Biography
Lijun Zhang is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation practice. He has extensive experience representing companies in complex litigation across the technology, pharmaceutical, financial services, and energy industries.
Lijun clerked for Judge Carlos T. Bea of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and his BS in Economics and Finance from Tsinghua University. Prior to law school, Lijun worked as a management consultant.
A native Mandarin speaker with deep roots in the Chinese market, Lijun frequently represents China-based and Mandarin-speaking clients, bringing a cross-border perspective to their highest-stakes litigation matters.
Lijun maintains an active pro bono practice in the areas of prisoners’ rights and family law.
Experience
Representative matters:
Representing a leading U.S. financial institution in defending certain fraud and breach of contract claims.
Represented a leading U.S. technology company in defending antitrust actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorneys General of multiple States, as well as the related class actions.*
Represented a leading U.S. pharmaceutical company in defending multiple antitrust class actions in connection with several of its pharmaceutical and medical device products.
Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Samson Resources Corporation for fraudulent transfer claims in connection with an oil & natural gas exploration and production company.
Represented several Chinese financial institutions as third parties in an action in which plaintiffs have sought to enforce a US$1 billion judgment for trademark infringement against defendant counterfeiters.
Represented a European technology company in defending a U.S. competitor’s lawsuit at the intersection of the antitrust and intellectual property laws.
* Experience with another international law firm.