Meiting Zhu
Meiting is the head of Asia Desk at SZAs office in Frankfurt.
Meiting is an attorney-at-law qualified in German (since 2004) and also a Certified Expert Attorney for Intellectual Property Law (since 2007), acts as counsel and head of Asia Desk at SZA’s office in Frankfurt. She has long-standing experience in handling complex transactions and projects of Chinese clients in Germany and Europe.
Meiting is member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), member of the Association for Business and Corporate Law (VGB), member of the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP) and member of the Association for Chinese Lawyers in Europe (ACLE). Furthermore, she acts as part-time-lecturer for Chinese business law at the University of Cologne.
Work highlights
Advice on corporate and commercial law
- Ongoing corporate and commercial law advice to Dornier Seawings GmbH
- Ongoing advice to BCG Baden-Baden Cosmetics Group GmbH on corporate and commercial law matters
- Ongoing advice to DYA Holding GmbH on corporate law issues
- Ongoing advice to Okai GmbH on corporate and commercial law issues
- Advising Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial Co., Ltd. in connection with the distribution of medical products
- Advising several Chinese companies on the establishment of a subsidiary in Germany
- Advising several Chinese companies on the restructuring of their subsidiary in Germany
- Advising a German mechanical engineering company on the structuring of the general conditions with a Chinese service provider (ongoing)
- Ongoing advice to BLD Pharmatech GmbH in corporate and commercial law
- Ongoing advice to Seafile Co, Ltd.
- Ongoing advice to Yorkshire Farben GmbH in corporate and commercial law
- Ongoing advice to Hongkong Hailiang Holding Ltd. regarding its subsidiaries in Germany
- Permanent counsel to Schiess Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik GmbH
Advice on M&A transactions
- Advising a Chinese listed company on the acquisition of a Polish company by its subsidiary in Germany (ongoing)
- Advising Dornier Seawings GmbH on the acquisition of an amphibian aircraft manufacturer by way of an asset deal
- Advising a Chinese private equity investor on the acquisition of a German company in the cosmetics industry
- Advised Guangzhou Mornsun Technology Co, Ltd. on the establishment of a joint venture in Germany and on the subsequent capital increase
- Advised Seafile Ltd. on the establishment of a joint venture in Germany
- Advised Beijing Venustech Cybervision Co., Ltd. on the establishment of a joint venture in Germany
- Advised Shanghai Danbloom Co, Ltd. on an asset deal
Advice on intellectual property rights
- Ongoing advice to Dornier Seawings GmbH, in particular with regard to brand management
- Permanent counsel to Okai GmbH, in particular in patent, design and competition law matters
- Advising various German companies on the registration of intellectual property rights in China
- Advising various Chinese companies in infringement proceedings
- Preparation of legal opinion for Shanghai Bide Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. in connection with German patent law
- Preparation of legal opinion for Shanghai Haoyuan Chemexpress Co., Ltd. in connection with German and European patent law, respectively
- Advice on industrial property rights for Fuyao Glass Group
Advice and representation in legal disputes
- Advising the Chinese subsidiary of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH (ongoing)
- Advice and representation of a Chinese manufacturer of measuring instruments in litigation with the German client (ongoing)
- Legal advice and representation of a Chinese listed energy group in litigation in Germany (ongoing)
- Legal advice and representation of a Chinese monitor manufacturer in litigation with the German client (ongoing)
- Legal advice and representation of a Chinese textile manufacturer in litigation with German customer (ongoing)
- Advice and representation of Seawings GmbH in various corporate and commercial disputes
- Advising and representing a Chinese investor consortium in connection with a post-M&A dispute
- Advising and representing BCG Baden-Baden Cosmetics Group GmbH in various corporate and commercial disputes
- Advising and representing several Chinese companies in intellectual property disputes
Publications
- Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz in der VR China (2010, Herausgeber: Bundesagentur für Außenwirtschaft (Bfai))
- Das Ende der Einbahnstraße, Asia Bridge 6/2006
- Fortes fortuna adjuva, Asia Bridge 11/2006
- Durchsetzung gewerblicher Schutzrechte in der VR China, Bfai Datenbank Recht
- Own column on the subject „Schutz des geistigen Eigentums in Deutschland“ in the Chinese magazine China Trade Newspaper
Education & Engagement
- Member of DAV (Deutscher Anwaltverein)
- Member of GRUR (Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtschutz und Urheberrecht)
- Member of VPP (Vereinigung von Fachleuten des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes)
- Member of CIPS (China Intellectual Property Society)
- Member of DCW (Deutsch-Chinesische Wirtschaftsvereinigung)
- Organization of seminars in China on the subject of "Intellectual Property"
- Member of DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit)
- Board member of the ACLE (Association for Chinese Lawyers in Europe, A.s.b.l)
Education
- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, China
- University of Cologne
- Languages: Chinese, German, English