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 state-owned enterprise in the automotive industry in a labor dispute arising from a claim for double severance compensation 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 alleged unpaid wages and claimed damages for the purported wrongful termination of the labor contract

• Represented a state-owned enterprise in the communications equipment industry in a labor dispute concerning the termination of an employee's labor contract and payment of severance compensation

• Represented a renowned central state-owned enterprise in a labor dispute arising from work-related injury claims by its employees

• Represented a trust company in a labor dispute involving claims for deferred compensation and damages for unlawful termination a former employee

• 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 employees

• Represented an education company in a labor dispute initiated by an employee seeking economic compensation and annual bonuses

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

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

• Represented a unicorn company 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 resulting from the dismissal of a former employee due to resume falsification

• Represented a biopharmaceutical company in a labor dispute involving the dismissal of a former employee for failing to meet employment criteria during probation

• Represented a software development enterprise in a labor dispute arising from a former executive's claim for alleged unpaid wages and claimed damages for the purported wrongful termination 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 a co-founder (executive)

• Represented an AI large model company in a labor dispute arising from a core technician'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 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

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

• Provided legal services to a leading automotive joint venture for a large-scale employee relocation project (involving hundreds of employees) due to the client’s relocation

• Provided legal services to an AI large model company regarding an employee transfer initiative (involving nearly 100 employees)

• 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

Employment Law Consulting Business

• Provided ongoing employment compliance counseling services to dozens of entities, including Service Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management, 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), ABC Financial Asset Management Co., Ltd., Beijing Language and Culture University, China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Happy Game New Land, Aura Semiconductor, FAW Equity Investment, Global Energy Interconnection Group, Beijing Rock-Ai, etc.

Startup Incubation and Investment & Financing

• Served as retained corporate counsel to Moore Threads, advising on its seed round, angel round, Series Pre-A, Series A, Series B, and SeriesB+ 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+, Pre-B 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+ financing

• 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 financing

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

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

• Advised Hosencare Brothers (New Hope Medical Industry Fund) on its investment in Series A financi ng of Qingdao Nuoan Baite Biotechnology, Series C2 financi ng of CH Biomedical, Series A financi ng of Suzhou Huadao Biological Pharmaceutical, Series C1 financi ng of Nanjing Iaso Biotherapeutics, Series B+ fi nanci ng of Beijing Beilai Biotechnology, Series A financi ng 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 fi rst   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 Langrun Fund on its investment in Tiandaqingyuan Communication, Yu-Yu-To, Hunan Runcore INNOVATION, Huzhou Dongfang Automobile, etc.

• Advised MediaTek (2454.TW) on its investment in Howdy Microelectronics

• Advised Zhongsai Xinhe on its investment in Xinhua New Media

• Advised Youshan Capital on its investment in Chongqing Xinjing Special Glass

• Advised Huagai Capital on its investment in Datong Insurance

• Advised Haichuang Tiancheng on its investment in a biotechnology company

• 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 Bangyan Technology Co., Ltd. on its listing on SSE STAR Market

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

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