Cao Li
Senior Partner
Areas of practices

Corporation and Investment, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property,

Practice experience
1. Mainly engaged in legal counsel business
Served as legal advisers and legal experts for Nanjing Municipal People's Government, Nanjing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, Nanjing Municipal People's Government Foreign Affairs Office, Qinhuai District People's Government and other government agencies, and contributed to standardizing the administrative behavior and correct decision-making of administrative organs; Served as the perennial legal counsel of large enterprises and governments such as Nanjing Golden Eagle International Group Co., Ltd., Golden Eagle Trading (China) Co., Ltd., Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co., Ltd., Nanjing Putian Communication Co., Ltd., Nanjing Vegetable and Sideline Food Group Co., Ltd., China Datang Group Corporation Jiangsu Branch, Nanjing Gold Investment Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing Public Transport Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing Tourism Group Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Huaxia Group Co., Ltd. It has made a positive contribution to standardizing the economic behavior of enterprises.

2. Mainly engaged in civil and commercial dispute resolution business

Undertaking the hearing of the shareholder dispute case of Jiangsu Huaning Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in the Supreme People's Court, which was included in the Gazette of the Supreme People's Court (No. 7, 2006); Undertaking the patent infringement cases of Nanjing Putian Communications Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Xinhaiyi Co., Ltd., which were included in the Gazette of the Supreme People's Court (No. 7, 2010) as a typical case guiding the trial of cases nationwide; (He has undertaken the trade secret infringement case between Zhangjiagang Shengmei Machinery Company and Nantong Zongheng International Group Company, the defense lawyer of Dong Jie's illegal business crime case who was prosecuted for the crime of using plug-in software to provide game service operation in China, and the patent infringement case of ADC Company in the United States.) (The trial of the dispute between Wang and Liu's shareholders in the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court and the Supreme People's Court was upheld.) The second-instance trial of the cases of Hengfeng Bank, China Construction Bank and other financial institutions was tried by the senior people, and the improper judgments of the first instance were commuted


3. Mainly engaged in corporate and investment and financing business

In cooperation with Bank of China Jiangsu Branch, it was the first to formulate the personal consumer credit lawyer service process in mainland China and provide legal services all year round; He presided over the legal affairs related to the acquisition of more than 20 enterprises belonging to Nanjing Xinbai Group Co., Ltd. by Nanjing Golden Eagle International Shopping Group Co., Ltd., and led the lawyer working group to complete the asset liquidation and corporate restructuring after the acquisition; Presided over the restructuring of state-owned enterprises of Nanjing Vegetable and Sideline Food Group Co., Ltd.; Presided over the external investment business involved in the bankruptcy reorganization of 24 companies including Nanjing Construction Group Co., Ltd.; Presided over the equity restructuring of Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; He presided over the due diligence of the acquisition of Jiangsu Taibai Group, a listed company, Gimpo Titanium Co., Ltd. and other legal work related to the acquisition.

Work experience
Mr. Cao Li joined Beijing Gaopeng Law Firm in 2010. Before joining Gao Peng, he was a senior partner and director at Jiangsu Hailang Law Firm.
Educational background
Master Degree in Econommic Law, Renmin University of China

Social positions
Vice President of the Financial Law and Fiscal and Taxation Law Research Association of Jiangsu Law Society
Vice President of the Case Law Research Association of Jiangsu Law Society
Member of the 15th Committee of the Nanjing CPPCC
Vice Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Nanjing Lawyers Association
Legal Counsel of Nanjing Municipal People's Government
Legal Assistant of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal People's Congress
Legal Advisor of Nanjing Foreign Affairs Office
Expert of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Civil Administrative Procuratorial Expert Consultation Network
Legal expert of Jiangsu Information Network Security Association
Supervisor of Jiangsu Internet Industry Federation
Research fellow of the Dispute Resolution Research Center of Chinese Minmin University
Practical tutor of Master of Laws, School of Law, Chinese Minmin University
Arbitrator of Nanjing, Chongqing, Shijiazhuang and Nanchang Arbitration Commissions

