Yiping Zhao is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Mr. Zhao worked as a judge at for many years and then an attorney at Beijing Jingshi Law Firm.
Mr. Zhao started working in a court in Beijing in 2003, where he worked on trial and execution in the civil and commercial courtrooms. Mr. Zhao’s main areas of practice are civil and commercial litigation, arbitration and corporate economic crimes. He has worked on over 2600 cases and has extensive experience in the areas of personality rights, family law, real estate development and management, construction projects, loans and guarantees, equity and bankruptcy, international trade, anti-unfair competition, prosecution retrial, ani-corruption and enforcement, etc. His primary clients include:
Hopson Group Co., Ltd,, Beijing Jinggang Property Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhongmei Real Estate Development Co., Ltd,, Pan-China Construction Group Co., Ltd., CCC First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd., Shandong Sifang Installation Engineering Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Zhengbang Hydroelectric Construction Co., Ltd., China Capital Pharmaceutical Investment Group Co., Ltd., GF Xinde Investment Management Co., Ltd., Beijing Mobile Technology Co., Ltd., Vanfund Urban investment & development Co., Ltd., etc.
Mr. Zhao published the following articles:
"Regarding the Application of Statutory Penalty in Contract of Sale and Purchase of Commercial Housing" published in “Legal Applications” (3rd Issue, 2004);
“Regarding Legal Issues of Account Pledge “published in “People’s Justice” (8th Issue, 2005);
“A Study on the Compensation for Interests for Lessor after the Termination of Lease Agreement” published in “Overview of Case Studies of Trials in China” (2008 Volume).
