Qian Zhang is a member of the International Investment and Belt and Road Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association and the U.S. Chapter and Legal Chapter of the Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association. He also serves as Vice President of the Shanghai Zaozhuang Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Zhang holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Public Administration from Shandong University, as well as a Master of Science in Management from the University of Colorado Denver.
Before entering legal practice, Mr. Zhang served as an economic crime investigator, a United Nations peacekeeping civilian police officer, a staff officer with the International Law Enforcement Cooperation Forum on the Secure Corridor of the New Eurasian Land Bridge (the Lianyungang Forum), a liaison officer with the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Beijing, and a provincial police operations instructor.

Criminal Defense and Criminal Complaints
Mr. Zhang has more than 20 years of experience investigating economic crime. During his law-enforcement career, he handled numerous financial, commercial and tax-related cases involving contract fraud, misappropriation of company property, illegal fundraising, loan fraud, negotiable instrument fraud, illegal business operations and pyramid selling.
In legal practice, he draws on his investigative background to conduct fact-finding, assess evidence and develop loss-recovery strategies in criminal defense and criminal complaint matters. He has successfully advanced a defense of no criminal liability in a matter involving equity interests in a listed company, secured non-prosecution decisions in several bid-rigging and fraud cases, and assisted an internet finance company in initiating a criminal investigation into a RMB 30 million matter.

Cross-Border Investigations and Overseas Risk Management
During his work with a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste, the Lianyungang Forum and the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Beijing, Mr. Zhang handled cross-border investigations, asset tracing and recovery, and international criminal judicial assistance matters. He also provided Chinese enterprises operating overseas with risk assessments, preventive and early-warning advice, and security risk advisory services. In a major organized crime matter overseen by central authorities, he helped initiate international judicial assistance for an overseas asset investigation.
Since entering legal practice, Mr. Zhang has conducted cross-border investigations for corporate clients and assessed legal risks associated with outbound investments. His representative experience includes assisting a Shandong state-owned enterprise with the disposition of goods valued at more than RMB 46 million that were stranded in the United States, helping prevent the loss of state-owned assets; conducting cross-border anti-fraud and M&A investigations for a Fortune Global 500 company; and advising a Shenzhen-based cross-border e-commerce company on a project-specific basis.
Mr. Zhang maintains close professional relationships with Chinese chambers of commerce in the United States, Southeast Asia and New Zealand.

Corporate Dispute Resolution
Drawing on his experience in criminal investigations, organizational management, financial management and risk management, Mr. Zhang provides integrated legal services to Chinese and international corporate clients.
Through coordinated civil, criminal and judgment-enforcement measures, he handled a fraud matter for a German-controlled automotive company and helped recover more than RMB 60 million. He has also advised a Shenzhen-based cross-border supply-chain company and a Shandong-based lighting products company on internal compliance, helping strengthen their operating and governance frameworks.