Zhang Xinran

Handling complex and challenging civil and commercial litigation matters, including matrimonial and inheritance disputes; providing ongoing legal advisory services to enterprises and entrepreneurs; implementing corporate‑family risk isolation strategies; and designing tailored plans for the protection and succession of personal wealth.

December 2005: Bachelor’s Degree, Southwest University of Political Science and Law

August 2003 – January 2006: Clerk at the Third Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing (Administrative Division and State Compensation Office)

Dec. 2007 – Apr. 2015: Intern and Full-time Attorney at Jiangsu Zhengxin & Xieda Law Office

May 2015 – July 2021, Partner Attorney, Jiangsu Zhuoyue Law Office

August 2021 – present:   Jiangsu JC Master (Suzhou) Law Office Attorney

Representative cases previously handled as counsel:

 

1. Represented a full-time homemaker in a successful divorce, securing RMB 5 million in divorce compensation, equity in a joint-stock company, and custody of the children [Shanghai Municipal Case No. (2025) Hu 0116 Min Chu ***]. 
2. Successfully obtained a favorable judgment in代理 wife’s lawsuit against her husband and his extramarital lover, declaring the gift contract invalid (with a subject matter exceeding RMB 2 million) [Shanghai Municipal Case No. (2025) Hu 0116 Min Chu **]. 
3. Successfully represented the legal spouse in a lawsuit challenging the validity of gift contracts entered into by the husband and his extramarital lover (with a subject matter exceeding RMB 10 million) [Shanghai Municipal Case No. (2025) Hu 0116 Min Chu **]. 
4. Acting on behalf of a business owner in a lawsuit against a spendthrift son and daughter-in-law who rely on their parents’ wealth, the attorney successfully recovered assets accumulated through a lifetime of hard work. [People’s Court of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Case No. (2022) Su 0509 Min Chu **] 
5. Represented one spouse in multiple complex divorce cases involving remarriage, successfully safeguarding their rights. Cases were handled before the Wuzhong District People’s Court of Suzhou, the Suzhou Industrial Park People’s Court, the Xiangcheng District People’s Court, and others. 
6. Represented nearly twenty parties spanning five generations in a complex inheritance case involving ancestral property and substantial demolition-related interests, successfully resolving longstanding family disputes [Gusu District People’s Court Case No. (2025) Su 0508 Min Chu **]. 
7. Represented a client in defending against a substantial debt claim brought by her ex-husband’s creditors, successfully safeguarding the woman’s rights. [People’s Court of Fengxian District, Shanghai, Case No. (2020) Hu 0120 Min Chu **] 
8. Successfully represented a woman who married and moved to Suzhou in a lawsuit to modify child custody, providing legal assistance to facilitate the mother–child reunion. [People’s Court of Xiangcheng District, Suzhou; Case No. (2020) Su 0507 Min Chu **]

9. Represented an elderly client, successfully resolving a long-standing petition that had remained unresolved through litigation, thereby alleviating their difficulties and restoring harmony within the family. [People’s Court of Gusu District, Suzhou City, Case No. (2019) Su 0508 Min Chu **]

10. Represented a female client who, following marriage, endured repeated IVF treatments and suffered severe physical and psychological distress, as well as emotional abuse from her husband, ultimately obtaining a divorce and compensation. [People’s Court of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Case No. (2021) Su 0509 Min Chu **]

11. Successfully mediated a divorce case involving a couple who had mistakenly raised a child not biologically theirs, safeguarding privacy while preserving familial harmony and dignity. [People’s Court of Gusu District, Suzhou City, Case No. (2017) Su 0508 Min Chu **] 
12. Through repeated counseling and guidance, we successfully de-escalated numerous marital crises—rather than “dead” marriages—and helped several families on the brink of divorce turn things around. (Case examples include Ms. Liu, Ms. Hao, Mr. Liu, Mr. Li, and others.) 
13. Through family advisors and private legal counsel, we provide high-net-worth clients such as General Managers Li, Wang, and Qian with comprehensive services including family wealth risk assessments, separation of personal and business risks, resolution of family and clan disputes, succession planning for family wealth, and matrimonial and property‑protection strategies for the second generation of business leaders—covering all aspects of family‑business wealth succession planning.

14. Pro Bono Legal Work: While serving as a part-time lawyer‑mediator at the Xiangcheng District People’s Court, I participated in the mediation of dozens of cases; during my tenure as a member of the District Political Consultative Conference and legal advisor to the Women’s Federation, I traveled throughout all subdistricts, towns, villages, communities, and enterprises and public institutions in Xiangcheng District, delivering more than 70 online and offline legal education lectures on topics commonly relevant to the public, such as marriage, family law, and inheritance.

Publication of papers or co-authored monographs:

1. In 2024, the paper “Balancing Conflicts Between the Protection of Creditors’ Interests and the Protection of the Debtor’s Spouse’s Interests—An Analysis Based on a Creditor’s Subrogation Dispute Case” was recognized as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Papers in Marriage and Family Law Services by the Suzhou Lawyers Association. 
2. In 2024, the case “Whether Parents’ Funding for Their Children’s Home Purchase Constitutes a Gift or a Loan—Wang v. Jia and Yi Dispute over Private Lending” was recognized as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Cases in Marital and Family Law Services by the Suzhou Lawyers Association. 
3. In 2022, the study “A Study on the Allocation of Custody Rights for Minor Children—Based on a Sample of 1,286 Judgment Documents from Suzhou City” was recognized by the Jiangsu Provincial Lawyers Association as an “Outstanding Paper at the 2022 Symposium on Inheritance and Development: Cutting-Edge Issues in the Professionalization and Standardization of Family Law Practice.” 
4. In 2022, participated in the drafting of the “Guidelines for Marriage and Family Cases” by the Provincial Lawyers Association’s Committee on Marriage and Family Law. 
5. In 2018, co-authored “The Path to Resolving Marriage and Family Disputes” with others.