Labor and Employment

Labor Arbitration and Litigation

• Represented a well-known central state-owned enterprise in a labor dispute arising from issues with an employee's professional title assessment and remuneration

• Represented a public institution under a ministry of the State Council in a labor dispute concerning the termination of an employee's labor contract and payment of the employee's severance compensation

• Represented a member enterprise of the FAW group in a labor dispute arising from a claim for double wages by an executive

• Represented a state-owned enterprise in the energy industry in a labor dispute arising from issues with an employee's performance-based salary

• Represented a wholly-owned subsidiary of a central state-owned banking enterprise in a labor dispute arising from an employee's claim for unpaid wages and damages for the unlawful dissolution of the labor contract

• Represented a trust company in a labor dispute arising from a former employee's claims for deferred compensation and damages for the unlawful dissolution of the labor contract

• Represented a shipping conglomerate in a labor dispute concerning performance evaluation and annual bonuses involving a senior executive of its subsidiary

• Represented a company listed on the NEEQ in a labor dispute arising from reimbursement issues with its employee

• Represented an education company in a labor dispute arising from claims for economic compensation and annual bonuses by an employee

• Represented a biopharmaceutical enterprise in a labor dispute concerning alleged unlawful dissolution of an employee's labor contract

• Represented a digital intelligence technology company in a labor dispute arising from the termination of an employee's labor contract and payment of economic compensation

• Represented a unicorn enterprise in a labor dispute involving 21 former employees seeking economic compensation, annual bonuses, and other claims

• Represented a unicorn enterprise in the autonomous driving sector in a labor dispute arising from the dismissal of a former employee due to resume falsification

• Represented a private fund manager in a labor dispute arising from target performance-based bonuses and performance incentive bonuses with a well-known management institution of private fund

• Represented a medical device company in a labor dispute arising from dismissal of a former employee in the probation period due to being unqualified for the recruitment requirements

• Represented a software development enterprise in a labor dispute arising from a former executive's claim for alleged unpaid wages and damages for the purported unlawful dissolution of the labor contract

• Represented a state-owned enterprise specializing in communication security equipment in a labor dispute arising from a former employee's claims for unpaid wages and annual leave pay

• Represented a clothing e-commerce enterprise in a labor dispute arising from its former employee's claims for unpaid wages, economic compensation, and annual leave pay

• Represented a well-known central state-owned enterprise in a labor dispute arising from issues with a former employee's work-related injury

• Represented a medical beauty institution in a labor dispute arising from issues with a former dispatched employee claiming for unpaid wages and damages

• Represented a new energy vehicle enterprise in a labor dispute arising from issues with a former employee claiming for unpaid wages and continued performance of the labor contract

Litigation in Non-Compete and Equity/Option Incentives

• Represented a semiconductor unicorn in a labor dispute arising from non-compete issues and employee stock options claims involving a former executive

• Represented an entertainment brokerage firm in a labor dispute arising from non-compete issues involving an executive

• Represented an unicorn company in a labor dispute arising from an executive's breach of non-compete obligations with a former employer

• Represented a biotechnology company in a dispute with a former executive over the exercise of equity incentives

• Represented a fund manager in a labor dispute arising from non-compete and equity incentive issues with a well-known private equity fund manager

• Represented a marketing director in responding to non-compete claims filed by an internet company

• Represented an R&D personnel against non-compete claims initiated by a major internet company

• Represented an autonomous driving R&D enterprise in a labor dispute concerning non-compete obligations with a former executive

• Represented an internet company in a labor dispute with a former employee over non-compete obligations

• Represented a mobile internet company in labor disputes involving non-compete obligations with multiple employees

• Represented a biopharmaceutical enterprise in a non-compete dispute with a former executive

• Represented a robot unicorn enterprise in a labor dispute concerning equity incentive and improper behaviors with a former CFO.

