Recently, Gaopeng Law Firm welcomed five senior partners, Chen Shuo, Fu Yujun, Li Jingjing, Xue Bingying, and Yang Hong (in alphabetical order), to join. The five lawyers are rooted in the four core areas of Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hefei, and Hangzhou in Vietnam, covering multiple legal core tracks such as capital markets, resource and environment, criminal law, foreign-related investment and financing and securities capital markets, civil and commercial dispute resolution, real estate and large-scale infrastructure construction, and Vietnamese legal services. They possess professional capabilities in both domestic and cross-border legal services.

The joining of five senior lawyers this time will further improve the regional map and professional system of Gaopeng Law Firm's legal services, form deep professional collaboration across regions and fields, provide more comprehensive, accurate, and efficient integrated legal solutions for various clients, and inject strong momentum into Gaopeng Law Firm's professional, large-scale, and international development.

Gaopeng Law Firm welcomes five senior partners to join

Chen Shuo
Practice location: Beijing
Professional field: Capital markets

Lawyer Chen Shuo has been deeply involved in the legal field of the capital market for many years. He has served as a member and deputy secretary-general of the Securities Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Bar Association, and is currently a member of the Legal Advisory Committee. His core practice areas include company restructuring, reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, issuance and listing, refinancing, and property rights transactions. He has accumulated rich practical experience in the full chain legal services of the capital market.

Since practicing, Lawyer Chen Shuo has achieved remarkable results, having hosted and participated in multiple initial public offerings of companies such as Copper Bull Information (300895), Shilong Industry (002748), and Zhongfu Information (300659). He has also been deeply involved in major capital operation projects such as Yili Corporation's (600887) employee stock ownership plan, targeted issuance, and overseas mergers and acquisitions. He has also hosted the issuance of stocks to specific targets by Zhongfu Information (300659) and Northland (920047) in 2023. In the field of the New Third Board, it has led or participated in the restructuring and listing of dozens of enterprises such as Xinrui Yingcheng (430085), Jingpeng Livestock (430287), and Tongniu Information (430243) on the Third Board, undertaken major asset restructuring projects such as Heli Siteng (430105), and classic equity acquisition projects such as Beijing Wuba Information Technology Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of Laifutai Bai (430081). At the same time, it has provided professional legal services for stock issuance projects of multiple Third Board listed companies such as Tianji Digital (831478) and Atomic High tech (430005).

In addition, Lawyer Chen Shuo has provided legal support for the due diligence of target companies invested by multiple large investment institutions such as Sequoia Capital, Shenzhen Venture Capital, and China National Investment Corporation, and has issued legal opinions for multiple private fund managers; Currently serving as a long-term legal advisor for listed companies such as Zhongfu Information (300659), Tongniu Information (300895), Chutianlong (003040), Northland (920047), Xinsong Jiahe (430019), Dongfang Zhihui (873914), Qingyan Technology, as well as high-quality data technology enterprises. With professional and efficient legal services, we have gained high recognition from our clients.

Fu Yujun
Practice location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Professional field: Vietnam Investment Legal Services

Lawyer Fu Yujun is a pioneer in the field of legal services for Chinese enterprises investing in Vietnam. He is the second Chinese lawyer to obtain a Vietnamese practice license and the second to reside in Vietnam. He is currently the director of the Vietnam branch of Gao Peng Law Firm, specializing in Chinese enterprise investment consulting, legal due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and long-term legal advisory. He has been deeply involved in the field of Vietnamese investment legal services for 12 years and has rich cross-border practical experience.

