Professional Experience

Jean Zhu is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Jean worked as a core team member for Pinsent Masons Alliance for years and temporarily worked at Pinsent Masons London Office during that period of time. Jean also worked respectively as a senior associate and counsel for JunHe LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills JLO for years.  

Jean has a combined background with material, engineering and law. She also passed the CSDG (Certificate for Specialists in Demand Guarantees) exam. Jean specialises in construction and commercial dispute resolution. Jean is a commercial and construction dispute lawyer with particular experience in international and domestic construction, cross-border transactions, international trade, insurance, bond, product liability related disputes. Jean has acted on arbitrations under various institutional rules including ICC, CIETAC, BAC, SHIAC and also ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL rules as well as litigations at different levels of domestic courts. Jean is recognised by Who’s Who Legal in chapter of China 2020 – Construction and Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR 2021. 

Education

LL.M. on Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary

Juris Master on Intellectual Property Law, Peking University

LL.B. (secondary degree), Fudan University

B.S. on Polymer Science (major degree), Fudan University

Qualifications

Jean is admitted to practise PRC law.

Working language

Chinese and English