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  • Caihua SUN

    Equity Partner / Wuhan

  • Tel +86-27-8555-7861

    Email suncaihua@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

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

  • Industries

    Urban Infrastructure

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Caihua SUN

Mr. Sun, holder of J.D. degree from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and The Ohio State University, was awarded the distinctions of the 6th Hubei Province Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Legal Worker and Hubei Province Outstanding Contribution Award for Legal Theory Research in the Profession of Lawyers. Equipped with in-depth theoretical knowledge and extensive practical experience in bankruptcy and restructuring, litigation and arbitration, he has served as member of the liquidation team for a number of bankruptcy liquidation projects of state-owned enterprises, administrator of bankruptcy reorganization cases of large enterprises, as well as legal counsel for a number of bankruptcy reorganization and bankruptcy liquidation projects and large-scale debt restructuring. He is adept at providing a full range of comprehensive professional services for bankruptcy and restructuring projects.

Representative Matters

Bankruptcy and reorganization

  • Provided legal services for the pre-reorganization of Dongfeng Renault Automobile Co., Ltd., a case that involved many multinational companies as creditors and claims as high as CNY 8 billion, and managed to get most of the creditors and debtor to reach a settlement within less than half a year

  • Provided legal services for the restructuring of the Mazhu Expressway project, a case where the expressway was completed and opened to traffic in 2020 and a debt of over CNY 2 billion was resolved

  • Provided legal services for the restructuring of the unfinished Hongjian Expressway project, a case where the expressway was completed and opened to traffic in 2020, and a debt of more than CNY 3 billion was resolved

  • Served as administrator of the restructuring of Zhongxinfang Guoshi Development Wuhan Co., Ltd., a case that saw a debt of more than CNY 2.4 billion resolved

  • Served as administrator of the restructuring of Wuhan Shuanglongtang Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., which adopted the restructuring approach of "in-court reorganization and out-of-court restructuring" and saw a debt of about CNY 4 billion resolved

  • Served as the administrator of the bankruptcy liquidation of Wuhan Institute of Technology Optical Science and Technology Co., Ltd., which was the first bankruptcy case concluded through the fast-track procedure in Wuhan City

  • Served as a member of the liquidation team of Zhongxinfang Zhongxin Co., Ltd.'s compulsory liquidation and acted as administrator of the client's bankruptcy liquidation 

  • Served as a member of the liquidation team of Wuhan Zhonghui Xinhui Investment Management Co., Ltd.'s compulsory liquidation and acted as administrator of the client's bankruptcy liquidation

  • Acted as administrator of the bankruptcy liquidation of Wuhan Menghu Furniture Co., Ltd.

  • Acted as administrator of the bankruptcy liquidation of Wuhan Xingye Guangdi Agriculture Co., Ltd.

  • Acted as administrator of the bankruptcy liquidation of Wuhan Qijin Network Technology Development Co., Ltd.

  • Acted as administrator of the bankruptcy and liquidation of Wuhan Jiannian Ruixue Investment Management Co., Ltd. 

  • Provided legal services to the creditor Daye Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd. for the bankruptcy liquidation of Daye Nonferrous Import and Export Co., Ltd.

  • Provide legal services to Hubei Zhongyuan Real Estate Marketing Planning Co., Ltd. for its application for bankruptcy liquidation of Hubei Zhongyuan Times Commercial Operation Management Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services to the creditor Wuhan Xin'antai Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. for the restructuring of Wuhan Huaxin High-tech Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services to Suizhou Kangmei Electronics Co., Ltd. to recover investment funds in the bankruptcy reorganization of Hubei Jianhao Technology Co., Ltd.

  • Provided legal services to the creditor Daye Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd. for the bankruptcy reorganization of Wuhan Zhenyu Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.

  • Advised the Education Department of Hubei Province on the dissolution and liquidation of Hubei Yuxing Property Management Co., Ltd.

  • Advised Wuhan Hantong Transportation Co., Ltd. on its dissolution and liquidation


Dispute resolution

  • Acted for Huanggang Transportation Bureau in a CNY 4 billion expressway concession agreement dispute before Huanggang Arbitration Commission

  • Acted for Jingzhou Bureau of Transport in a dispute over a cross-border expressway concession agreement involving CNY 8 billion before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission

  • Acted for a traffic investment company in Hubei Province before China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission in a contract dispute concerning joint operation of an expressway in Hong Kong

  • Acted for the Justice Department of Hubei Province in dozens of administrative litigations

  • Acted for the Education Department of Hubei Province in dozens of administrative litigations

  • Acted for Hubei Provincial Transportation Department in more than ten administrative litigations

  • Acted for Hubei Provincial Civil Service Bureau in an administrative lawsuit of examination violation filed by an individual 

  • Acted for Wuhan Municipal People's Government in a number of administrative litigations

  • Acted for Jingzhou People's Government in an administrative dispute over the termination of a concession agreement filed by an investor of a highway

  • Acted for Hubei Province State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in a litigation concerning approval for property rights determination filed by the actual controller of an enterprise 

  • Acted for Hubei Dayang Plastic Co., Ltd. before the High People's Court of Hubei Province in a dispute over administrative penalty for production safety

  • Acted for Daye Nonferrous Boyuan Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. in a sales contract dispute before Hubei High People's Court and the Supreme People's Court

  • Acted for Hubei Tongba Children's Products Co., Ltd. before the Supreme People's Court in disputes concerning infringement of utility model patent right and design patent right

