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Jifeng Du
Position: Partner
E-mail:jifeng.du@dentons.cn
Office location:Beijing
Phone:010-58137734

Jifeng Du is the general secretary of the Dentons China PPP business group. His business covers all aspects of project planning, design, construction, investment, financing, operations, claims and counterclaims. He previously provided in-house services as a lawyer for large-scale BOT projects for five years. He is well-versed in the interplay of interests between investors, governments, financial and insurance institutions, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.

Mr. Du has served as a lawyer on dozens of large-scale energy, transportation and infrastructure projects, providing specialized and permanent legal services as well as legal services for litigation and arbitration. He has participated in numerous large-scale underground tunnel projects in China, providing PPP, BOT, and EPC services for subway, railway, highway, nuclear power plant, solar power station, development zone, real estate, water treatment, lighting and decorative projects.

In 2016, Mr. Du earned the title of “Chinese PPP Project Gold Medal Lawyer”.

Experience

  • Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel BOT project: Provided comprehensive legal services for the construction, financing, insurance, warranties, claims and counterclaims of the project company from 2005 to 2013. The total project investment exceeded RMB4 billion
  • Ürümqi Metro Line 2 Phase I PPP project: Provided recommendations and opinions for the design of the PPP implementation plan, the series of PPP contracts and legal documents and the compliance of the PPP tender procedures on behalf of the government from 2015 to 2016. The total project investment exceeded RMB16 billion
  • PPP project for the Dalian Bay Underwater Tunnel and Guangming Road extension projects: Provided recommendations and opinions for the design of the PPP implementation plan, the series of PPP contracts and legal documents and the compliance of the PPP tender procedures on behalf of the government in 2016. The total project investment exceeded RMB16 billion
  • Beijing Xingyan Highway PPP project: Served as the project company’s permanent legal advisor in 2015. The total project investment exceeded RMB13 billion
  • Beijing Gas and Thermal Design Institute: Served as permanent legal advisor in 2016; the majority of the gas, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum transmission and distribution, storage and central heating facilities of the capital are designed by this institute

Insights

  • Co-Author, "Guidance on the Prevention of the Legal Risks of Construction Enterprises in Beijing", Beijing Lawyers Association and Beijing Construction Association, 2015
  • Co-Author, "Operating Guidelines for Lawyers Handling the Legal Business of Construction Projects", Beijing Lawyers Association, 2015
  • Co-Author, "The Innovations of the PPP Model in the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel Project", published in Project Management Review, September-October 2015