• Represented a geomatic technology provider in a dispute arising from the poaching by a competitor and an employee's claim for confirming the invalidity of non-compete clauses

• Represented a mobile reading ecosystem supplier in a labor dispute arising from a former employee's breach of non-compete agreements and recruitment activities

• Represented multiple employees, including a senior executive and department head, in labor and equity disputes against a well-known electrical company, concerning non-compete agreements, equity incentives, unlawful termination of labor contracts, and other issues

• Provided legal services to Moore Threads (688795.SH) in the design of its equity incentive plan

• Providing legal services to Suzhou HunterSun in the design of its equity incentive plan

• Providing legal services to multiple startups in the design of their equity incentive plans, clients including Rock-Ai, Medical Voice Medical Affairs, and Challenge IM

Employment Compliance and Redundancy & Restructuring

• Provided legal services to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a central state-owned bank in relation to its redundancy program

• Provided legal services to a listed company regarding its redundancy program related to production suspension

• Provided legal services to a software and information technology company for its redundancy program

• Provided legal services for the employee resettlement matters involved in the merger and restructuring of a well-known multinational chemical enterprise

• Provided legal services to a well-known multinational chemical company in employee transfers and closure of its affiliated companies in China

• Provided legal services to a financial institution regarding a department closure-related workforce reduction

• Provided legal services for the equity withdrawal project of the labor union committee of a State Grid member enterprise

• Provided legal services to a state-owned publishing group concerning employee resettlement issues related to an M&A transaction

• Provide legal services for an employee relocation project of a maritime international trade company 

• Provide legal services for an employee relocation project of a haptic interaction technology commercialization technology enterprise

• Provide specialized legal services for a joint venture of FWA and Toyota regarding the personnel transfer project due to the relocation of the company (involving hundreds of people)

• Conducted a specialized legal compliance review and rectification of the labor management system for a municipal state-owned enterprise group in Qingdao

• Provided legal services for a state-owned defense enterprise concerning regulatory compliance restructuring of HR policies and regulations

• Provided legal services for an employee relocation project during the business exit of an international trading company

• Provided legal services for personnel transfers and employee fraud cases of a renowned quantitative private equity firm

• Provided specialized legal services to an executive facing layoffs at a prominent U.S. bank

• Provided specialized legal services for regulatory compliance projects including compensation plans, employee co-investment arrangements, and project exit procedures to a state-owned private equity fund manager

Employment Law Consulting Business

• Provided ongoing employment compliance counseling services to dozens of entities, including Service Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management, Information Network Center of the Ministry of Finance, National Council for Social Security Fund, China National Tobacco Corporation, China Unicom, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China National Petroleum Corporation International Ltd., Moonshot AI (Kimi), Dramabox, SXG, Emirates, ABC Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd., CICC Capital, PICC Capital, FAW Equity Investment (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., Global Energy Interconnection Group, China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd. (688009.SH), Challenge IM, LP Club, Moore Threads (688795.SH), Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.(688005.SH), Happy Game New Land, Aura Semiconductor , Suzhou HunterSun, Rock-Ai, etc.

Startup Incubation and Investment & Financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Moore Threads (688795.SH), advising on its seed round, angel round, Series Pre-A, Series A, Series B, and Series B+ financing, with the Series A financing honored as Deals of the Year by China Business Law Journal

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Shanghai Zhizhong MEDICAL, advising on its Series A and Series B financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Beijing Rock-Ai, advising on its Series A, A+,B and strategic round financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Beijing Bangandi Information Technology Co., Ltd., advising on its Series A and Series B financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Suzhou HunterSun, advising on its Series C and Series C+ fi nancing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Beijing Zhishu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., advising on its financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Medical Voice Medical Affairs (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., advising on its financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Chengqi Zhizao (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., advising on its seed round, angel round, Series Pre-A financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Beijing Anjie Zhihe Technology Co., Ltd., advising on its financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Pellucid Optics, advising on its financing

• Advised China First Automobile Group Co. Ltd. on its investment in strategic round financing of Shenzhen Zhuoyu Technology Co., Ltd.

