Luming Chen

Mr. Chen is based in JunHe Shanghai office. Before that, Mr. Chen was a partner at Jones Day, and was associated with Debevoise & Plimpton and O’Melveny & Myers in the US.

Mr. Chen has broad experience in the resolution of complex international disputes through arbitration, litigation, mediation and negotiation. He has significant experience in project construction disputes, disputes arising under long-term purchase agreements, complex commercial, share and asset acquisition and joint venture disputes, and disputes involving insurance and insolvency proceedings. In recent years, he has represented clients in a large number of disputes involving assets management contracts and PE investment contracts. Mr. Chen has helped foreign clients in the enforcement proceedings of foreign arbitral awards in Chinese courts under the New York Convention.

Mr. Chen has been on the CIETAC panel as an arbitrator since 1989. During the years, he has heard a large number of disputes of a variety of nature. He has represented clients in arbitration proceedings before Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (KHIAC) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); he is also on the panels of arbitrators of the two arbitration institutions.

Mr. Chen has dealt with since early years a tremendous number of Chinese-foreign joint venture shareholder disputes arising out of a wide range of issues, including issues relating to the protection of minority shareholder rights under the Chinese law.

Mr. Chen is familiar with the US law and litigation rules. He was a member of the defense team involved in the criminal investigation by the US Ministry of Justice on illegal trading of the US treasury bonds by an employee of Daiwa Bank. He participated in the whole proceedings of document production in response to a subpoena by the US Ministry of Justice, and in the criminal defense proceedings of the bank employee in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Mr. Chen also has extensive experience in representing multinational companies in their investment projects in China on such matters as establishment of joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and strategic alliances; real estate, venture capital, private equity, and securities transactions; and intellectual property protection. His experience has covered a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, IT, power, entertainment, technology, chemicals, construction, and transportation. Mr. Chen also has extensive experience in energy projects, including power plants, natural gas pipelines, wastewater treatment facilities, and power purchase agreements.

Mr. Chen is ranked as a leading lawyer in Chamber’s Asia-Pacific (Arbitration) and Who’s Who Legal (Litigation). He was selected as one of the “Top 20 client most-favored Lawyers” by ALB.

Mr. Chen is a member of the All-China Bar Association. He is also a member of New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.