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Henry Zhu

T: +86 20 8388 0590 M: +86 135 0151 1600 Email Henry | vCard Office: Guangzhou

Awards

Recommended lawyer for Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou

Recommended lawyer for Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou

Winner - The i-law Maritime Law Award

Winner - The i-law Maritime Law Award

Henry Zhu Partner

Contact details

Henry Zhu

Henry Zhu
Partner

T: +86 20 8388 0590 M: +86 135 0151 1600 Email Henry | vCard Office: Guangzhou

Henry is a partner at Wei Tu Law Firm*. He mainly focuses on dispute resolution and has over 15 years of experiences dealing with court litigations, arbitrations around mainland China and Hong Kong.
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Henry has a wide range of experience in dispute resolution cases regarding dry shipping and international trade, charter parties, marine and non-marine insurance, cargo forwarding, financial facilities, corporate business, commercial disputes, construction project, employment matters and even criminal cases.

He has advised and represented clients in hundreds of PRC court cases over the years.

* Wei Tu (a PRC law firm registered in Guangzhou) and Stephenson Harwood (a law firm registered in Hong Kong) are in a CEPA association under the name “Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association”. CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement) is a free trade agreement concluded between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Under CEPA, Hong Kong based law firms are permitted to operate in association with Mainland Chinese law firms to provide comprehensive legal services in Mainland China governed by Chinese and non-Chinese laws.

  • Shipping
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Finance litigation
  • Aviation litigation and regulation
  • Marine and international trade
  • Shipping litigation

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of charter party. Also dealing with cargo lien, cargo disposal, security arrangement, bills of lading cross claims, conflict of laws and PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes arising in respect of bills of lading and wrongful cargo lien/detention. Also dealing with ship arrest, security arrangement, claims for damage due to wrongful cargo lien/detention and PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of ship repairs against shipyards in PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes relating to charter party in Hong Kong arbitrations.

Advising and representing cargo forwarders in disputes relating to freight claims and cargo disposal expense claims in PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes relating to insurance claims against insurers in PRC court litigations.

More: Shipping

Chaozhou Yatai Group

Assisting, advising and representing Chaozhou Yatai Group, as debtors, in their restructuring procedures before Chaozhou Intermediate Court, which amounting over RMB3bn and was the top 10 R&I cases of Guangdong Province in 2020.

Meitong Education Group

Assisting, advising and representing Meitong Education Group, as debtors, for bankruptcy matters of 11 companies, due to state policy changes on children English education industry.

Compulsory bankruptcy matter

Advising, advising and representing a Spanish shareholder shutting down their joint venture in Guangzhou through court compulsory bankruptcy procedures

European creditor

Advising and representing a European creditor to join bankruptcy procedures of a Chinese debtor.

More: Restructuring and insolvency

Representing banks in disputes relating to loan contracts in PRC court litigations and judgment enforcement.

Acting in relation to a dispute arising over international trading / bonded zone warehouse / letter of credit financing scandal in China.

Advising shipowners, banks, leasing companies on ship financing and ship building financing.

More: Finance litigation

Advising and representing an air liner in PRC court case of cargo damage.

Advising and representing an air liner in PRC court case of passenger claims.

Advising and representing a cargo owner to claim cargo damage against an air liner and a cargo insurer in PRC court case.

More: Aviation litigation and regulation

Advising and representing buyers to claim against sellers regarding international trade contract. Also dealing with PRC court procedures to stop payment under letter of credit.

Advising and representing foreign trading companies in disputes relating to international sale and purchasing contract in arbitration case before CIETAC and enforcing the winning arbitration award in European country.

Advising and representing OEM factories regarding multi-national distribution/ sales contracts.

Advising foreign trading companies regarding product quality disputes. 

More: Marine and international trade

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of charter party. Also dealing with cargo lien, cargo disposal, security arrangement, bills of lading cross claims, conflict of laws and PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes arising in respect of bills of lading and wrongful cargo lien/ detention. Also dealing with ship arrest, security arrangement, claims for damage due to wrongful cargo lien/detention and PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of ship repairs against shipyards in PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes relating to charter party in Hong Kong arbitrations.

Advising and representing cargo forwarders in disputes relating to freight claims, cargo disposal expenses claims in PRC court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes relating to insurance claims against insurers in PRC court litigations.

  • Banks and banking
  • Food and drink
  • Aviation
  • International trade

Representing banks in disputes relating to loan contracts in PRC court litigations and judgment enforcement.

Acted in relation to a dispute arising over international trading / bonded zone warehouse / letter of credit financing scandal in China.

Advising shipowners, banks, leasing companies on ship financing and ship building financing.

Advising and representing reputable distributors in disputes relating to consumer product claims in PRC Court litigations.

Advising and representing reputable food production companies in disputes relating to consumer product claims in PRC Court litigations.

Advising and representing reputable supermarket chains in disputes relating to consumer product claims in PRC Court litigations.

More: Food and drink

Advising and representing an air liner in PRC court case of cargo damage.

Advising and representing an air liner in PRC court case of passenger claims.

Advising and representing a cargo owner to claim cargo damage against an air liner and a cargo insurer in PRC court case.

More: Aviation

Advising and representing buyers to claim against sellers regarding international trade contract. Also dealing with PRC court procedures to stop payment under Letter of Credit.

Advising and representing foreign trading companies in disputes relating to international sale and purchasing contract in a arbitration case before CIETAC as well as enforcing the winning arbitration award in a European country.

Advising and representing OEM factories regarding multi-national distribution/ sales contracts.

Advising foreign trading companies regarding product quality disputes.

  • China

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of charter partyas well as dealing with cargo lien, cargo disposal, security arrangement, bills of lading cross claims, conflict of laws and court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes arising in respect of bills of lading and wrongful cargo lien/ detention. Also dealing with ship arrest, security arrangement, claims for damage due to wrongful cargo lien/detention and court litigations.

Advising and representing shipowners in disputes arising in respect of ship repairs against shipyards in court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo forwarders in disputes relating to freight claims and cargo disposal expense claims in court litigations.

Advising and representing cargo owners in disputes relating to insurance claims against insurers in court litigations.

More: China

Awards

Recommended lawyer for Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou

Recommended lawyer for Regional coverage: Guangdong Province: Guangzhou

Winner - The i-law Maritime Law Award

Winner - The i-law Maritime Law Award

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