• Advised FAW Equity Investment (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. on its investment in Series C financing of SiEngine Technology Co., Ltd., pre-IPO round of financing of Henan Huiqiang New Energy Material Technology Corp., Ltd., Series A financing of a semiconductor company, Series B+ financing of a battery material company, Series A+ financing of an IoM vehicle platform company, and other projects

• Advised FAW Equity Investment (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Jinhua Jinyi New Area Development Group Co., Ltd. on participating in a project of targeted share issuance of domestic shares by a Hong Kong-listed company

• Advised Hongqi Private Equity Fund Management (Jilin) Co., Ltd. on its investment in financing of Fwar Smarter Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (strategic round), Kargobot.ai (Series B), a flight control system R&D Company (Series A++), and other projects

• Advised Hosencare Brothers (New Hope Medical Industry Fund) on its investment in Series A financing of Qingdao Nuoan Baite Biotechnology, Series C2 financing of CH Biomedical, Series A financing of Suzhou Huadao Biological Pharmaceutical, Series C1 financing of Nanjing Iaso Biotherapeutics, Series B+ financing of Beijing Beilai Biotechnology, Series A financing of Shandong Zhuoye Medical Technology, and Series B financing of Standard Testing Group, among others   Advised Asset Management Company under China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd. and Oriental Pearl Group (600637.SH) on their acquisitions of non-state-owned equity in Shanghai Lao Feng Xiang Co., Ltd., a subsidiary controlled by Lao Feng Xiang Co., Ltd. (600612.SH)

• Advised China Reform Holdings Group on its investment in Zhonglin Leizhou Forestry Bureau, a subsidiary of China Forestry Group, and a certain photovoltaic new energy project under China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.

• Advised China Everbright on its investment in Montage Technology (688008.SH), which is among the first companies that have listed on SSE STAR Market, with services covering the entire process of the investee's privatization and delisting as well as listing on the STAR Market

• Advised China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited (688009.SH) on its listing on SSE STAR Market (awarded Deals of the Year by China Business Law Journal)

• Advised Sinotrans Limited (00598.HK) on its absorption of Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., Ltd. (600270.SH) by share swap and the A-share listing of the resulting company (awarded Deals of the Year by China Business Law Journal in 2014)

• Advised Shandong Hi-tech Spring Material Technology Co., Ltd. on its listing on ChiNext

• Advised Shandong Haike Holding Ltd. on its acquisition of Shandong Huapeng Glass Co., Ltd. (603021.SH)

• Advised Shandong Huapeng Glass Co., Ltd. (603021.SH) on its material asset restructuring and backdoor listing of Dongying Hebang Chemical Co., Ltd.

• Advised Dongxu Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. (000413.SZ) on its non-public offering and purchase   of assets using funds raised through the offering, with the deal constituting backdoor listing and including an ESOP

• Advised Caixin Group Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Guoxing Rongda Real Estate (000838.SZ)

• Advised Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co., Ltd. (600682.SH) on its acquisition of House of Fraser, a British commercial chain enterprise, which entailed material asset restructuring of the client

• Advised Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co., Ltd. (600682.SH) on its acquisition of China Cord Blood Bank (NYSE: CO), which entailed material asset restructuring of the client

• Advised Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co., Ltd. (600682.SH) on its acquisition of various medical and pharmaceutical assets in Israel, Hong Kong SAR, and China's mainland, with the deal constituting material asset restructuring

• Advised Hainan Kaisa Shijia Beverage Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Hainan Airtravel Beverage Manufacturer Co., Ltd. (872009.OC)

• Advised China Railway Signal & Communication Co., Ltd. on its strategic investment in Kaifa Electric (300407.SZ) through equity transfer and convertible debts

• Advised Aisino Co., Ltd. (600271.SH) on its acquisition of a web-based financial enterprise

• Advised Beijing Bangandi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (839194.OC) on its acquisition of Beijing Excellence Smart Technology Co., Ltd.

• Advised Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co., Ltd. (600122.SH) on its acquisition of IDT International Ltd. (00167.HK)

• Advised Jinzhou New China Dragon Molybdenum Co., Ltd. (603399.SH), Guoxing Rongda Real Estate (000838.SZ), and Qumei Home (603818.SH) on their respect non-public offerings and Beijing Bangandi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (839194.OC) on its private placement

• Advised on the shareholding reduction of HyUnion Holding Co., Ltd (002537.SZ) by Metal One, Guozhen Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. (300388.SZ) by MARUBENI CORPORATION, RAINBOWCO (002483.SZ) by China Crane Investment Holdings Limited, and other shareholding reduction projects.

• Advised on the NEEQ listing of Zhongmian Seed Technologies Co., Ltd. (832019.OC), Beijing Bangandi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (839194.OC), and other companies

• Advised on the delisting of Hunan Vary Tech (833311.OC), Beijing Alignmed Health Technology Joint-Stock Co. (835867.OC), and other companies from NEEQ