In his professional career, Lawyer Fu Yujun has been deeply involved in legal services for domestic power enterprises in his early years. He has served as a long-term legal advisor for Yunnan Power Grid and several subordinate power supply bureaus, handling a large number of power supply and consumption contracts, as well as disputes over electric shock and personal injury. Since 2015, we have been focusing on providing legal services for Chinese enterprises investing in Vietnam. We have provided year-round legal advisory services to many well-known enterprises such as Air China, Eastern Airlines, Midea Electric (Vietnam), and Jinyu Tire (Vietnam), as well as multiple provincial and municipal federations of the Vietnam Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Successfully undertaken benchmark cases such as Guangdong Haida Group, Zhongrong Printing Group and others' acquisition of assets/equity in local Vietnamese enterprises, as well as the equity acquisition of photovoltaic power generation projects by Vietnam Photovoltaic Investment Co., Ltd; Significant achievements have been made in the field of rights protection for Chinese funded enterprises in Vietnam, successfully assisting companies in recovering stolen funds, promoting the sentencing of suspects, and providing legal opinions on Vietnamese subsidiaries/clients for multiple IPO projects of enterprises. He also serves as an arbitrator at the Vietnam China International Commercial Arbitration Center and overseas legal advisor to several institutions such as the Sichuan Overseas Chinese Federation. He has conducted in-depth research in the field of investment law in Vietnam and published multiple professional practice articles.

Li Jingjing
Practice location: Hefei
Professional fields: Urban investment company services, disposal of non-performing assets, mineral resources, criminal law

Lawyer Li Jingjing has over ten years of legal service experience and graduated from Anhui University of Finance and Economics with a major in Criminal Law. He is a leading young lawyer in the Anhui Province and Hefei Lawyers Association, specializing in corporate and investment, resource and environment, and criminal business. He is a composite lawyer with both civil and commercial legal services and criminal defense/prosecution capabilities. He led the establishment of the Gaopeng Law Firm Hefei branch and has achieved remarkable results in urban investment company services, non-performing asset disposal, mineral resources legal affairs, and defense of major criminal cases.

In the field of corporate and investment, Lawyer Li Jingjing has provided professional legal services to state-owned urban investment companies for many years, handling multiple equity repurchase cases worth billions of yuan and winning first instance trials. He successfully represented a subrogation lawsuit in a retrial and retrial case, avoiding a loss of 190 million yuan for the client. Within one year, he helped the client recover 600 million yuan of non-performing assets and provided full process pre investment due diligence, mid investment management, and post investment repurchase legal services for major projects, handling nearly 400 million equity repurchase cases. In the field of resources and environment, I have served as legal counsel for nearly ten mineral enterprises such as iron and gold mines, providing full process legal support for mine integration, transfer of exploration/mining rights, and compliance with safety production regulations. In the field of criminal business, we have successfully represented multiple major and difficult cases, including non prosecution of cases involving false value-added tax invoices, suspended sentences for cases involving counterfeit registered trademarks, and full case service for the defense of the first defendant in criminal cases. All criminal prosecution cases have been successfully filed, effectively recovering the losses of our clients. At the same time, we have published multiple professional papers in the field of criminal law, possessing both theoretical foundation and practical ability.

Xue Bingying
Practice location: Hangzhou
Professional fields: Company and Investment, Securities and Capital Markets, Corporate Compliance

Lawyer Xue Bingying has 16 years of legal practice experience. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in the UK with a master's degree in business law and the East China University of Political Science and Law with a bachelor's degree in international economic law. Her core practice areas are company and investment, securities and capital markets, and corporate compliance. She has an international vision and rich experience in foreign-related legal services. She is currently a member of the Zhejiang Lawyers Association's international investment and financing, the "the Belt and Road" professional committee and other social positions. She is a member of the Hangzhou foreign-related legal talent pool and the foreign-related legal services expert panel.

