Grace (Lei) Zheng

Grace Zheng, PhD, began to practice in King & Wood Shanghai Office in 1999 and became the partner of Yao Liang Law Firm in 2003. She joined Co-effort Law Firm LLP as senior partner and head of the firm’s shipping and international trade team in 2015.

During the practice of almost two decades, Grace Zheng has gained extensive experience in handling maritime claims, charter party disputes and shipbuilding & repair contracts disputes. She handles a variety of arbitration and litigation cases, representing domestic clients in international and domestic arbitration and litigation proceedings and representing international clients in arbitration and litigation proceedings taking place in China. She also has in-depth experience in advising on ship sales and financial leasing transactions.

She is the legal counsel of a number of China state-owned trading companies, shipyard, shipping companies, financial institutions and leasing companies. She is also retained by international companies and law firms to provide legal services in relation to Chinese law. She is the arbitrator of China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Arbitration Center and Shenzhen International Arbitration Center, which are the most reputable international arbitration centers in China. She is the professor and part time tutor of Shanghai Maritime University and East China University of Politic and Law.

She has published more than 37 pieces of articles and books in many reputable legal journals in China as of April 2018. Being a legal expert and senior lawyer in maritime and arbitration, Grace is frequently invited to speak at the seminars held in China, Singapore, Norway and other countries focusing on development of maritime law and arbitration practice in China.