment, financing, and asset disposal). He focuses on corporate and financial legal business, with extensive experience in M&A, equity investment, asset management, banking (and non-performing bank assets), securities, trusts, insurance, private lending, construction engineering, and foreign-related commercial matters. Cases in which he served as chief arbitrator have been selected into the Shenzhen International Arbitration Court's "Typical Cases of Force Majeure and Hardship in Arbitration" (2020) and "Typical Cases and Practical Insights on Valuation Adjustment Mechanisms" (2021). Dr. Zhang is fluent in English (TEM-8) and can provide professional legal services in English.