Curriculum Vitae of Jingzhou Tao
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Jingzhou Tao is the Managing Partner at Dechert LLP responsible for developing the firm’s Asian practice. He has more than 28 years of experience in advising Fortune 500 companies on China-related matters. His areas of practice include international mergers and acquisitions, arbitration, and corporate work. Jingzhou has represented major Chinese, European, Japanese, and American companies in hundreds of transactions in China on such matters as merger and acquisition; tax planning; strategic alliances; and intellectual property protection. He has acted as counsel, chief arbitrator, or party-nominated arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings involving merger and acquisition, letters of credit, construction projects, management contracts, joint ventures, technology transfers, trademark licensing agreements, agency agreements, and international sales of goods.
International arbitration related positions currently held by Jingzhou:
. Member of the Court, ICC International Court of Arbitration; . Member of the Board, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); . Member of the Advisory Committee of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission; . Member of the Board of Trustee of Foundation International for Arbitration Advocacy; . Member of the Board of Global Arbitration Review; . Co-Chair of China International Arbitration Club; . Chair of the Commission on International Commercial Arbitration of ICC China; . Adjunct professor at Peking University Law School ; . Adjunct professor at East China University of Political Science and Law; . Adjunct professor at China University of Political Science and Law for the MBA program; . Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
In addition, he is a listed arbitrator for:
. the Court of Arbitration for Sport, . the American Arbitration Association (AAA), . the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), . the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), . the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), . the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), . the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC).
Honors and Distinctions
. Practical Law Company Which Lawyer? 2012—named as a recommend lawyer for dispute resolution . Chambers Global 2010 / Chambers Asia 2010 / Chambers Global 2009 — recognized as "one of the best arbitration practitioners in the region" . Who’s Who Legal 2009 — commercial arbitration and corporate governance . Served as one of 12 arbitrators for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Ad Hoc Division
Nationality
French
Admitted
Paris (France)
Education
University of Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne (D.E.A. 1984); Peking University (LL.B. 1982)
Languages
Chinese, English, French
Publications
Books
Jingzhou is author of several books in English and French on Chinese law. He also has written articles on matters related to Chinese arbitration, foreign investment, and foreign trade.
Mergers and Acquisitions in China (Third Edition), coauthor, West Law, New York, 608 pages, 2011
Arbitration Law and Practice in China (Third Edition), Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 383 pages, 2012
Resolving Business Disputes in China, CCH Asia Pte Limited, Singapore, 800 pages 2004
Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in China, coauthor, Sweet & Maxwell, Hong Kong, 357 pages 2003
International Commercial Arbitration in Asia (China Chapter), Juris Press, New York, 45 pages, 2002
International Execution Against Judgment Debtors, (Enforcement of Foreign Judgment in the People's Republic of China), Oceana, New York, 26 pages, October 2002
Droit Chinois des Affaires, Econamica, Paris, 394 pages, 1999
Le Droit Chinois Contemporain, (Collection Que sais-je?), Presses Universitairs de France (P.U.F.), Paris, 128 pages, September 1991
Recent Articles Choice of Venue in International Arbitration, (China: Beijing and Shanghai), Oxford University Press, United Kingdom,to be published in August 2013
Études à La Mémoire de Fernand Charles Jeantet, (L’Exécution de Sentences Arbitrales de la CCI en Chine), Lexis Nexis, Paris, 2010
Between East and West: Essays in Honor of Ulf Franke, (Enforcement of SCC Arbitration Awards in China), JurisNet. LLC, New York, 2010
Concise International Arbitration, (China International Econonic and Trade Arbitration Commission Arbitration[CIETAC] Rules, 2005 & Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China, 1994), Kluwer Law International, United Kingdom, 2010 Asian International Arbitration Journal, Volume 4, (One Award –Two Obstacles: Double Trouble When Enforcing Arbitral Awards in China), Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 2008