Mr. Zhang sponsored the first Chinese-funded law firm in Lao PDR, and served as the Director. Mr. Zhang leads an international team of lawyers to provide legal services for Chinese enterprises and Chinese citizens in Lao PDR and extends the scope of services to neighboring countries of Southeast Asia and South Asia. Since practice, Mr. Zhang has been mainly engaged in overseas investment, cross-border financing, overseas energy development, overseas infrastructure construction, foreign-related commercial dispute settlement, etc., and has mastered the laws of South and Southeast Asian countries. The key clients include China Development Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, Export-Import Bank of China, China Minsheng Banking Corp.Ltd., Power Construction Corporation of China, China National Complete Plant Export Corporation, China Water Conservancy & Power Foreign Co., China Duty-Free Group, China Southern Power Grid, Yunnan Metropolitan Real Estate Development, Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd., Yunnan Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd., Yunnan Tourism Group Co. Ltd, Yunnan Yongle Overseas Investment Co. LTD, Yunnan Hongta Group Co. Ltd., and Mr. Zhang has served these clients with participation in the overseas railway, highway, iron and steel, paper-making, tobacco, hydropower, mining, real estate, international engineering, special economic zones, urban infrastructure construction, cross-border financing, and many other projects.

1998 University of International Studies, BA 2007 Yunnan University, LLM 2016 Law school of BPP University of UK, Training program of international commercial arbitration

Member of LAWASIA BELT AND ROAD COMMITTEE Member of Inter-Pacific Rim Law Association (IPBA) Registered Foreign Lawyer Member of Lao Bar Association Arbitrator, Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre(BIAC) Arbitrator, Sino-Vietnamese International Commercial Arbitration Center (VCITAC) Mediator, Mediation Center of China International Chamber of Commerce Arbitrator, Nanjing Arbitration Commission Arbitrator, Kunming Arbitration Commission Arbitrator, Pu’er Arbitration Commission/Lancang-Mekong International Arbitration Court Board member, Yunnan International Taxation Research Association Member, Expert Pool of South Asia and Southeast Asia Judicial Research Center, Kunming Intermediate People’s Court Experts, Experts Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Yunnan) South Asia Legal Service Centre Candidate, Mediator of International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization Member, Expert Pool of Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Center Expert Lawyer, Center of “One Belt One Road” Legal Service in Wuxi

Top Ten Belt and Road Lawyers First Outstanding Legal Service Projects for the Belt and Road Initiative by Legal Daily Outstanding Party Member of All China Lawyers Association Outstanding Lawyer of Yunnan Lawyers Association Outstanding Party member of Yunnan Lawyers Association Individual with outstanding performance in Covid Prevention and Control and Resumption of Work and Production of Yunnan Lawyers Association Ranked Individual of Chambers Global Guide 2024 Ranked Individual of 2021 Asia-Pacific Guide Ranked Individual of 2017 Asia-Pacific Guide Typical Case of Legal Services for China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone Construction by the 4th China-ASEAN Forum on the Rule of Law, The Legal Services for the Lao Vientiane-Vang Vieng Highway Medium and Long-term Cross-border Syndicated Loan Project. Typical Case of Investment Legal Services for the Belt and Road Initiative of the 5th session of the Legal Daily, The Legal Services for the Lao Vientiane-Vang Vieng Highway Medium and Long-term Cross-border Syndicated Loan Project. Typical Case of Legal Services for China-ASEAN Community With A Shared Future Construction by the 5th China-ASEAN Forum on the Rule of Law, The Legal Services for the Acquisition of the Asset Operation Right by the China Southern Power Grid in Laos.