Lawyer Xue Bingying has worked at top domestic law firms and legal directors of US listed companies. She has hosted and participated in numerous cases related to foreign investment and financing, overseas investment, securities issuance, and equity dispute resolution, including classic cases such as the joint venture dispute between Wahaha and Danone in France, and the equity acquisition project of Saint Gobain Group in France; Built VIE structures and completed USD investment and financing for multiple enterprises such as Foraging Network and Whale Spirit Group, assisting large enterprises such as Hangguo Group and Hengyi Petrochemical in completing overseas investment projects in Indonesia, Brunei, and other countries; Participated in multiple securities projects such as the non-public offering of Hangzhou Hangyang Co., Ltd. and the listing of Hangzhou Boiler Group, providing year-round legal advisory services to more than 40 listed companies, large state-owned enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises, and high-tech enterprises. He is deeply involved in the field of foreign-related legal services and has solid professional abilities in international trade and investment, international arbitration, cross-border equity structure design, and corporate compliance for going global. At the same time, he serves as an industry mentor at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Zhejiang University International Joint Business School, helping to promote the integration of industry, academia, and research.

Yang Hong
Practice location: Beijing
Professional fields: Intellectual Property, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Resource Environment, Marriage and Family Affairs

Lawyer Yang Hong holds a bachelor's degree in Economic Law from China University of Political Science and Law and a master's degree in Law from China University of International Business and Economics. She also serves as an arbitrator for the Beijing Arbitration Commission, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, an intern mentor for China University of Political Science and Law, and a mediator for the Beijing Center for Diversified Dispute Resolution. Her core practice areas include civil and commercial dispute resolution, real estate, large-scale infrastructure and construction projects, and intellectual property.

During her decades long legal career, Lawyer Yang Hong has accumulated a diverse range of professional experience and comprehensive legal thinking. Before pursuing a career as a social lawyer, he had long served as the legal director of large state-owned groups such as Beijing Jinyu Group, A+H listed companies, and the general legal advisor of large real estate development companies. He was fully responsible for core legal work such as corporate dispute resolution, due diligence on investment and mergers and acquisitions, commercial negotiations, and corporate governance, and had profound practical experience in corporate legal affairs.

Since practicing, Lawyer Yang Hong has undertaken over a hundred investment and merger and acquisition projects, leading multiple non litigation projects such as listing on the New Third Board, issuing bonds, trusts, asset management, and private equity funds; Proficient in legal affairs throughout the entire process of real estate development and engineering construction, covering various aspects such as primary and secondary development, land transfer, and house buying, selling, and leasing; Successfully handled a large number of controversial cases in the fields of engineering construction, infrastructure, investment and financing, real estate development, etc., with a total amount of billions of yuan, serving clients in multiple industries such as energy, culture and entertainment, and new media. Achieved outstanding performance in the field of copyright and intellectual property. The settlement dispute case of Jiangxi Sanjian Xingguangda Phase II Project, Huaxia Happiness Land Acquisition Dispute, New Media Group and LeTV Information Network Communication Right Dispute handled by it are all typical cases in the industry. At the same time, it also provides special legal advisory services for first level land development projects such as the expropriation and relocation of simple buildings around the Temple of Heaven, the transformation of shantytowns in Shunyi Tianzhu Comprehensive Bonded Area, as well as real estate investment and merger projects such as Beitou Group's urban renewal and transformation, Guiyang Shougang's 1.5 billion yuan customized property cooperation with Shanghai Aegean Sea. With professional legal logic, excellent business thinking, and efficient problem-solving ability, it has become a trusted legal partner for customers.

The joining of five senior partners is an important strategic measure for Gaopeng Law Firm to deepen its layout in core cities in China and expand its cross-border legal services globally. The five lawyers have formed a highly professional complementarity in the fields of capital markets, real estate and infrastructure, cross-border investment, foreign-related investment and financing, resources and environment, and criminal business. Their regional layout in Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Hangzhou, and Hefei in Vietnam has also achieved linkage coverage of cross-border services in the Yangtze River Delta region, central region, and Southeast Asia.

In the future, Gaopeng Law Firm will adhere to the talent concept of openness, collaboration, and innovation, gather industry talents, cultivate professional services, respond to the diverse needs of clients with better legal services, rely on a comprehensive service network and professional team, safeguard domestic and foreign clients, fulfill social responsibility, and assist in the construction of the rule of law and industry development.