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Ning LI

Mr. Li specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration, especially cases involving private equity investment, fund, trust, and asset management. Having been practicing for more than a decade, Mr. Li has a keen eye to discern the needs of both parties involved in a dispute and excels at employing a wide range of non-litigation approaches, such as negotiation, to resolve disputes efficiently and cost-effectively.

Mr. Li has extensive experience in representing clients before courts and arbitration institutions, such as the Supreme People’s Court, the provincial-level high courts, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, and Beijing Arbitration Commission.

Representative Matters

Trust / Asset Management Disputes

  • Represented Minmetals International Trust Co., Ltd. in a litigation concerning commercial trust disputes against Guangxi Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. before the Supreme People's Court, with the case involving a total disputed amount of CNY 1.7 billion and the court confirming the legality of the financing scheme where a trust company provided financing to a party in consideration of beneficial interests in receiving proceeds from certain trust assets and subsequently had the beneficial interests repurchased by the financing party at a premium

  • Represented a real estate company in a litigation concerning a trust loan dispute against a trust company before the Supreme People's Court, involving a disputed amount of CNY 800 million

  • Represented Minmetals International Trust Co., Ltd. in a litigation concerning commercial trust disputes against Wuhan Jinzhengmao Business Co., Ltd. before the Supreme People's Court, involving a disputed amount of CNY 1.4 billion

  • Represented an investor in a litigation concerning a trust loan dispute against a trust company and a bank before the Supreme People's Court, involving a disputed amount of CNY 100 million


Fund Disputes

  • Represented a private equity fund in a series of cases against its investee, with a disputed amount of CNY 1.4 billion

  • Represented a private equity fund in disputes against several investors, with a disputed amount of CNY 180 million

  • Represented a private equity fund in a dispute over the compensation liability of the controller of a listed company incurred from a private placement of the listed company, with a disputed amount of CNY 300 million

  • Represented a private equity fund in a litigation relating to a repurchase dispute against the shareholder of a listed company, with a disputed amount of CNY 170 million

  • Represented a state-owned private equity fund in a litigation relating to a repurchase dispute against the invested company, with a disputed amount of CNY 150 million


Equity Disputes

  • Represented an entrepreneur in a litigation before the Supreme People's Court over the transfer of equity and real estate between him and a private school in Hainan, involving a disputed amount of CNY 800 million

  • Represented a real estate company in a litigation before Beijing High People's Court over a cooperative operation agreement, involving a disputed amount of CNY 2.2 billion

  • Represented the listed company Yintai Gold in an arbitration about an equity acquisition dispute against a mining company in Guizhou, involving a disputed amount of CNY 600 million

  • Represented a real estate group in an arbitration before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission relating to equity repurchase and promised earnings disputes, involving a disputed amount of CNY 300 million

  • Represented a real estate company in a series of arbitration cases about equity transfer disputes before Beijing Arbitration Commission, involving a disputed amount of CNY 300 million

  • Represented a shareholder of a real estate company in a litigation over equity transfer disputes between shareholders, involving a disputed amount of CNY 230 million

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.B., University of International Business and Economics

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner and non-equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Partner, Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm
    Associate, Han Kun Law Offices

  • Languages

    English
    Chinese