Awards
In 2005, he was awarded the titles of Nanjing Outstanding Young Lawyer and Nanjing Top Ten Lawyers, in 2007 he was awarded the title of Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyer in Jiangsu Province, and in 2017 he was awarded the title of Top Ten Arbitrators in Nanjing.
Representative cases
capital market / Corporate & Investment & Financing / Civil and commercial litigation /
  • Nanjing Xinjiekou Co., Ltd. (SH600682)

  • Golden Eagle Trading Group Limited (HK03308)

  • Gimpo Titanium Co., Ltd. (SZ000545

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  • Provided legal services for the acquisition of the control of Nanjing Xinjiekou Co., Ltd., a listed company

  • Provided legal services for the bankruptcy reorganization of 24 enterprises including Nanjing Construction Group Co., Ltd

  • Advised on the acquisition of shares in Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing Co., Ltd

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  • Represented Hengfeng Bank in the second instance of a dispute between Hengfeng Bank and a corporate financial loan contract in the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court, and the court of second instance changed the judgment of the first instance of the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court, upholding all the appeal requests of the appellant Hengfeng Bank

  • Represented Jiangsu Huaning Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. in the first instance of the shareholders dispute case in the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court and the second instance of the Supreme People's Court, and all the litigation claims were upheld, and the case was included in the Supreme People's Court Gazette (2006 No. 7)

  • Represented Nanjing Putian Communications Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Xinhaiyi Co., Ltd. in the second instance of the patent infringement case in the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court, and the court of second instance changed the judgment of the first instance of the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court, supported the appeal request of Nanjing Putian Communications Co., Ltd., and the case was included in the Gazette of the Supreme People's Court (No. 7, 2010) as a typical case guiding the trial of cases nationwide

  • Represented China Construction Bank in a dispute over deposit certificates with a number of natural persons in the second instance of the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court, and the court of second instance changed the judgment of the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court in the first instance, and China Construction Bank's appeal request was upheld

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Thesis and books
"Evaluation of China's Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Protection System" (Jiangsu Province Lawyers' Excellent Paper, 2010)
"A Brief Analysis of the Status and Role of Chinese Lawyers in Civil Litigation Mediation" (Second Prize of the 9th East China Lawyers' Forum, 2011)
"Research on the Legal Function of Invoices in Civil and Commercial Transactions" (Third Prize of the First China Tax Lawyers' Forum, China Tax Lawyers' Review, First Series, Law Press, August 2014)
"The Demise of Local Financing Platform Companies from the Perspective of the Rule of Law" (China Business Review, No. 35, 2017, published on December 18, 2017)
"The Boundaries of Lawyers' Litigation Skills in Civil Litigation" (Legal Expo, No. 36, 2017, published on December 25, 2017)
"Analysis of the Civil Burden of Proof for Acting Counsel" (Legal System and Economy, No. 2, 2018, published on February 10, 2018)
"Basic Principles for Lawyers to Issue Legal Opinions" (Global Market Information Herald, Issue 18, 2018, published on 18 July 2018)
"Research on Individual Income Tax Practice of "Income from Equity Transfer" (China Business Review, No. 23, 2018, published on August 17, 2018)
"Legal Analysis of Corporate Tax Planning Behavior" (Legal System and Economy, Issue 9, 2018)
"Research on the Application of Equity Repurchase Law and Dispute Resolution Methods of Limited Liability Companies" (Legal System and Society, No. 28, 2018, published on October 5, 2018)
"A Brief Analysis of the Application of the Company Law in the Review of the Validity of Civil and Commercial Contracts" (in Legal System and Economy, No. 10, 2018)
"The Regulatory Path of False Civil Litigation" (Legal Expo, February 2019)
"The Choice of Ways to Protect the Rights and Interests of Minority Shareholders: A Case Study of the Choice of Civil Litigation Remedies" (China Business Review, No. 1, 2019)
"Ways to Accurately Define the Content of Parties' Litigation Claims" (Legal System and Society, No. 3, 2019)
"The Possibility of Equity Return: Starting from a Case of Equity Transfer Dispute" (Law and Society, 2019.4 (middle))

Working language
  • Chinese
  • English
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