Daniel Cen

PARTNER

Practice Areas and Work Experience

Mr. Cen Daoxi has been recognized as a Leading Foreign-related Legal Talent of Shenzhen and currently serves as the Director of the Foreign-related Legal Affairs Committee at BZW Law Firm (Shenzhen Office). Since the beginning of his legal career, he has provided foreign-related legal services to a number of large enterprises and institutions, including State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), China Development Bank (CDB), CDB Securities, Jingneng Group, JD Group, Zhaoyiming Snacks, China National Medicines Corporation Ltd., and Lvju Electric Vehicles.

Mr. Cen has handled numerous complex foreign-related civil and commercial disputes, major financial and compliance matters. His representative work includes advising JD Group on cross-border logistics and anti-commercial bribery matters, representing an international equipment manufacturer in a construction arbitration in Indonesia, and providing full-scope legal and compliance services to logistics and snack food companies expanding into Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

He has issued overseas risk control assessment reports for China Development Bank, covering issues such as sanctions, extradition, mutual legal assistance, foreign legal environment analysis, and protection of Chinese enterprises’ overseas interests. He has also provided end-to-end foreign-related legal services for CDB projects in Europe, the United States, and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.

His experience spans a wide range of jurisdictions, including Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Cuba, the Hong Kong SAR, and Pakistan. Mr. Cen has extensive practical experience in cross-border investment, cross-border finance and capital markets, and international dispute resolution.

Key Projects

Lead Counsel for the 2021 Comprehensive Credit Facility Project of XX Bank in Spain, China Development Bank
Lead Counsel for the Comprehensive Credit Facility Project of XX Bank in Kazakhstan, China Development Bank
Lead Counsel for a project of China Development Bank’s Gansu Branch
Lead Counsel for a project in Tajikistan, China Development Bank
Legal Opinion on Consultation Matters of XX Group Limited, China Development Bank
Lead Counsel for the full-process compliance project of Guangzhou XX Commercial Management Ltd. in Hong Kong
Foreign-Related International Arbitration Case Involving the Construction Contract Between XX International Equipment Ltd. and PT BALI HAI XX INDONESIA
Arbitration Case on Cross-Border Contract Dispute Between XX International Group Limited and XX International Limited
Research Report on How the UK and Germany Protect and Expand the Overseas Interests of Their Enterprises and Citizens
Foreign-Related Legal Counsel for Hualin Education (Shenzhen) Ltd.
Legal and Compliance Services (Non-litigation, Overseas Legal and Compliance Services) for State Power Investment Corporation Limited – Registered Counsel
Legal and Compliance Services (Overseas Litigation, Arbitration, Administrative Reconsideration, and Dispute Resolution) for State Power Investment Corporation Limited – Registered Counsel
Risk Internal Control Services (Overseas Risk Internal Control Consulting) for State Power Investment Corporation Limited – Registered Counsel
Assisted China Development Bank’s Inner Mongolia Branch in drafting five “Country/Regional Legal Situation Reports” for Turkey, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia
Legal Opinion on Cross-Border Contract Between China Development Bank and CME Group
Research on Sanctions Situation in Southeast Asian Countries by China Development Bank Headquarters
Legal Research on Extradition and Judicial Cooperation in the U.S. by China Development Bank Headquarters
Legal Analysis by China Development Bank Headquarters on the UN, EU, and U.S. Sanctions against North Korea, Crimea, Somalia, Yemen, and Zimbabwe
Legal Consultation on Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance for China Development Bank Headquarters
Realization of Security Interests in XX E-Commerce (Trade) Hong Kong Corporation Limited and XX Technology Limited
Legal Opinion on Criminal Judicial Cooperation Regarding Loan Fraud in the Foreign Loan Project Between China Development Bank and a Swiss Metal Corporation
Foreign-Related Logistics Arbitration Case Between a Guangdong Supply Chain Company and a Shenzhen Technology Company
Foreign-Related Contract Dispute Between XX E-Commerce (Trade) Hong Kong Corporation Limited and XX Semiconductor Ltd.
Foreign-Related Legal Counsel for China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation
Foreign-Related Legal Counsel for Henan XinNing Modern Logistics Co., Ltd.
The project for the transfer of employment contracts of 49 employees of Huibo Yuntong Technology Co., Ltd. in the Philippines.
Provided legal services for the overseas expansion into Pakistan of Lvju Electric Vehicles.

Educational Background

Master of Laws. LLM, Boston University, 2020

Professional Qualifications

Admitted to the Chinese Bar 2020

Awards

Director of the Foreign-related Legal Affairs Committee, Zhongwen Law Firm (Shenzhen Office)
Member of the International Investment Law Committee, Shenzhen Lawyers Association
Committee Member, Foreign-related Legal Affairs Committee, Zhongwen Law Firm (Beijing)
Executive Secretary-General, Capital Market Regulation and Securities Compliance Research Center, Zhongwen Law Firm (Beijing)
Recognized Leading Talent in Foreign-related Legal Practice, Shenzhen
Selected Emerging Talent in Foreign-related Legal Services, Guangdong Province

Working Languages

Mandarin, Cantonese, English

SerVice COUNTRY/REGION

The USA, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia