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Attorney Carly Zhou
Personal Particulars:
Name: Carly Zhou    Full-time Attorney
Gender: Female       Nationality: Chinese
Contact Address: Add:No.111 Dongyuan Road Lujiazui Pudong New District Shanghai China 200120.P.R.C 
Tel: 0086 -21- 6886 6151                Fax:0086 -21 -5887 1151 
Mobile: 0086-13761749075            Email: carlyzhou@co-effort.com
W:www.legalserviceinchina.com     W: www.co-effort.com


Education Qualifications:
Fudan University School of Law     Juris Master degree
Bachelor degree in law         
Bachelor degree in English Literature
 
Working Experiences:
Officially certified as Senior Attorney, Attorney Zhou has handled over 180 commercial litigation, arbitration, and enforcement cases since practicing. Provide specialized legal services for Chinese companies and legal services involved in Chinese law for foreign companies.
 
With business sense and legal mind, she is skilled to assist clients in resolving disputes professionally. In the disputes of international sales of goods , she has represented Hong Kong companies, Italian companies, Saudi Arabian companies, and Swiss companies in litigation and enforcement cases related to international sales of goods contract disputes in Chinese courts. In the field of commercial arbitration, She handled commercial arbitration cases at arbitration institutions such as the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and Shanghai Arbitration Commission. The outcome of the cases has won the trust and praise of the clients involved.
 
Successful foreign-related litigation case:
International sales of goods disputes case:
1. Represented the Hongkong company filed the lawsuit in Shanghai Maritime Court for delivery of goods without Original Bills of lading in international ocean shipping. The defendant compensated millions of damages for her clients.
2. Represented Italy company file lawsuit in Chinese Quanzhou intermediate Court for international sales and purchase goods disputes.
3. Represented Italy company file lawsuit in Chinese Court for unjust enrichment and recovery of funds fraudulently taken by hackers.
4. Represented company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia file lawsuit in Jiangsu court for disputes over international sales contracts with Chinese company.
5. Represented Swiss company file lawsuit in Shandong Court for disputes over international sales of goods with Chinese Company.
6. Represented Switzerland company file lawsuit in Shandong Court for disputes over international sales of goods with Chinese Company.
7. Represented investor file lawsuit in EB-5 Investment Immigration Compensation case.
8.Represented Shanghai Material company handled the dispute over the validity of an arbitration agreement between the Austrian company.
9. Represented Shanghai L Technology Co., Ltd handled the disputes between the Austrian company over international sales of goods.
10. Represented Hong Kong W Company file lawsuit against S (Shanghai) Co., Ltd and Mr. Zhang over the disputes of international sales of goods.
11. Represented Shanghai L Technology Co., Ltd against Austrian T Company Compensation for infringement damages

Successful Arbitration case:
1. Hong Kong SW Products Limited vs Germany ST Company   disputes f Sales Goods                 
2. Shanghai LN Company vs Yu                                         
3. Shi vs Ding
4.Hou vs Shanghai A management Co.,ltd
5. The Middle East Company vs. Chinese Automotive Electronics Company
6. K Shanghai Company vs. B corporation Guangdong Co., Ltd

Legal counsel for the following companies:
1. Hong Kong SW Limited
2. Shanghai XY Zhichuang High tech Group Co., Ltd
3. Shanghai YF Packaging Products Co., Ltd
4. Shanghai YL Products Co., Ltd
5. Shanghai SJ International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd
6. Shanghai MS Coatings Co., Ltd
7. Inner Mongolia LK Biotechnology Co., Ltd
 
Participated in training programs for foreign-related lawyers in China and abroad:
2017 Feb-March, Foreign exchange program study in University of New South Wales Australia  
2021 April, participated the "Pilot Program" training camp for foreign lawyers of Shanghai Bar Association.
2022 Oct-Nov, participated CIETAC HK Fall course on the CISG. 
2023 April -June, Senior Seminar for Foreign-related Lawyers organized by the Ministry of Justice in School of Law of Renmin University of China.
2024 Feb, Judicial Studies at the University of Texas St. Mary University Law School in the United States.
2024. July-Sept. The Hong Kong Arbitration Law course organized by CIETAC.
2024. Oct-Nov. Training at Des Voeux Chambers in Hongkong
2025. April ICC advanced arbitration course in Paris
2025. June The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and Shearman &Sterling Jointly organized training on 'Corporate Governance in U.S.A.
2025.Sept Training at Wuhan Arbitration Commission

Representative Thesis & Articles : 
1.Study on legal issues of the Holder of Bill of Lading
2.How is the interest rate for the defaulting party's outstanding debt under international sales contracts calculated in Chinese courts and arbitration institutions?
—Compare the (2020) Min 0583 Min Chu 8031 case with the (2020) China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Jing Zai Zi No. 1919 case for analysis
3.Observation and Reflection on Several Cases of Mainland China Arbitration Awards Not Being Executed by Overseas Courts
——From the perspective of typical cases of overseas courts refusing to enforce arbitration awards in mainland China from 2023 to 2024.
4. Legal research and Risk Prevention of Chinese Enterprises Investing in Zambia's Mineral Resources——Taking copper mining as an example August 2025
5. The Current Situation of Bilateral Trade between China and Vietnam and the Legal Research and Risk Prevention of Chinese Enterprises' Overseas Investment in Vietnam March 6th 2026

Note: In the above C.V mentioned, to protect the confidentiality of clients and the privacy of the case, the company names and names of all parties involved are replaced with pinyin initials.