
Representing a Shanghai-based company, along with its shareholders and ultimate controlling person, in an investment agreement dispute with a listed company at the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and handling the civil-criminal intersection issues involved in the case. hanmeijun@xinglailaw.com
Han Meijun
Han Meijun
Partner at Beijing Xinglai Law Firm
Bachelor of Laws from Tsinghua University, and Master of Civil Procedure Law from Tsinghua University. Previously worked at Zhonglun Law Firm in Beijing, where he gained over seven years of experience in the field of civil and commercial dispute resolution. He has represented clients in dozens of complex and high-stakes litigation and arbitration cases, spanning a wide range of disputes—including, but not limited to, equity transfer disputes, wagering contract disputes, private equity fund and trust contract disputes, guarantee contract disputes, private lending disputes, corporate resolution validity disputes, and trade secret infringement disputes. His clients have included industry leaders such as Lenovo Group, Charoen Pokphand Group, China Merchants Group, and PAG Asia Capital. He excels at helping clients develop comprehensive dispute-resolution strategies—from proactive risk assessments during transaction preparation and strategic design for business negotiations, to meticulous pre-litigation evidence gathering and preservation planning, all the way through courtroom advocacy, litigation tactics, and post-judgment enforcement to secure timely recovery of funds. By delivering end-to-end, one-stop services, he empowers clients to navigate even the most intricate legal challenges, ensuring their business objectives align seamlessly with their legal needs while helping them stand out in competitive disputes.
Business Areas
Civil and commercial dispute resolution, ongoing corporate legal services, and corporate bankruptcy & liquidation—boasting over seven years of experience in the field of civil and commercial dispute resolution. I have represented clients in dozens of complex, high-stakes litigation and arbitration cases spanning a wide range of disputes, including but not limited to shareholder equity transfer conflicts, "betting" contract disputes, private equity fund and trust contract disagreements, guarantee contract disputes, private lending controversies, corporate resolution validity disputes, and trade secret infringement cases. I specialize in helping clients develop comprehensive, systematic dispute-resolution strategies—from proactive risk assessments during transaction planning and strategic design for business negotiations—to pre-litigation evidence chain integration, preservation strategy formulation, and ultimately, courtroom advocacy, enforcement, and recovery of funds. This end-to-end, one-stop service model empowers clients to navigate even the most intricate legal challenges, enabling them to achieve their business objectives while seamlessly aligning with their legal needs.
Typical Case
Acquittal Cases
(1) Litigation and Arbitration
- Successfully assisted the client in securing over 600 million yuan in compensation in a contractual dispute over performance guarantees between an investment entity under China Merchants Group and the actual controller of a listed company, mediated by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission.
- Representing a subsidiary of Lenovo Group in its contractual dispute with a subsidiary of Ping An Group at the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, involving a disputed amount exceeding 300 million yuan;
- Represented a chemical company in Yiyang in a share-transfer dispute with another company at the Supreme People's Court, successfully helping the client reduce the compensation amount by over 30 million yuan.
- Representing a Shanghai-based company, along with its shareholders and实际控制人, in an investment agreement dispute with a listed company at the Shanghai Arbitration Commission, and handling the civil-criminal intersection issues involved in the case.
- Represented a state-owned enterprise in Beijing in a cooperation contract dispute with another state-owned enterprise in Shanghai at the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, successfully helping the client recover losses through settlement.
- Represented a state-owned enterprise in Beijing in a private equity fund contract dispute case against a Beijing-based investment company at the Beijing Arbitration Commission, successfully helping the client recover tens of millions of yuan in investment losses.
- Representing a director in a series of disputes over the validity of corporate resolutions between the director and a subsidiary of Ping An Group, filed at the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing.
- Represented a publicly listed company in the cultural industry in a contract dispute case against a Beijing municipal district government and others at the Beijing Arbitration Commission, successfully helping the client avoid paying damages amounting to tens of millions of yuan.
- Represented a private equity investment management company in a partnership agreement dispute with an individual investor at the Beijing Arbitration Commission, successfully helping the client recover losses through settlement.
- Represented a global fast-moving consumer goods company in its lease contract dispute with a Beijing-based real estate company at the Beijing Arbitration Commission, while also handling the associated criminal proceedings—successfully helping the client secure compensation totaling one million yuan.
- Successfully assisted the client in avoiding compensation of tens of millions of yuan in a trust contract dispute between a trust company and an asset management company, as handled by the Beijing Arbitration Commission.
- Representing a subsidiary of Lenovo Group in a guarantee contract dispute case at the Fujian Provincial High People's Court, involving a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and a branch of the China Construction Bank Corporation.
- Representing a certain company in the guarantee contract dispute case against an asset management company, etc., at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court and the Beijing Higher People's Court.
- Representing a listed environmental industry company and a joint-stock company in their contract dispute case at the Tongcheng People's Court;
- Represented a subsidiary of PAG (PAG Investment Group) in the enforcement proceedings of a loan dispute between the company and a certain investment partnership. This involved handling multiple enforcement objections, appeals, and applications for retrial filed by several investors of the partnership at the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court and the Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court, ultimately securing a favorable judgment that enabled the client to recover nearly 100 million yuan in losses.
- Representing an individual in a civil loan dispute case against another individual at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court;
- Representing an individual in a creditor's right of revocation dispute and enforcement restoration proceedings against another individual at the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing.
- Representing an individual in a series of private lending dispute cases against other individuals at the Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing;
- Represented a subsidiary of Charoen Pokphand Group in its commercial secret infringement dispute with a research unit of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court and the Supreme People's Court, successfully assisting the client in raising an objection to jurisdiction, which was subsequently upheld by the Supreme People's Court.
- Representing a subsidiary of Charoen Pokphand Group in the commercial secret infringement dispute with a chemical company, both at the Dalian Intermediate People's Court and the Supreme People's Court.
- Representing a company in the application to set aside an arbitration award at the Beijing Financial Court, involving Kyushu Securities Co., Ltd. and others;
- A case at the Yantai Intermediate People's Court involving the confirmation of the validity of an arbitration agreement between an investment entity under China Merchants Group and the actual controller of a listed pharmaceutical company.
(II) Legal Consultation
- Providing advisory legal services for trust investments of Softcom Technology Service Co., Ltd.;
- Providing advisory legal services for the contract dispute of Hubei Jinshajiang Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd.;
- Providing advisory legal services for multiple lease disputes involving Gap (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. in Beijing, Changsha, and Guangzhou;
- Providing advisory legal services for CITIC Pacific Steel Trading Co., Ltd.'s M&A transaction worth over 13 billion yuan;
- Providing advisory legal services for domestic investments of China Life Insurance Company Limited.