Recently, Guangzhou Lawyers Association announced its 2017 Annual Awards Decision. Our partners Mr. Huang Hui and Ms. Zhang Jing, having successfully handled a series of 18 maritime cases arising from a deadly collision between a Chinese ship and a Marshall container ship covering various types of maritime dispute including collision, crew casualties, cargo loss, wreck salvage, MSA emergency handling, cleaning and anti-pollution, insurance claims and insurance recovery, won the 2017 Annual Achievement Award.

 

The “Annual Achievement Award” was created by Guangzhou Lawyers Association to recognise legal practioners in Guangzhou who have during the year successfully handled major, difficult and complicated cases, made outstanding achievements in the development of business, or made the legislative, judicial and administrative proposals which have been adopted by the relevant authorities and achieved good social effects.

 

Both Mr. Huang Hui and Ms. Zhang Jing won the Award for two consecutive years, relying on the professional advantages and team capabilities and also benefiting from the efficient management and excellent inheritance of Huang & Huang Co. Law Firm, as well as both lawyers’ many years of experience, extraordinary ability and professionalism.

 

☆☆☆ Mr. Huang Hui, Senior Partner of Huang & Huang Co. Law Firm, a Leading International Lawyer recognised by Guangdong Lawyers Association, Deputy Director of the Maritime Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Executive Director of Guangdong Shipping Law Research Association, Member of the Maritime Committee of All China Lawyers Association, Member of the Maritime Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association, Member of the Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Foreign Affairs Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association, Deputy to 11th Annual Meeting of Guangdong Lawyers Association, Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, has been consecutively recommended as a “Leading Lawyer” in Shipping in Southern China by Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide from 2011 to 2017. Having practiced in law for about 15 years, Mr. Huang Hui has handled nearly 1,000 maritime cases, including cargo claims, B/L disputes, charter parties disputes, marine insurance disputes, personal injury/ loss of life, ship trading and financing, collision, fire, grounding, salvage and oil pollution, general average and other miscellaneous matters relating to maritime commence and shipping, and has accumulated rich experience in handling cases and negotiation skills. His regular clients are P&I clubs, insurers and shipping lines, NVOCCs, freight forwarders based in Mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK, Norway and other European countries. In recent years, he has also worked with lawyers in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, Panama and South Africa and other regions in a number of foreign commercial cases and international maritime arbitration cases and been to courts or arbitration tribunals in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Panama to give testimony as fact witness or expert witness in the PRC law, assisting in achieving satisfactory results in all the cases.

 

☆☆☆ Ms. Zhang Jing, Partner Lawyer of Huang & Huang Co. Law Firm, a Leading International Lawyer recognised by Guangdong Lawyers Association, Member of the Maritime Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association and Member of the Maritime Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, has been committed to maritime affairs and business for 12 years since her practice in law. The cases she has undertaken include cargo claims, C/P & B/L disputes, subrogation action, maritime personal injury and wrongful death cases, collision and grounding, ship sales and purchases, and ship financing for many leading international and domestic P & I Clubs, insurance companies, shipping lines, NVOCCs, port logistics businesses and other maritime related businesses. Besides, she is the long-term legal advisor of several large shipping companies and logistics businesses and has accumulated a wealth of experience in handling cases and negotiation skills. At the same time, Ms. Zhang Jing has also served as a perennial legal advisor to several large shipping and logistics companies, providing legal services to clients and gaining high recognition from them.