Zhou Fangjie, a lawyer with a double Bachelor's degree in Law and English from Southwest University of Political Science and Law and a Master's degree in Law (majoring in Criminal Law) from China Youth University for Political Sciences, is currently an associate lawyer at Beijing Qiankun Law Firm.
Since practicing, Lawyer Zhou Fangjie has participated in or assisted in handling a number of major criminal cases with significant social impact with a meticulous attitude. She focuses on the research of cases related to criminal defense, criminal accusation, criminal risk prevention and control, and crisis resolution. She has represented several major criminal cases involving an amount of more than 100 million yuan, and has achieved good defense results in many cases, such as case dismissal, non - prosecution, reduced sentencing, and reversed judgment. She has also participated in a number of major legal research projects, including "The Situation and Challenges of Commercial Crime Governance", "Research on the Reform of the Crime of Money Laundering", "Research on Illegal Fund - Raising", and "White Paper on the Research of Crimes Committed by Employees of Chinese Financial Institutions".
Classic Cases
Represented a large private enterprise suspected of contract fraud, where the plaintiff was a state - owned enterprise and the case involved an amount of more than 90 million yuan. Through organizing expert demonstrations, issuing legal opinions, and conducting in - depth and repeated communication with prosecutors on the case facts and the evidence in the case, and after the procuratorial hearing, the defender achieved a non - prosecution result at the prosecution review stage.
Represented a major case of smuggling ordinary goods involving a huge amount of money. The party concerned might have been sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of over 100 million yuan. However, the court adopted the defender's opinion that the characterization of the involved goods was incorrect, and sentenced the party to the crime of smuggling waste, which significantly reduced the term of imprisonment and the fine.
Represented the legal representative of a large private enterprise suspected of misappropriation of public funds and bribing non - state functionaries. Through analyzing the nature of the involved funds, the defender helped the party obtain a shorter prison term than the sentencing recommendation.
Represented a senior executive of a large private enterprise suspected of money laundering. At the prosecution review stage, the amount of the involved funds was significantly reduced from nearly 10 million yuan to more than 1 million yuan. During the guilty plea and leniency procedure, the defender helped the party obtain the minimum sentencing recommendation of five years' imprisonment. At the trial stage, the crime was changed to the crime of job - related embezzlement, and finally a judgment of three years and three months' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 yuan was obtained.
Represented a Beijing investment company suspected of contract fraud. Through liability analysis and promoting enterprise compliance to resolve the crisis, the defender achieved a case dismissal result.
Represented the legal representative of a small and micro enterprise suspected of organizing prostitution and forging identity documents. The defender successfully changed the charge to harboring and procuring prostitution, and obtained a sentencing recommendation of one year and six months' imprisonment for harboring and procuring prostitution and six months' criminal detention for forging identity documents. At the trial stage, the defender helped the party obtain a judgment with a lighter penalty than the sentencing recommendation.
Represented a college student suspected of forcible indecency. The defender argued that the suspect's act did not meet the characteristics of compulsion, and this opinion was recognized by the public security organ, which finally dismissed the case.
Represented an employee of a state - owned enterprise suspected of disseminating obscene materials. At the prosecution review stage, the defender helped the party obtain a sentencing recommendation of six months' imprisonment with one year's probation.
Represented an employee of a large private enterprise suspected of job - related embezzlement. By drafting a criminal complaint, sorting out the evidence list, accompanying the client to submit the complaint materials to the case - handling organ, and communicating with the case - handling personnel, the defender finally succeeded in filing the case.