Tony (Xintong)Zhang
Senior Associate New York
China Business Development Lead
Tony (Xintong) Zhang is a Senior Associate at Seiden Law who represents companies and individuals in cross-border disputes connecting the United States and the People’s Republic of China, including commercial litigation, international arbitration, and the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, the PRC, and before the United States Supreme Court, he is able to work directly within both the U.S. and Chinese legal systems.
Zhang has recovered funds for Chinese investors defrauded in an EB-5 scheme and successfully petitioned the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC to overturn a series of lower-court decisions. He handles matters in U.S. federal and state courts, PRC courts, and before the AAA-ICDR and ICC, including award-enforcement defense, receiverships, and customs matters before CBP and the Court of International Trade.
Fluent in Mandarin and English, he works directly with Chinese-language documents and Mandarin-speaking witnesses, which materially affects how U.S.-China matters are built and resolved.
- EB-5 Investment Fraud. Represented Chinese investors defrauded in an EB-5 investment-fraud scheme involving a major bank’s participation, settling with both the EB-5 project managers and the bank.
- Hanfor Asset Management Fraud. Represents Chinese investors in New York State court seeking more than $50 million in connection with the fraud at the Hanfor Asset Management Group.
- $1 Billion Investor Fraud. Represents a limited liability company and approximately 90 other Chinese investors in claims that the defendant looted more than $1 billion in investor funds in China and diverted them to accounts under his exclusive control.
- Supreme People’s Court of the PRC. Represented clients in a special petition before the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC, successfully overturning a series of lower-court decisions.
- NASDAQ-Listed VIE Receivership. Represented the receivership of a previously NASDAQ-listed company with a complex VIE structure spanning the EU, China, and the United States in a Southern District of New York proceeding.
- CIETAC Award Defense. Defended a Chinese national in recognition and enforcement of a CIETAC arbitration award pending in the Southern District of New York.
- Ponzi Fraud Action. Represented investors, including U.S. and Chinese citizens, in a New York fraud action arising from a Ponzi scheme.
- Private-Fund Dispute. Represented a well-established California company against one of the largest U.S. private funds in a dispute involving alleged contractual and fiduciary breaches, settled on agreed terms.
- CBP / Court of International Trade. Represented a well-known Chinese company in challenging an adverse CBP decision before the agency review panel and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
- Receivers & Distribution Administrators. Represented receivers and distribution administrators in federal securities litigation and EB-5-related securities-fraud matters.
- U.S.-China Cross-Border Litigation
- International Arbitration
- Judgment & Award Enforcement
- EB-5 Fraud Recovery
- Customs & International Trade (CBP / CIT)
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