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  • Li GUO

    Equity Partner / Shenzhen

  • Tel +86-755-3325-6999

    Email guoli@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Compliance & Investigation, Litigation & Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Reorganization

CV

Li GUO

Ms. Li Guo practices mainly in the fields of litigation and arbitration, compliance and investigation, customs and import and export.
In litigation and arbitration, Ms. Guo boasts deep understanding and practical experience. She has handled numerous influential criminal defenses and complex civil and commercial litigations and arbitrations, including complex equity disputes, financing transaction disputes, disposal of non-performing asset packages, declaration and management of bankruptcy claims, parallel criminal and civil proceedings and cross-border dispute resolution, among others.
In compliance and investigation, Ms. Guo has advised many large state-owned enterprises and publicly-listed companies in building compliance management systems, with some of her services recognized by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). In the meantime, as the head of the third-party supervision and evaluation professional organization of the Shenzhen Procuratorate’s Office, Ms. Guo partakes in the supervision and evaluation of compliant non-prosecution cases.
In customs and import and export, Ms. Guo provides legal services for matters ranging from audit hearing, administrative reconsideration, administrative litigation, criminal defense of smuggling, to customs intellectual property protection, covering issues including customs valuation, classification, supervision and inspection, processing trade, supervision of tax reduction and exemption equipment, export tax rebate and price negotiation, among others.
Ms. Guo has provided quality legal services to dozens of publicly-listed companies, large state-owned enterprises and multinationals in banking, insurance, securities, fund, real estate and infrastructure, TMT, food and medicine, machinery manufacturing, semiconductor, new energy and other industries, showing business acumen and negotiation skills.

Representative Matters

Litigation and arbitration

Investment/PE/equity

  • Represented Hunan Changzhutan Financial Services Co. Ltd. in an arbitration dispute over a PE investment fund contract

  • Represented Tianjin Dinghui Hongjian Equity Investment LLP in a PE investment and exit dispute

  • Represented Hong Kong-based Dynamic in an equity dispute

  • Represented Talkweb Information Systems Inc. in a valuation adjustment mechanism dispute

  • Represented Nations Innovation Inc. in a valuation adjustment mechanism dispute

  • Represented Nations Innovation Inc.’s subsidiary in a dispute over capital reduction by shareholders

  • Represented Shenzhen Yuezhong Investment Holdings Limited in a dispute over defective guarantee for equity transfer

  • Represented Shenzhen Nanhai Jiaji Financial Holdings Limited in an investment dispute

  • Represented Shenzhen Xindaqi Co., Ltd. in an equity dispute

  • Represented Xunjie Investment Co., Ltd. in an equity dispute


Construction engineering/land/real estate

  • Represented Shenzhen Customs in a disputes over the construction contract for its science and information building

  • Represented BaoNeng Urban Development Construction Group Limited in a design contract dispute

  • Represented Jiangsu Junxing Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. in a series of construction contract disputes (Project Evergrande)

  • Advised on a series of disputes over the sale and purchase of relocation housing quotas for an urban renewal project in Shenzhen Longgang District

  • Represented Shenzhen Yuezhong Investment Holding Co. in a series of construction disputes with the construction party (involving dozens of litigation cases)

  • Represented Shenzhen Jingchuang Technology and Electronics Co., Ltd. in a dispute over a factory lease contract and illegal land occupation

  • Advised on a dispute over compensation for demolition and resettlement contracts for an old town renovation project


Sale and purchase of goods

  • Represented Shenzhen Prolto Supply Chain Management Inc. in a series of supply chain service contract disputes

  • Represented Zhuhai Yunmai Technology Co., Ltd. in a dispute over an OEM procurement contract

  • Represented Philips Poland Lighting Co. in a dispute over international sale of goods

  • Advised on an international sales and purchase dispute between Fang Ding Technology Co., Ltd., Shulong Aluminum Co., Ltd. and Ishikawajima Harima Industries Co., Ltd.

  • Represented Shenzhen Sinuo Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in four litigation cases concerning disputes over sale and purchase of goods

  • Represented Shenzhen Qifeng Supply Chain Service Co., Ltd. in a supply chain service contract dispute

  • Represented Shenzhen Rongsheng Supply Chain Co., Ltd. in a freight contract dispute


Financial institutions/banks

  • Represented China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. in a dispute over margin financing and securities lending

  • Represented Jiyi Holdings Group in a guarantee contract dispute

  • Represented Gezhi Industrial Fund in a series of arbitration cases over debt transfer contracts

  • Represented Huarong Holdings (Shenzhen) Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Eastern Development (Group) Co., Ltd. in the enforcement of notarized debt instruments

  • Advised on a series of financial leasing disputes between Tokyo Rent & Loan (Hong Kong) Limited, Dah Sing Bank Limited and The Bank of East Asia Limited

  • Represented HSBC Shenzhen Branch in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Ping An Bank in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Beijing Bank in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Hangzhou Bank in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Shenzhen Shengheng Investment Co., Ltd. in disposing of non-performing asset packages

  • Represented Guangdong Huaxing Bank in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Wing Lung Bank Co., Ltd. in a financial loan dispute

  • Represented China Everbright Bank Shenzhen Branch in a series of financial loan disputes

  • Represented Shenzhen Sinuo Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in a loan contract dispute

  • Represented China Putian Information Industry Co., Ltd. in a loan contract dispute


Infringement/special procedures

  • Represented Dongguan Wotaitong New Energy Co., Ltd. in a set-off dispute with the bankruptcy administrator of Shenzhen Wotema Battery Co., Ltd.

