Shanghai-based boutique firm Sunwell Law Firm has hired Wang Jin and Zhang Tao as senior partners, further strengthening its capabilities in the scientific research sector and in financial and labour law.
Both Wang and Zhang joined from Hiways Law Firm, where they were senior partners at the Shanghai office.
Wang began practising law in 2007, joined Hiways in 2013 and later becoming a senior partner. His practice focuses on serving technology companies and scientific research institutions, as well as financial, securities, corporate and commercial matters.
In the scientific research sector, Wang led a team advising on matters including private equity and venture capital investments and financings, intellectual property protection and litigation, shareholder and investment disputes, equity structures and incentives, the commercialisation of research achievements, M&A and restructurings, and IPOs.
In finance and securities, his team advised financial institutions and companies on asset management, equity investments, M&A and restructurings, NEEQ listings, IPOs and asset securitisation. His corporate and commercial practice covered business establishment, compliance and dispute resolution.
Wang’s previous clients include Bright Food Group, Ping An Group, China Resources Group, the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, the Kunshan Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the Jiangsu Intelligent Institute.
Zhang has 18 years of legal experience. Before joining Hiways, he practised at Shanghai-based Yishi Law Firm, Zhizhong Law Firm and Jiacheng Law Firm. He joined Hiways in 2016 and was promoted to senior partner in 2021.
His practice covers labour law, civil and commercial dispute resolution, and criminal defence in financial and cybercrime cases. He also has extensive experience in civil litigation and post-judgment enforcement.
Zhang represented Tong’an Investment Management in a commercial arbitration brought by an investor over a fund contract and advised Allianz China Life Insurance on an employment contract dispute with a senior executive.
