Industry News | Ms. Zoe Zhang, Partner at Tiger Partners, has been selected to the new panel of arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)

On May 1, 2026, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (hereinafter referred to as CIETAC) officially released its new roster of arbitrators, which took effect on the same day for a term of five years.

Zoe Zhang, Partner at Tiger Partners, has been successfully selected into the new CIETAC Arbitrator Roster by virtue of her profound professional legal accomplishment and extensive experience in foreign-related dispute resolution. Her main areas of adjudication cover international trade, corporate, construction engineering, and international commercial arbitration.

As one of China’s most representative and internationally influential permanent arbitration institutions, CIETAC adopts stringent selection criteria and standardized procedures for its arbitrator roster, imposing high requirements on candidates’ professional qualifications, practical experience, industry reputation and dispute resolution capabilities.

Ms. Zoe Zhang’s inclusion in the CIETAC Arbitrator Roster is not only full recognition from the industry of her long-term dedication to the field of commercial dispute resolution, but also injects new momentum into Tiger Partners’ continued expansion of high-end commercial dispute resolution services.

Ms. Zoe Zhang specializes in commercial arbitration and litigation, and especially foreign related arbitration and international arbitration. The major sectors of her practice involve sale of goods, private equity, construction, real estate, joint venture, equity transfer, intellectual properties, energy etc. She is proficient in handling cases in both Chinese and English, and her professional competence is widely recognized by clients. The clients represented by Zoe are mainly private equity funds, multinational companies, foreign-invested enterprises, large state-owned enterprises and start-up companies.

Before joining Tiger Partners, Zoe was working with the Dispute Resolution Team of a top Chinese law firm as an equity partner. Zoe has represented clients in over 100 commercial disputes, most of which are foreign related or international arbitration cases. The applicable rules of those arbitration cases include CIETAC Rules, the BAC Rules, the UNCITRAL Rules, the HKIAC Administered Rules, the ICC Rules, and the SIAC Rules. The arbitration language of many of those cases were English, and hearings were conducted in China Mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other jurisdictions. Her litigation cases have been heard at courts of various levels in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other regions.

Ms. Zoe Zhang has provided professional and efficient legal services for clients in numerous major and complex commercial dispute cases, achieving favorable outcomes and earning long-term trust and high praise from clients.

Going forward, taking this as a new starting point, Tiger Partners will continue to uphold the service philosophy of professionalism, efficiency and perfection, further deepen its practice in dispute resolution, steadily enhance its capability in handling complex commercial disputes, and repay clients’ trust with more professional and high-quality legal services.