  • Represented Yiyang Telecom Co., Ltd. in its dispute with a creditor over the enforcement of its bankruptcy reorganization plan

  • Represented Shenzhen Sinuo Co., Ltd., Jiangxi Sinuo Co., Ltd., Nations Innovation Inc. and Shenzhen Watermark Battery Co., Ltd. in filing bankruptcy claims

  • Represented Tian Ji Group in a series of disputes related to debt restructuring

  • Represented a nonparty in applying for retrial of its enforcement objection before the Supreme People's Court

  • Represented Shenzhen Sinuo Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in its dispute with the Management Committee of Economic Development Zone of Linfen City, Shanxi Province over an investment contract

  • Represented Alpha & Omega, a U.S. semiconductor manufacturer, in a product liability dispute

  • Represented Shenzhen Chenggu Technology Co. Ltd. in a dispute over infringement of intellectual property rights

  • Represented Shenzhen Baofuyuan Technology Co., Ltd. in a dispute over infringement of creditors' interests by shareholders

  • Represented Shenzhen Overseas Chinese City Urban Entertainment Investment Co., Ltd. in contract disputes

  • Represented Shenzhen Blue Magic Digital Technology Co., Ltd. in a dispute over trademark ownership


Compliance & investigation, commercial crime and criminal compliance performance

  • Acted as third-party monitor, the first third-party monitor of corporate compliance cases in Shenzhen, to monitor and assess a corporate criminal compliance project for Shenzhen Nanshan District People's Procuratorate

  • Provided special legal services to Shenzhen Metro for its comprehensive compliance management system and work safety compliance, with the mandate among the first batch of compliance pilot projects for state-owned enterprises in Shenzhen

  • Provided special legal services to Nations Technologies (300077) for its comprehensive compliance management system and various special compliance matters relating to contract management, governance of listed companies, performance of directors, supervisors and executives, human resources, intellectual property rights, criminal compliance, environmental protection and work safety

  • Provided special legal services to Shenzhen Building Materials Trading Group Limited for its comprehensive compliance management system and trading platform compliance matters

  • Provided special legal services to Shenzhen Gas Group Guangming Branch for its work safety management compliance

  • Defended a Shenzhen technology company charged on suspicion of smuggling common goods

  • Defended a Shenzhen import and export company charged on suspicion of smuggling goods prohibited by China from being imported and exported

  • Defended an individual surnamed Wen charged on suspicion of smuggling common goods

  • Defended an individual surnamed Liang charged on suspicion of smuggling common goods

  • Defended an individual surnamed Liu charged on suspicion of smuggling common goods

  • Defended two Ukrainian citizens charged on suspicion of smuggling of common goods

  • Defended an individual surnamed Wang charged on suspicion of smuggling common goods


Retainer-based/special legal counsel

  • Provided special consulting legal services for Shenzhen Finance Bureau

  • Acted as legal counsel for Tencent Music Entertainment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Nations Innovation Inc. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Guangdong Tongyu Communication Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Universal Semiconductor Components (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Jiyi Industrial Group (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Shenzhen Minglang Century Technology Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Low Carbon City Urban Development Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Guangdong Liantai Group Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for General Electric (GE) on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Wal-Mart (China) on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Standard Chartered Bank on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Maigao Jingxi High-Tech Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Shenzhen General Internet Technology Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for OnePlus on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Yeahka on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Shenzhen Yuezhong Investment Holding Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Acted as legal counsel for Shenzhen Jingchuang Technology and Electronics Co., Ltd. on a retainer basis

  • Provided special legal services to ShunLi Materials Sanitary Co., Ltd. for customs protection

  • Provided special legal services to Taishan Nuclear Power in relation to a customs audit of royalties

  • Provided special legal services to Wyeth Nutrition for customs transfer pricing and adjustment of commodity classification methods

  • Provided special legal services to LV Hong Kong for import and export of molds

  • Provided counseling to Olympus Group's China-based subsidiary for customs operations

  • Provided counseling to Brother Industries Group's China-based subsidiary for customs operations

  • Provided counseling to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Group's China-based subsidiary for customs clearance in bonded areas

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Legislative Affairs Committee of the Seventh Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress

Member, the Seventh Shenzhen Municipal Committee for Legislative Consultation

Deputy, the Sixth and Seventh Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress

Lecturer, CCTV Legal Lecture Series

Arbitrator, Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)

Special Supervisor, Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court

People’s Supervisor, Shenzhen Municipal People’s Procuratorate

Member, Shenzhen Municipal Decision-making Advisory Committee

Expert, Legal Advisory for the Shenzhen Advanced Demonstration Zone

Expert Member, Judge Evaluation Committee, Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People’s Court

Guest Mediator for Cross-border Commercial Disputes in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangdong High People’s Court

Publications

“Bottom Line: Commentary on 20 Real-life Cases by Guo Li, Esq.”, China Democratic Legal Press, 2014

“How Middle-class Families Safeguard Wealth”, Tsinghua University Press, 2020

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 2006

  • Education

    LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law, 1995-1999

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2016-Present
    Founding partner, Guangdong Kuanhe Law Firm, 2012-2016
    Partner, Guangdong Jintang Law Firm, 2005-2012
    Officer, Shenzhen Customs District P.R. China, 1999-2005

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English