International energy development and construction projects
1.Acting for CGN to provide legal services in the early stage of its clean energy project in Lao PDR.
2.Acting for China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (CR Power) to provide preliminary legal services for its investment in a hydropower project in Myanmar.
3.Acting for SPIC Yunnan Company to provide legal services for its later operation of Myitsone Power Station in Myanmar.
4.Acting for China Southern Power Grid to provide legal services for the external power supply project of Lao PDR section of China-Laos Railway.
5.Acting for China Southern Power Grid to provide legal services for a transmission line purchase project in Lao PDR.
6.Acting for SPIC Guangxi Electric Power Co.,Ltd to provide legal due diligence services for the acquisition of a hydropower project in Lao PDR.
7.Acting for CHINA NATIONAL COMPLETE PLANT IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION LIMITED to provide legal services for a hydropower station investment project in Lao PDR.
8.Acting for Chongqing Water Turbine Plant to issue legal opinions on its Nam Ngiep 2A and 2B hydropower projects in Lao PDR.
9.Acting for Laos HOUAY PALAI Hydropower Station Company to issue a legal opinion on its EPC project preferred loan.
10.Acting for TBEA to issue a legal opinion on its 115KV power transmission project in Vientiane, Lao PDR.
11.Acting for China Electric Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd. to provide legal services on the safety production management specifications of its PNPC 115/230TL project in Lao PDR.
12.Acting for CHINA NATIONAL COMPLETE PLANT IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION LIMITED to provide legal services for the construction contract project of Vientiane Life Center in Lao PDR.
13.Acting for Dianchi Water to provide legal services for its BOT project of a water plant and sewage treatment plant in a special economic zone in Lao PDR.
14.Acting for POWERCHINA Kunming Engineering Corporation Limited to provide legal due diligence services for a logistics park construction project in Laos.
International Finance Projects
1.Acting for Kunming Fire Fighting Detachment to provide legal services for its borrowing of a loan from the Austrian government for the purchase of fire fighting equipment project.
2.Acting for Kunming Economic and Technological Development Zone to provide legal services for borrowing of a loan from KFW.
3.Acting for Kunming Water Supply Group Co., Ltd to provide legal services for borrowing of a loan from Asian Development Bank for financing project of water supply facilities construction.
4.Acting for Kunming Water Supply Group Co., Ltd to provide legal services for borrowing of a loan from Japan Bank for International Cooperation for financing project of water supply facilities construction.
5.Acting for CDB to provide legal services for the Lao Vientiane-Vang Vieng Highway Medium and Long-term and Short-term Cross-border Syndicated Loan Project.
6.Acting for Development Bank of Singapore to provide legal services for the Lao Vientiane-Vang Vieng Highway Short-term Cross-border Syndicated Loan Project.
7.Acting for CDB to provide legal services for a financing project for resumption of work and production in Laos.
8.Acting for CDB to provide legal services for EDL debt deferred project.
9.Acting for CDB Yunnan Branch to provide legal due diligence services for registration of credit structure of the loan projects of Laos.
10. Acting for ICBC to provide legal services for the Lao Vientiane-Vang Vieng Highway Short-term Cross-border Syndicated Loan Project.
11. Acting for Bank of China Malaysia Branch to provide legal services for a hydropower Loan Project in Laos.
12. Acting for Bank of China Vientiane Branch to provide legal services for changing of loan project of a company in Laos.
13. Acting for China Minsheng Bank Shanghai Free Trade Zone Branch to provide legal services for financing project for Nangong 1 hydropower station in Laos.
14. Acting for The Export-Import Bank of China to provide legal due diligence services for a financing project for a special economic zone in Laos.
15. Acting for ICBC Vientiane Branch to provide legal services for a US dollar loan project of a company in Laos.
16. Acting for The Export-Import Bank of China Hunan Branch to provide legal services for a company in Hunan province offers equity of a company in Laos as pledge.
17. Acting for Lao-China Securities Co., Ltd. to provide legal services for restructured and listed projects.
18. Acting for LID to provide legal services for financing project of Lao Vientiane WTC project borrowed from Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Bank of China (Vientiane) by syndicated loan.
