郑歆茗 Zheng Xinming
Xinming Zheng previously trained with specialist dispute resolution firms in both Singapore and China. Her experience includes international commercial arbitration under ICC and HKIAC rules, investor–state arbitration under UNCITRAL rules, and litigation before various levels of PRC courts. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.
Work Experience
Commercial Arbitration Practice
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Assisted counsel in representing the parent company of a joint venture in a dispute over control of the joint venture in the automobile headlight industry.
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Assisted counsel in representing a coal-fired boiler plant owner in a dispute concerning boiler design and performance.
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Assisted counsel in representing a corporate founder in a complex shareholder dispute involving three parallel proceedings in Cayman and Hong Kong for claims of misappropriation of corporate funds and breach of fiduciary duty.
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Assisted counsel in acting for an insurance company in reinsurance dispute involving a construction project in North Africa.
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Assisted counsel in acting for a construction contractor in a commercial arbitration related to project delays in Serbia.
Investor-State Arbitration Practice
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Assisted counsel in representing an Asian investor in an investment treaty arbitration against an Asian State concerning a USD 15 billion dispute in the real estate sector. (Note: amount adjusted to maintain confidentiality.)
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
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Successfully represented a U.S. company in enforcing 3 ICC arbitration awards in PRC courts under New York Convention, involving a dispute exceeding USD 3 million.
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Liaised with Australian counsel in enforcing a PRC Court’s decision in Australia for an award exceeding USD 23 million.
Qualifications
Admitted to practice law in New York (2025) and PRC (2024)
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2021)
LL.B. (Magna cum laude), Wuhan University School of Law (2018)
郑歆茗曾先后在新加坡及中国专攻争议解决的律师事务所受训。其执业经验涵盖国际商会(ICC)及香港国际仲裁中心(HKIAC)规则下的国际商事仲裁,以及联合国国际贸易法委员会(UNCITRAL)规则下的投资仲裁。她也曾代表客户在中国各级法院处理诉讼案件。
她以中文为母语,并具备流利的英文沟通能力。
工作经历
商事仲裁
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协助律师代理一家合资企业母公司,处理汽车头灯行业合资控制权纠纷。
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协助律师代理一家燃煤锅炉厂业主,处理涉及锅炉设计与性能争议纠纷。
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协助律师代理一位公司创始人,处理挪用公司资金及违反信义义务的复杂股东纠纷,该案涉及开曼群岛与香港的三项平行程序。
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协助律师代理一家保险公司,处理北非某建筑工程相关的再保险纠纷。
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协助律师代理一家建筑承包商,处理塞尔维亚工程项目延误纠纷。
投资仲裁
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协助律师代理一名亚洲投资者,针对某亚洲国家提起房地产领域的投资仲裁,争议标的额超过150亿美元。
执行仲裁裁决
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成功代理一家美国公司在中国法院依据《纽约公约》强制执行3项ICC仲裁裁决,涉案金额超300万美元。
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协同澳大利亚律师,在澳强制执行中国法院一项超2300万美元的裁决。
执业资格
美国纽约州律师执业资格(2025年)
中华人民共和国律师执业资格(2024年)
教育背景
法律博士(J.D.),乔治城大学法学院(2021年)
法学学士,武汉大学法学院(2018年)