About
Dr. Zhan Hao is one of
Professional Experiences
Insurance:
Provide legal service for Mingya Insurance Brokers Company in domestic and abroad private placement and Citigroup's former chairman and CEO Sandy Weill’s risk investment in Mingya Insurance Brokers company;
Provide legal service for a domestic bank and a Japanese insurance company in purchasing domestic insurance companies;
Provide legal service for domestic insurance companies in insurance fund investment, financing (establishment by promotion in stock right investment plan and obligatory right investment plan, issuing subprime term bond, listing, etc.);
Provide legal service for trusteeship of enterprises annuity for many central corporations and listed companies; Act as a legal counsel for many domestic and international insurance companies and insurance agencies;
Provide legal service in examining and verifying insurance contract clauses, routine legal tasks, compliance management and development of new insurance products;
Have abundant experience in insurance litigation and arbitration. Act as a legal representative in insurance litigations and arbitrations which have objects over billions dollars, for many domestic large energy enterprises, construction companies and well-known international financial group.
Anti-molopoly:
Providing legal services regarding the Anti-monopoly law for a large domestic air company in cooperation with a well established
Providing legal counsel concerning monopoly agreements, concentration, and issues surrounding administrative monopolies for many large state-owned enterprises
Providing anti-monopoly examination services for some Chinese listed companies’ interested in M&A within the European Community;
Complex litigation and international arbitration:
As an arbitrator of CIETAC, Dr. Zhan Hao has handled many major and complicated cases and has abundant experiences in international arbitration where English is used as court language. He also worked many times in abroad arbitration organization. Xinjiang Yinhai Company VS. Xinjiang Hops Company, in which Dr. Zhan Hao act as a legal representative, was heard by Supreme People’s Court and published in Pronouncement of Supreme People’s Court. Relatives of Ming Pibai VS. Shenye Property Management Company, in which Dr. Zhan Hao also act as a legal representative, was heard by Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court and was named as “First Case of Property Management in
Service Domain
- Insurance
- Property insurance, life insurance, aviation insurance and marine insurance
- Reinsurance
- Claim and subrogation
- Insurance capital investment
- Insurance compliance
- Insurance M&A
- Extended warranty
- Property insurance, life insurance, aviation insurance and marine insurance
- Anti-monopoly
- Notification of Concentration
- Legal Analysis of business strategies under Chinese Anti-monopoly Law
- Representation for investigation and litigation related to Anti-trust law
- Construction of anti-monopoly compliance guidelines
- Notification of Concentration
- Complex litigation and international arbitration
- Representation in arbitration under CIETAC and other Chinese Arbitration Institutions
- Representation in litigation under Chinese courts
- Representation in arbitration under CIETAC and other Chinese Arbitration Institutions
Career
- Executive Partner, Grandall Legal Group
- Partner,
- Partner,
Education
- Post Doctoral researcher in Microeconomics and Insurance
- China-Europe Union Judiciary and Legal Cooperation program (visiting scholar)
Professional Duties & Qualifications
- Qualified and Accredited Lawyer of the People's Republic of
- Arbitrator of the
- Adjunct professor at Law school of the
- Secretary-general of the Professional Committee of Economy of the
- Member of the Insurance Law Commission in the
- Columnist for the
Academic Achievement
Dr. Zhan Hao has written numerous publications. Reference to those publications may be found under the heading BOOKS.
Global Recognition
Zhan Hao is a highly versatile lawyer, with a practice encompassing corporate, competition and insurance matters, including insurance litigation. Of note are his excellent communication skills, attentiveness to the client and great theoretical knowledge of the area" – Chambers and Partners 2009
Insurance Lawyer (Band 1) - Chambers and Partners
Competition/Anti-trust Lawyer (Band 2) - Chambers and Partners
On April 28th, 2009, Dr. Zhan Hao, the executive partner of Grandall Legal Group (
On April 24th, 2009, The insurance department of Grandall Legal Group was awarded as the Insurance Law Firm of the Year by ALB.
Firm Profile
Grandall Legal Group,
Headquartered in Beijing, Grandall Legal Group (Grandall) is one of the first Chinese nation-wide full service law firms and remains a market leader to date, retaining an impressive 100+ partners, 1200+ legal attorneys, trademark / patent attorneys, foreign legal counsels and various other legal professionals. In terms of the number of lawyers, Grandall is the second largest law firm in
On April 24th, 2009 at the
Additionally, the work of Grandall Legal Group also ranked as a finalist in a number of esteemed categories. In regard to Grandall’s work for Guangdong Nuclear Power, both Grandall and Clifford Chance ranked as Finalists for Energy and Resource Deal of the Year. Additionally, Grandall’s work for Guangdong Nuclear Power also reached finalist status in the category of Project Finance Deal of the Year. Alongside Baker and McKenzie, Grandall ranked as a finalist under the category of Equity Market Deal of the Year for their work on the IPO for China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock IPO. Of notable personal accomplishment, Wang Weidong of Grandall Legal Group’s Beijing Office was deemed as one of the finalists for
Global Recognition
"Insurance Law Firm of the Year"
"Attracts much market attention for its top-notch insurance practice" Chambers and Partners 2009
"Honorable Title of Excellent Law Firm"- Ministry of Justice of the PRC 2000
"An Impressive Base of Foreign Investors" Legal 500 2009
"Outstanding Law Firm" - All
"Top Ten Law Firms" – All
