About
Director and Managing Partner at WJC Law Firm based in China, Xiangyong Chen is a well-recognized maritime law expert with more than 20 years' practice. He previously worked for China COSCO Shipping Corporation Ltd. and joined Wang Jing & Co. in 1994; he has handled numerous complex maritime cases (some featured in the PRC Supreme Court’s Selected Cases of Maritime Trial in China), participated in drafting PRC maritime legislation and oil pollution liability rules, and has given expert testimony before courts and arbitration tribunals in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong.
Practice areas
ShippingInternational TradeEnvironmental LawOffshore ProjectsBanking & FinanceInsuranceArbitration
Office
Expertise
P&I ClubsShipping CompaniesOffshore ProjectsShipbuildingPetroleum & EnergyCross-border TradeCommercial Banking & Finance
Education
- Dalian Maritime University
Admissions
- Vice-Chair, Maritime Law Committee of Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
- Standing Director, China Maritime Law Association
- Arbitrator, China Maritime Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
- Arbitrator, South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission / Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration
- Arbitrator, China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
Languages
EnglishMandarinCantonese