  • Acted for an individual in a lawsuit over shareholder qualification confirmation and property damage compensation before the Supreme People's Court

  • Acted for Wuhan Xin'antai Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. in a number of disputes for recovering financial non-performing debt before Wuhan Intermediate People's Court 

  • Acted for Wuhan Xiangze Investment Management Co., Ltd. in a number of disputes of recovering financial non-performing debt before Wuhan Intermediate People's Court

  • Acted for Southern Storage Management Group Co., Ltd. Hubei Branch in a financial loan contract dispute before Hubei High People's Court

  • Acted for Wuhan Jiangxia District Tietou Small Loan Co., Ltd. before Wuhan Arbitration Committee in a number of disputes over private lending and guarantee contracts, and applied for execution of notarial documents in relevant courts in Wuhan and Jingzhou

  • Acted for Oriental Shenma Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. in a dispute over idle land

  • Acted for Zhongye East Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. in a dispute over an entrustment agreement of an urban renewal project

  • Acted for Yunmeng County Land and Resources Bureau in a land parcel transfer dispute


Construction engineering and infrastructure 

  • Provided full-process legal services to Jingzhou Transportation Bureau for the reorganization of the unfinished project of Hongjian Expressway

  • Provided full-process legal services to Huanggang Transportation Bureau for the reorganization of Mangzhu Expressway

  • Provided full-process legal services to Wuhan Municipal People's Government for the reconstruction of an "urban village"

  • Provided legal services for Hubei Communications Investment Group Co., Ltd. for its investment in a number of PPP infrastructure projects

  • Provided legal  services to Wuhan Urban and Rural Development Bureau for its investment in a number of PPP infrastructure projects

Honors and Awards

For Individual

First Batch of Young Legal Talents of Hubei Province, 2023

Sixth Batch of Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Legal Worker of Hubei Province, Hubei Province Law Society, 2022

Outstanding Contribution Award for Legal theory Research of Hubei Lawyers Industry, Hubei Lawyers Association, 2019

Outstanding Communist Party Member of Wuhan Bureau of Justice, Wuhan Municipal Committee of Justice, 2021

Wuhan Outstanding Lawyer, Wuhan Justice Bureau, 2018

First Prize of Hubei Province "First Batch of Excellent Legal Document of the Provincial Lawyer Industry", Hubei Lawyers Association, 2015

For Deal

Second Batch of Guiding Cases of Administrative Agreement Litigation for the case of "an international company and a Hubei-based express company v. the People's Government of Jingzhou City of Hubei Province and the People's Government of Hubei Province for rescission of a concession agreement and administrative reconsideration", the Supreme People's Court

Second Batch of Guiding Cases for the case of "restructuring of Zhongxinfang Guoshi Development Wuhan Co., Ltd.", Wuhan Managers Association

Memberships & Affiliations

Advisory Expert in Civil Administrative Cases, the Supreme People's Procuratorate

Director, Administrative Law Committee of Hubei Lawyers Association

Member, the First Rule of Law Supervision Group of Hubei Province

Executive Director, the Litigation Law Research Association of Hubei Law Society

Executive Director, the Research Association of Hubei Bankruptcy Law Society

Executive Director, Administrative Law Research Association of Hubei Law Society

Member, the Advisory Committee for Administrative Reconsideration of the People's Government of Hubei Province

Expert, Hubei Medical Ethics Expert Committee Member of Administrative Reconsideration Committee of Wuhan Municipal People's Government

Director, Non-performing Assets Disposal Committee of Wuhan Lawyers Association

Director, Wuhan Bankruptcy Administrator Association

Arbitrator, Wuhan Arbitration Commission

Publications

"Effectiveness Extension of Pre-reorganization Plan in Reorganization Procedure" (co-author and included in the Reform of Bankruptcy System in the Era of Civil Code), Wuhan University Press, November 2021

"On the Treatment of Overdue Declaration of Creditor's Rights in Bankruptcy Reorganization" (co-author, and included in the Perfection of Bankruptcy System in the Context of Business Environment), Wuhan University Press, October 2020

"Problems and Solutions of Online Registration and Cancellation in Bankruptcy Cases of Real Estate Enterprises" (included in Bankruptcy Creditor' Rights Protection Manual and edited by Xiahong Chen and Fangyi Wen), Law Press, September 2020

"The Role and Realm of Lawyers as Arbitrators" (co-author), Wuhan Arbitration, December 31, 2018

"On the Standardization of the Interpretation of Laws and Regulations within the Party", Huxiang Forum, January 12, 2017

"On the Legal Attributes of Invalidating National Education Examination Scores - Also on the Reasonableness Review of Adverse Administrative Decisions", China Education Law Review, October 31, 2015

"On the Interaction between Internal Party Regulations and National Laws" (co-author), Hubei Social Sciences, January 10, 2015

"On Government Functions and Administrative Actions to Promote Low-carbon Society Construction" (co-author), Law, June 20, 2011

"On the Concept of 'Low Carbon' in Administrative Law" (co-author), Qiushi, December 10, 2010

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    Enterprise Legal Consultant Qualification
    Securities (Fund) Practice Qualification

  • Education

    J.D., Law School of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 2010
    Visiting scholar, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2009-2010
    LL.M., Law School of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 2007
    LL.B., Wuhan University School of Law, 2004

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2013 to present
    Partner, Beijing Yingke (Wuhan) Law Firm, 2012 to 2013
    Partner, Hubei Songzhumei Law Firm, 2000 o 2012

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English