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  • Zhong Cheng
    Senior Partner
    Director of Wang Jing & Co., Shanghai Branch
    Practice Areas:  Insurance, Maritime, Admiralty, International Trade; Corporate
    Office:    Shanghai / Guangzhou
    Tel.:    86 21-58878000/ 85 20-87600082

    Academic qualifications:
    1982  Shanghai Maritime University (Navigation)
    1991  Xiamen University (Master of Laws)
    1995  Southampton University (Master of Laws)

    Professional qualifications:
    1996  Licensed lawyer
    2002  Arbitrator of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC)
    2005  Researcher of the Maritime Law Center of China University of Political Science and Law Maritme

    Accolades:
    2003 Asialaw Leading Lawyer (PRC; Insurance & Reinsurance)
    2004 Asialaw Leading Lawyer (Insurance & Reinsurance)
    2005 Asialaw Leading Lawyer (Insurance & Reinsurance)

    Languages:
    Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese) and English

    Experience:
    From 1982 to 1988, Mr. Zhong was a judge at the Tianjin Maritime Court, and between 1991 and 1994 he was member to the judicial committee of the court and chief judge of the maritime division. In November 1995 he joined Wang Jing & Co. He is a senior partner of the Firm, and since 2005 Director of the Firm’s Shanghai Branch.

    Mr. Zhong has substantial experience in dealing with matters relating to insurance (marine and non-marine), letters of credit, general finance and ship finance, bills of lading, charter parties, international trade, and dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration). During his term of office in the Tianjin Maritime Court, Mr. Zhong heard hundreds of cases relating to maritime and marine insurance, and after joining this Firm has focused his practice mainly on insurance matters, letter of credit disputes and maritime cases. Clients include a number of global insurers, as well as the biggest domestic insurance companies.

    Mr. Zhong has studied Chinese and foreign insurance laws and cases for many years, and has published several dissertations on Chinese insurance law. He has been recognized as one of China's top experts in the field, and is regularly invited to speak on the subject at international forums. Mr. Zhong also supervises some of the Firm's largest cases, especially those involving insurance matters.

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