Practice Fields
•     International trade & foreign investment

Educational Background and Work Experience
•    2006 ~present: Dowway & Partners, Senior Partner
•    2004-2006: JINCHENG TONGDA & NEAL, Partner
•    2003-2004: Washington DC Office of Kaye Scholer LLP, China Trade Advisor
•    1996-2003: Ministry of Commerce (former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation), Anti-dumping Officer
•    1999-2002: University of International Business and Economics, Master of Law
•    1992-1996, University of International Business and Economics, Bachelor of Laws

Typical Cases
•    Zhang Tao was a senior official in the Ministry of Commerce of P. R. China (MOFCOM) responsible for antidumping investigation for many years. He is familiar with countervailing and anti-dumping investigation regulations of China, and has represented dozens of foreign (or regional) companies or China’s downstream industries to respond the anti-dumping investigation initiated by the MOFCOM, including General Motors, Lanxess, Olin, Nippon Steel and other large international enterprises, and received good results.
•    Zhang Tao has acted on behalf of Chinese industries and enterprises in about 100 anti-dumping and countervailing cases initiated by the United States, the European Union, Canada and Australia against China.Among those nearly 100 international trade remedy cases, around a quarter of the cases obtained results of no injury or zero tax rate. Zhang Tao has also successfullyrepresented hundreds of Chinese enterprises to apply for separate rate in numerous anti-dumping cases initiated by the U.S. against China.
•    Zhang Tao has represented on behalf of the MOFCOM to respondaround 20 U.S. countervailing cases and special safeguard measures cases against China.
•     Zhang Tao has rich practical experience in US Section 337 investigations.He has represented on behalf of Chinese companies with more than 20 US Section 337 Investigation cases, and the quantity of Section 337 cases in which he represented Chinese companies is more than other Chinese lawyers. Zhang Tao is good at settlement of Section 337 cases, and has helped Chinese companies reach favorable settlements in many cases, which has not only maintained and expanded the market share for the companies, but also saved a lot of cost budget for them.
•     Zhang Tao has been employed by the MOFCOM as a third party to participate in the dispute resolution on anti-dumping laws of WTO, and has also participated in drafting of anti-dumping rules and regulations of China as well as construction of anti-dumping investigation system in China (including the formation and improvement of the anti-dumping questionnaire, the establishment of hearing and verification procedures, and the establishment of dumping margin calculation system, etc.).

Social Position and Honors
•     Listed in the field of “international trade /WTO respondent” in Chambers’ Asia-Pacific Legal Guide since 2013
•    Outstanding lawyer in Chaoyang District in 2015-2018
•    Member of China Trade Remedy Legal Expert Database, Ministry of Commerce
•    Member of China Trade Barrier Legal Expert Database, Ministry of Commerce
•    Member of CCPIT Legal Expert Database
•    Deputy Director of WTO & Antidumping Committee, Beijing Bar Association

Main Works and Speeches
•   Participated in compilation of US Section 337 Investigation Response Guidelines and US Section 337 InvestigationRules, Practices and Cases published by the MOFCOM;
•   Frequently be invited to participate in the research and argumentation of international trade disputes and remedies of relevant government departments and industrial organizations, and has made a number of specialist lectures;  made a speech for US Section 337 Investigation for well-known Chinese enterprises and senior government officials as a guest in 2007 China high-level Forum on Protection of Intellectual Property; made a specialist lecture on US Section 337 Investigation as a guest of 2007 Xiamen 98 Investment Fair; made a specialist lecture on US Section 337 Investigation as a guest in 2011 Shenzhen High-tech Fair; and has been the Chinese keynote speaker in several sessions of“Sino-US Section 337 Investigation Technical Seminar”.