Mining Investment Projects
1.Acting for SINO-AGRI INTERNATIONAL POTASH CO.,LTD to provide legal services for equity acquisition project in Laos.
2.Acting for SINO-AGRI INTERNATIONAL POTASH CO.,LTD to provide annual legal counsel services in Laos.
3.Acting for Lao Kaiyuan Mining Company to provide legal services for private issuance items by its parent company in China.
4.Acting for China National Gold Group Co., Ltd. to provide legal services for acquisition of equities of parent company of a copper-gold mine project company in Laos.
5.Acting for IHC to provide legal services for acquisition of gold mine project.
6.Acting for Poly Technologies to provide legal opinions on the matters of its rights and interests concerning the certain project in Laos.
7.Acting for Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd to provide legal due diligence services for acquisition of a mine project in Laos.
Investment and Merger Projects
1.Acting for Kunming Municipal Finance Bureau and Kunming Industrial Development & Investment Co., Ltd to provide legal services for the acquisition of Kunming Trust from Macquarie Group Australia and the conversion of Kunming Trust into Huaao Trust.
2.Acting for a company in Kunming to provide legal services for introduction of STICKHOUSE branch with an Italian company.
3.Acting for Kunming Chaumont Company to provide legal services for a real estate cooperation project between Kunming Company and French Investor in Yunnan.
4.Acting for Yunnan Yongle to provide legal due diligence services for investing iron and steel works in Myanmar.
5.Acting for Kunming Industrial Development & Investment Co., Ltd/Air Travel to provide legal advisory services on preliminary work in connection with a proposed acquisition of equity interest in a European airline.
6.Acting for Dianchi Water to provide legal services for its performance of the bidding phase of the Wastewater Treatment Plant BOT project in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
7.Acting for Yunnan Tourism to provide legal due diligence services on preliminary work in connection with a hotel project in Thailand.
8.Acting for CDF to provide legal due diligence services for its duty-free business in Laos.
9.Acting for Tsinghua Unigroup to provide legal due diligence services for acquisition of a Lao company.
10.Acting for Sun paper to provide legal services for acquisition of equity interest of BLPP.
11.Acting for Jinghong Urban Investment and Development Co., Ltd to provide legal due diligence services for acquisition of the equity interests of Boten Special Economic Zone Company.
Cross-border Dispute Resolution Projects
1.Acting for Kunming Zhangjiu River Administrative Bureau to provide legal services for a contract dispute with a Hong Kong company heard by CIETAC.
2.Acting for Kunming Zhangjiu River Administrative Bureau to provide legal services for dispute over contract settlement with the Italian contractor under FIDIC contract.
3.Acting for a company in Shanghai to provide legal services for payment dispute arising from international trade agreements in Laos.
4.Acting for SINOHYDRO FOUNDATION ENGINEERING CO., LTD to provide legal services for a litigation in Laos regarding construction contract dispute.
5.Acting for Lao China Bank to provide legal services for a litigation in Laos regarding collection of a non-performing loan project.
6.Acting for ICBC Vientiane Branch to provide legal services for a litigation in Laos regarding contract dispute.
7.Acting for LID to provide legal services for a litigation in Laos regarding equity dispute of its project company.
8.Acting for China International Water & Electric Corp. to provide legal services regarding damages incurred due to dam failure of upstream hydropower station.
9.Acting for Jiangge Cement to provide legal services regarding dispute on equity of subsidiaries in Laos.
10.Acting for Chongqing Zhongke Holding Co., Ltd. to provide legal services regarding confirmation of debt and registration of mortgage project in Laos.

1.Outline of China-Laos Railway Transport Laws and Regulations.
2.ACLA’s Legal Environment Report of the “One Belt One Road” Countries (Chile).
3.CDB’s Annual Legal Report of Lao PDR.
4.First Prize in the Paper Selection of the Lawyers’ Law Research Association of China’s Law Society Path and Model for Chinese Law Firms to Go Global for Service and Development.
5.“Acquisition of equity of BLPP by Laos subsidiary of Sun Paper” listed in Outstanding Cases on Foreign-related Legal Services issued by the All-China Lawyers Association.
6.The Two-Tier UK Lawyer System published in China’s Lawyers Magazine.