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Practice Areas: International Arbitration/ Investment and Trade/Corporate
E-mail:shilijia@highmark.cn
Education
Zhejiang University BA in Law
Edinburgh University LLM (Commercial Law)
Experience
Zhejiang High Mark Law Firm Lawyer
Zhejiang High Mark Law Firm Partner
Career Highlights:
Grace has extensive experience in legal work, particularly in internationalarbitration, international engineering, and international investment. Shespecializes in applying international business regulations and providing effectivenon-litigation and litigation solutions for both domestic and internationalclients.
Social Activities
Member,ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) World Academy of Commercial Law.
Member,Foreign-related Legal Services Committee, All China Lawyers Association.
LegalExpert appointed by the Supreme People's Procuratorate to the Civil andAdministrative Supervision Expert Advisory Network.
LegalExpert, Expert Committee of China International Engineering ConsultingAssociation.
PPPLegal Expert, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance and Development andReform Commission.
Director,"Belt and Road" Professional Committee (specializing in foreignrelated legal matters), Zhejiang Lawyers Association.
InternationalCommercial Law Expert, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade,Zhejiang Provincial Committee.
Qualified as an arbitrator for the Shenzhen Court of InternationalArbitration (SCIA,formerlyknown as the CIETAC South China Sub-Commission and CIETAC ShenzhenSub-Commission), Hangzhou Arbitration Commission, Shaoxing ArbitrationCommission, and Lishui Arbitration Commission.
Key International ArbitrationCases:
Representedclients in a foreign capital M&A dispute before theHong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).
Assistedclients in an intellectual property infringement dispute before the SingaporeInternational Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
Assisteda client in a letter of guarantee dispute before the London MaritimeArbitrators Association (LMAA).
Assisteda client in an international engineering dispute before the ViennaInternational Arbitration Centre (VIAC).
Assisteda client in a joint venture contract dispute before the Singapore InternationalArbitration Centre (SIAC).
Assisteda client in a dispute related to an international engineering consultationagreement before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
Corporate Legal Consultancy:
Servedas a legal consultant for multiple foreign-invested corporations, advising onmatters such as establishment, financing, M&A, land acquisition, andinternational trade.
Effectivelyresolved disputes including shareholder disagreements, managerial conflicts, corporate dissolution etc. throughlitigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Key Transaction Legal Services:
AdvisedINSIGMA Group’s subsidiary on its overseas investment in a BOT project inBrazil involving ANNEL.
Providedlegal services to Hangzhou Baimahu Creative Eco-City Headquarters and theNetherlands-based MVRDV on the second phase of the China Animation Museum andAnimation Plaza.
AssistedINSIGMA’s subsidiary in importing railway communication system technology fromGermany's BBR.
Facilitateda foreign M&A transaction for ISP (America), enabling its merger with achemical corporation in Zhejiang, China.
Supporteda Chinese listed corporation in its overseas investment to acquire HongKong-based software firm IAsia.
Providedlegal services for a proposed joint venture between Zhejiang Arts & CraftsGroup Corporation and Finnkarelia in Finland.
AssistedZhejiang Yiyuan Ecological Agriculture Co. Ltd. and Hexiang Corporation (Japan)in establishing a joint venture.
RepresentedAirAsia X Berhad in an insurance subrogation lawsuit.
Awards
Honoredas the Outstanding Female Lawyer of Zhejiang Province (2022).
Recognizedas one of the Most Significant Talents in Foreign Legal Affairs (2018).
RisingStar Award, Hangzhou Lawyers (2011).
AnnualAward, Hangzhou Bar Association (2010).
Papers and Publications
“TheConsolidated Arbitration Procedure for Multiple Parties in InternationalArbitration” was awarded “Qiusuo” prize inthe 5th “Yicai” National Commercial Arbitration Essay Competition and publishedin the Yangtze River Delta Arbitration Lawyers Forum: Arbitration Theory andPractice .
"TheConnection between the DAB and Arbitration Procedures under FIDIC ContractConditions" was awarded first prize in the 7th National InternationalCommercial Arbitration Essay Competition and published in Arbitration Research.
"TheDesign of Arbitration Clauses in International Arbitration" was publishedin Arbitration Research.
"Enforcementand Remedies of International Arbitral Awards After Annulment at the ArbitralSeat", was awarded third prize at the Zhejiang Lawyers Forum.
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