Singapore – 4 May 2026. The Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) is pleased to announce the following Chapter Board appointment effective immediately:
| Chapter Board Member | Title & Company | Chapter Board |
| Zheyuan Jin | PartnerMerits & Tree | China |
Zheyuan Jin is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Mr. Jin worked in DS Avocats Paris and Shanghai City Development Law Firm.
Mr. Jin has extensive experience in the development, construction, investment and financing of projects. Mr. Jin has served many giant contractors and investors and participated in legal consultations for dozens of projects or housing, manufacturing plants and infrastructures, handling dispute resolution and risk prevention during the whole process of projects development. Mr. Jin represents the project owners including local governments, real estate developers, manufacturing enterprises and projects financier to provides litigation and non-litigation legal services for construction projects. Mr. Jin assists many well-known real estate developers in various stages of projects such as greenfield development, co-enterprise and joint venture, financing, sales, mergers and acquisitions and project exit.
Mr. Jin was a member of the consulting experts in the field of construction and engineering in the World Bank’s “Doing Business” report from 2018 to 2020; he has also participated in the drafting of the “General Contracting Contract Model Text for Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development” and the review of the 2020 revision of the Construction Law.
