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  • Michael GU

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email michaelgu@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Financial Products & Trusts

  • Industries

    Insurance

CV

Michael GU

Mr. Gu has been deeply involved in the capital markets of the mainland of China and overseas for many years and has been active in the business of capital market and corporate law for a long period.
Mr. Gu has rich experience in legal services in the field of enterprise restructuring, asset reorganization, domestic and overseas stock issuing and listing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investment, fund establishment, bond issuing, trusts, etc. Since his first practice in 1995, Mr. Gu has provided professional legal services for more than 30 companies at home and abroad, including Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Shyndec Pharmaceutical Company and Yongle Electric in their initial public offering (IPO) projects, with a wide range of industries, such as biomedicine, software services, Internet, banking, electrical equipment.
Also, Mr. Gu has many external positions. For instance, he once served as a special external expert consultant of the internal audit team for securities issuance of a large domestic comprehensive securities company, and he has also served as an independent director of a listed company. Besides, Mr. Gu has also been rated as the annual key and specially recommended lawyer of Asia Pacific by The Legal 500 in the year of 2017 and 2018.

Representative Matters

  • Acted as legal counsel to the issuer in the initial public offering of A shares and listing on the GEM Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange of Shanghai Weiwan Seal Technology Co.

  • Advised Zhejiang Yonghe Refrigeration Co. on its initial public offering of A shares and listing on the Main Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange

  • Acted as legal advisor to the issuer on the initial public offering of A-shares and listing on the Technology and Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange by Sano Medical Technology Co.

  • Acted as legal counsel to the issuer and the underwriter (sponsor) in connection with the issuance of shares by Everbright Waterworks and Via Biologics and their listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

  • Acted as legal advisor to the issuer or underwriter (sponsor), participating in the IPO and listing projects of Pudong Development Bank, UFIDA Software, Modern Pharmaceuticals, Zhongtian Science & Technology, Shiqi Industry, Anqi Yeast, Xinxin, Lopeskin, Lifan, HANDE Information, Nanhua Instruments, Lutong Vision, ZDL (H-share), Dongguang Group (Hong Kong Red Chip), Yongle Electrical Appliances (Hong Kong Red Chip), Profitseeker Holding (Hong Kong Red Chip), Yungsheng New Material (Hong Kong Red Chip), and Lifestyle China, among others. IPO projects for domestic and overseas IPOs of companies including Lifestyle China, Yongsheng Xinmai (Hong Kong red chip), Lifestyle China, and others.As a specialized legal advisor, we have provided legal services for the restructuring, reorganization and listing counseling of more than 20 enterprises, including Water Village Zhouzhuang, Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab, Hengtong Optoelectronics, Jinjiang Business Tourism, Goodbaby Group, Zhongda Dentsu, etc.

  • Acted as the special legal advisor of the acquirer/reorganizer or the acquired/reorganized party, participating in dozens of M&A and asset restructuring projects involving listed companies, including the acquisition of Shenzhen Development by Xinqiao Investment, the acquisition of ST Birchwood by Singapore Jiatong Group, the acquisition and reorganization of ST Hualong by San Sheng Hongye Group, the merger and acquisition of Shanghai Electric Company (H-share) with Shanghai Electric Company (A-share) by exchange of shares, the major asset restructuring of New Jinjiang, and the debt restructuring of Guogazhong Industrial Company. Asset reorganization projects

  • Acted as the special legal advisor of investor/investee, participating in the private equity investment and financing projects of Saiyuan Bio-technology (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd.


Honors and Awards

Specially Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018

Highly Recommended Lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 1995
    Security Attorney, 1996

  • Education

    LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law

  • Professional Experience

    Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2004 to present
    Associate, Fangda Partners, 2000-2004
    Associate, EY Chen & Co. Law Firm, 1998-2000
    Associate, Shanghai Changjiang Law Firm, 1994-1998

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English