Practice Areas

•  International Construction & Engineering, International Project Financing and Investment, Credit and Security and Dispute Resolution

Educational Background

•  L.L.M in International Business Law at the University of Manchester U.K. 

•  L.L.B at the China University of Mining and Technology.

Latest Awards

•  Awarded as TOP 10 Annual Chinese Lawyer in 2015 by Legal Fangyuan Magazine；

•  Awarded as Band 1 in Infrastructure and Project Financing by “LEGALBAND 2015 Guide” in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 

•  The LEGALBAND Guide gave Mr. JIA Huai Yuan the highest rating as a ‘Leading Light’ in “Infrastructure and Project Financing” in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 

Practice Experiences

•  For the past 29 years Mr. Jia has been working in the areas of Chinese law, regulations and international law on Non-litigation Affairs and dispute resolution. He has acquired extensive work experience in the fields of International Civil Engineering Projects, Project Financing, International Investment, Credit and Security and Dispute Resolution as well as related areas. He has also advised a substantial number of companies and individual projects both domestically and internationally.

•  International Engineering Projects

•  Works involved the Construction of the Burj Khalifa Tower (the Highest Building in the World),

•  Advising Arabtec Construction Company as legal consultant for four years (Leading Party of Consortium for Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai)

•  Advising Besix Construction L.L.C for Chinese manpower issue (Consortium Member of Contractor for Burj Khalifa Tower),

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for claim on Madagascar Road Project in The Republic of Madagascar,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for Hydro Electric EPC+ Equity Project with an American company in the Republic of Ghana,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for Eastern Corridor EPC project on Volta Lake in Ghana.

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor on 2 billion USD Hydro Plant EPC Project in the Republic of Ecudor, 

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor on power plant EPC projects in Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor on Patucal Hydro plant EPC project in Republic of Honduras,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for Song Bung Hydro Power EPC Project in Vietnam, 

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for Blue Line Underground project in Thailand,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for offshore Oil pipeline EPC project in Burma, 

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor on Solan Offshore Project in U.K,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor on 10 Year Strategic Cooperation with Shell,

•  Advising one Chinese Bank on Bank Guarantee dispute with Grace ship-owner, 

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor with Aker for DTU Offshore Drilling Platform EPC project in Browse in Australia,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for ICHTHYS Onshore LNG Project in western Australia,

•  Advising one Chinese bank on 2.4 Billion Syndicated Loan project for He Nan ZhongFu Industrial Co Ltd,

•  Advising one Chinese bank on 2.7 Billion Syndicated Loan project for the He Nan Long Quan Co.Ltd,

•  Advising one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for IKEA supermarket construction project in Beijing,

•  BANKING

•  Advising Chinese Issuer on Bank Guarantee Dispute arising from one Project in Abu Dhabi and Bank Guarantee which was prevented successfully;

•  Advising Chinese Issuer on Bank Guarantee Dispute between Chinese Shipping Company and Greece Shipping Company;

•  Advising and drafting legal Documents for Chinese Bank on one 210 Million RMB Syndicate Loan for Highway Project; 

•  Project Financing (BOT / PPP)

•  Advising and drafting legal documents for Chinese Investor in WHR BOT Project in Philippine (the First overseas BOT wholly followed by Chinese Lawyer);

•  Advising one Chinese Investor on Water Treatment PPP Project in Indonesia;

•  Advising Chinese Investor on NAM OU RIVER BASIN BOT LAOS.

•  Dispute Resolution

•  Representing one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for construction claim on Jing Dong Fang Construction Project in Beijing,

•  Representing one Chinese State-Owned Contractor for construction claim on n No.4201 project in Xi Jing Province,

•  Representing one Chinese Contractor with QC from Keating Chamber UK for construction dispute arbitration in Dubai International Arbitration Center 

•  Representing one Chinese State-Owned Contractor with Singapore local lawyer for construction & investment dispute in Singapore High Court  

•  Representing one Chinese State-Owned Contractor with LAO local lawyer for construction & investment dispute in Vientiane Court in LAO 

Publication 

•  《Chinese Construction Companies’ Overseas Risks》

•  《Whether International Construction Project under the Scope of International Investment》

•  《Legal Study on Rights Transfer of International Construction Project》

•  《the Unification of the Bank Guarantee under URDG and Domestic Bank Guarantee 》

•  《Case Wining in Singapore High Court》