Partner/Head of International Practice/Managing Partner of Shanghai Office, Sunshine Law Firm。LL.M, International Economic Law of Wuhan University; BA, English Language and Literature of Central South University of Technology.

Hongwen Zhu has over 20 years’ legal professional experience in a boutique energy law firm, Sunshine Law Firm. She is being highly recognized in BOT/PPP investment, project finance, M&A, EPC and dispute resolution in relation to the sectors of energy and infrastructure, including nuclear power, wind power, solar power, oil and gas, etc.. She has been actively representing famous Chinese and international energy companies in outbound or inbound investment, project development, construction and O&M. She has advised many Chinese companies on their BOT investment, M&A transactions and EPC projects in more than 30 countries, among which nearly 10 transactions were ranked “Deal of the Year” by IFLR1000, China Business Law Journal, etc.

Hongwen Zhu has accumulated substantial experience in commercial dispute resolution as a counsel and an arbitrator. As a counsel, she has represented her clients in several international arbitration cases in relation to joint venture dispute and commodity trading disputes. As an arbitrator, she has served as arbitrator in around thirty cases in relation to energy trading disputes, construction contract disputes and disputes over contracts for international sale of goods, etc.