LIN Wei

LIN Wei, with Ph.D in Law from Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II University) and Diploma of Management from Harvard Law School Executive Programme, is Vice-chair of Zhonglun W&D Law Firm and a managing partner of Zhonglun W&D Shanghai Office, serves also as the principal of P.C.WOO & ZHONGLUN W.D. LLP in Shenzhen. 

Dr. Lin specializes in cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions, international trade remedies, dispute resolution and etc.. Dr. Lin has provided legal advice and services for a large number of listed companies and foreign enterprises, issued legal opinions and conducted due diligence for cross-border investment and financing, risk management, cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions, corporate restructuring and other projects. Dr. Lin has extensive experiences in the field of international trade, especially in maritime and admiralty law, and provided comprehensive legal services in contract of carriage of goods by sea, marine insurance, ship construction, ship sale and purchase, international trade negotiations, etc. Dr. Lin has participated in numerous international arbitration cases in relation to cross-border investment and maritime affairs, in the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris, Geneva), and engaged in dozens of transnational Mergers and Acquisitions projects with an amount over billions of U.S. dollars in Europe, United States, Asia and Africa, involving real estate, engineering construction, machinery manufacturing, new energy, medicine, food, fashion consumer products, educational media, e-commerce, IT industry, etc.

Since 2020, Dr. Lin has served as arbitrator in China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shenzhen International Arbitration Court as well as other dozen of Arbitration Commissions in P.R.China, such as Guangzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing, Hefei, Xi’An, Dalian, Shiyan, Hainan, Chongqing, Ningbo, Kunming, Xiamen etc.. 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES

Dr. Lin has published numerous articles on Chinese and foreign publications such as "International Economic Law Series", "Peking University Law Review", "China Maritime Law Annual Report", "World Shipping", "Notarization Seminar", "Law Press", etc. Major publications and lectures are as follows:

* "Study on the Exercise of Subrogation Rights by Marine Insurers in China", Volume 10, Annual of China Maritime Law, Dalian Maritime University Press, 1998;

* "A Preliminary Study on the Utmost Good Faith Duty of Marine Insurers", Volume 13, China Maritime Law Annual Report, Dalian Maritime University Press, 2001;

* "Study on the Influence of Unreasonable Deviation on the Contractor's Exemption Rights", World Shipping, Issue 2, 2000;

* "Study on the Impact of Contract Law on China's Freight Forwarding Legal System", World Shipping, Issue 6, 2000;

* "Study on the Implementation of The Notification of the Insured's Involvement at Sea", Annual of Maritime Law (Peking University Review of Maritime Law), Law Press, fifth series, September 2001;

* "Study on the 'Guarantee' in the Marine Insurance Law", International Economic Law Series, Xiamen University Press, Fifth series, July 2002;

* "Introduction to the French Real Estate Announcement System", Notarization Seminar, Issue 1 (Issue 26 in total), 2005;

* "Analysis of Some Legal Issues Concerning Chinese Enterprises Mergers and Acquisitions in France", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 2, 2009 (published in August 2009);

* "The Relationship Between the Transfer of Bill of Lading and the Transfer of Ownership of Goods - The Influence of 'Control Rights' on the Relationship Under the Rotterdam Rules", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 3, 2009 (published in November 2009);

* "Legal Practice Analysis on Chinese Enterprises Acquiring Japanese Enterprises", Zhonglun W&D Journal, Issue 3, 2009 (published in November 2009);

* "How Chinese Lawyers Help Chinese Enterprises to 'Go Abroad' for Merger & Acquisition" - Chinese Enterprises Go Abroad for Merger & Acquisition Law and Tax Issues Summit, September 2009, Beijing, China;

* "How Lawyers Can Help Chinese Enterprises to 'Go Abroad' for Merger & Acquisition", Shanghai Lawyer, Issue 7 (Issue 673 in total), 2010;

* "Personal Data Protection in Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition", International Youth Lawyers Association 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting, September 2012, Barcelona, Spain;

* "The Chinese Legal Environment Related to Cross-Border Merger & Acquisition", 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Asian Law Association, November 2012, Bali, Indonesia;

* "Protection of Fashion Design in China", International Fashion Law Seminar, Union Internationale des Avocats and International Youth Lawyers Association, February 2013, New York, USA.

* "Discussion on the Development Model of Law Firms", 26th Annual Meeting of the Asian Law Association, October 2013, Singapore.

* "Legal Protection of Chinese Enterprises Go Abroad under the 'Belt and Road' Pattern", Law Press, 2015, Beijing, China.

* "Comprehensive Operation of Corporate Merger & Acquisition and Legal Risk Prevention and Control", China Legal Publishing House, 2016 (Second Edition, 2018), Beijing, China.

* " International Trading, Investment, Construction Legal Practice & Dispute Resolution", China Law Press, 2020, Beijing, China.

* "Chinese Investment in Africa - Risk Control & Dispute Resolution", China Law Press, 2022, Beijing, China.

ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

* China International Investment Arbitration Forum -- Vice Chair

* INTERLAW Independent Law Firms Alliance -- AP Director

* Université PARIS II Panthéon-Assas (France) -- Visiting professor

* EmLyon Business School (France) -- Visiting professor

* School of Knowledge Economy and Management (France)-- Visiting professor

* East China University of Political Science and Law -- Visiting professor 

* East China Normal University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

* Shanghai University of International Business and Economics -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

* ZhongNan University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for Ph.D in law

* Xi'An Jiaotong University -- External Supervisor for Ph.D in law

* ZhongShan University -- Visiting professor & External Supervisor for L.L.M

HONORS

* Awarded as "25 Hot Lawyer in China" by ALB China Law Awards in 2011;

* Awarded as "China Top 15 Rising Lawyers" by ALB China Law Awards in 2013;

* Awarded as "China Client Choice Top 20" by ALB China Law Awards in 2013;

* Nominated for "Shanghai Excellent Young Lawyers" by Shanghai Bar Association in 2014;

* "One Thousand Foreign-related Business Lawyers" by Ministry of Justice of P.R.China in 2019;

* Awarded as "China Top 15 Overseas Investment Lawyers" by ALB China Law Awards in 2025.