Education and Training
China University of Political Science and Law, LL.M.
Professional Fields：
Corporate Law, Capital and Securities Markets
Investment, Financing and M&A, Private Equity Funds Real Estate and Construction, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
Qualifications：
Enterprise Legal Counsel Qualification,
Independent Director Qualification
Professional Experience：
Since commencing her legal practice in June 2005, Attorney Zhao Ying has provided legal services to dozens of large enterprise groups, including the China International Development Cooperation Agency, China Everbright Group, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, China Everbright Bank Head Office, China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, China New Era Group Holding Limited, China National Nuclear Corporation, and China Gold Coin Corporation. Attorney Zhao currently serves as the Director of the Corporate Law Special Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, Postgraduate Supervisor for Master of Law students at Renmin University of China and China University of Political Science and Law, Examiner for the Beijing Lawyers Association’s Practicing Lawyer Interview Assessment, and is an expert included in the First Batch of Third-Party Supervision, Assessment, and Mechanism Professionals for Corporate Compliance Involved in Cases in Beijing. She previously served as Director of the 11th Beijing Lawyers Association Corporate Law & State-owned Assets Special Committee and she has also been recognized as a Recommended Leading Lawyer in the Corporate/M&A section of Chambers Global Guide and Chambers Greater China Guide for two consecutive years, 2025 and 2026. Lawyer Zhao Ying has deep expertise in the state-owned and enterprise sector, possesses a solid legal foundation, and is proficient in the application of fundamental theories of civil and commercial law, corporate law, and financial law. In practice, she is capable of handling legal application tasks in diverse environments, independently applying her legal knowledge to conduct logical analysis and judgment on various complex and difficult cases, and providing sound legal opinions. She was recognized as one of the 2023 LEGALBAND Top 15 SOE Lawyers. With over ten years of experience in litigation and arbitration legal practice, she has represented hundreds of civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, and SPC retrial cases. She is adept in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, corporate law matters, mixed-ownership reform for central and state-owned enterprises, fund and securities-related businesses, investment, M&A, and restructuring. Her case handling is meticulous, dedicated, and grounded in solid legal expertise, earning high recognition from clients and judges.
Representative Cases：
- Provided special legal services for the gratis transfer of assets for China Gold Coin Corporation;
- Represented a Beijing international trade company in a loan dispute against a Hangzhou property company;
- Represented Lin in a SPC retrial case regarding a equity transfer dispute with Wang;
- Provided special legal services for the joint-stock system restructuring of a Beijing company;
- Provided full-process special legal services for a investment company’s equity transfer project;
- Provided special legal services for a Beijing company's project of increasing holdings in a listed company’s shares;
- Provided full-process legal services for a company’s equity investment, block trade reductions, and fund project investment and financing;
- Provided professional legal opinions and business negotiation support for a company’s sovereign loan project.
Regular Legal Counsel Clients：
- China International Development Cooperation Agency
- China Isotope & Radiation Corporation
- Board of Directors, China Everbright Group Ltd.
- People.cn Co., Ltd.
- Huaneng Nuclear Power Development Co., Ltd.
- China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd.
- China Energy Saving Capital Holding Co., Ltd.
- China National Nuclear Corporation Capital Holding Co., Ltd.
- Huaneng Carbon Asset Management Co., Ltd.
- China Aviation Settlement Co., Ltd.
- CRRC Finance Co., Ltd.
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences Group Co., Ltd.
- China Banknote Printing and Minting Group Co., Ltd.
- China Energy Conservation Huayu Fund Management Co., Ltd., etc.
- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publications：
- Practical Guide to Designing Articles of Association for Limited Liability Companies, Law Press China, 2025.
- Lawyer’s Practical Commentary on Key Provisions of the Company Law, Law Press China, 2024.
- All China Lawyers Association Lawyer’s Practice Operation Guidance (Fifth Edition), Peking University Press, 2023.
- A Look at China’s Current Share Repurchase System from the Perspective of Internal Governance of Listed Companies
- Development and Reflection on the System of Supervisors in Chinese Companies under the New Company Law Revision Draft
- Research on Hot Issues in M&A and Restructuring during State-Owned Enterprise Reform
- Research Report on Administrative Penalty Cases against Chinese Listed Companies and Their Executives
Social Activities：
- Director, Corporate Law Special Committee, 12th (Current) Beijing Lawyers Association
- Director, State-owned Assets Legal Special Committee, 11th Beijing Lawyers Association
- Director, Beijing Chongde Shangfa Civil and Commercial Mediation Center
- Expert, Beijing Lawyers Association Expert Group for Legal Health Check-ups for Private Enterprises
- Examiner, Beijing Lawyers Association’s Practicing Lawyer Interview Assessment
- Arbitrator, Dezhou Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator, Qingdao Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator, Lanzhou Arbitration Commission
Honors：
- Ranked, Chambers Global 2025-2026 - Corporate/M&A
- Ranked, Chambers Greater China Region 2025-2026 - Corporate/M&A
- LEGALBAND Client Choice: Top 15 SOE Lawyers, Dec 2023
- Outstanding Legal Vice Principal, Shijingshan District, Jul 2016
- Advanced Legal Assistance Individual of Beijing, Dec 2012
- Advanced Individual in Law-Based Administration for 2006, Shijingshan District, Mar 2007
