• Graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in 1995 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree.

• Graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in 2002 with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree.

Attorney Zhong Jinguang has been exclusively engaged in commercial legal practice for 20 years, possessing profound legal expertise and extensive practical experience.

He excels at designing legally sound and commercially reasonable transactional solutions from a business perspective for his clients, and is skilled in discerning the true issues from complex factual scenarios, identifying key case elements, and gaining the initiative in litigation and arbitration.

Throughout his practice, he has successfully handled numerous non-litigation commercial cases involving complex legal relationships and large transaction values, as well as a significant number of major, difficult, and complex economic dispute litigations and arbitrations.

Attorney Zhong's primary practice areas include corporate mergers and acquisitions, investment and financing, real estate, as well as litigation and arbitration. The industries in which his clients operate include finance and securities, investment (PE/VC/public funds/private funds), real estate development, general aviation, high technology, trade, and catering and entertainment. His client types include partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, group companies, large state-owned enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises, and multinational corporate groups.

Selected Cases Handled by Attorney Zhong Jinguang

Non-Litigation / Transactional Matters

• Served as legal counsel to the headquarters of a securities company, providing comprehensive legal services for its business operations.

• Provided legal services for the transfer of controlling interest by the former controlling shareholder of listed company Xinmao Technology.

• Provided legal services for Shanghai Guotong Network's equity investment in CenturyLink, a Nasdaq-listed company.

• Provided legal services for the restructuring of a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai.

• Provided professional legal support to a commercial aviation company.

• Provided legal services for the transfer of the Fude Building (now Shanghai Golden Eagle Department Store) project.

• Provided legal services for financing projects for companies including Dingding Map and Miliu Software.

• Provided legal services for merger and acquisition projects for companies including Stockstar and CETC Software.

• Provided legal services for a major cultural media company in Shanghai in connection with the introduction of strategic investors.

• Provided legal services for a client's equity investment in Xingzheng International, a Hong Kong-listed company.

• Provided legal services for a client's financing lease of multiple helicopters.

• Issued a special legal opinion on the construction contract dispute concerning China State Construction Engineering Corporation's construction of the Shanghai Lujiazui Golden Landmark Tower.

• Provided legal services for Kunshan City Investment Development Co., Ltd. in its issuance of RMB 2 billion in corporate bonds.

Litigation & Arbitration

• Successfully represented Pudong Market Company in a co-development dispute against Zhou's Group involving RMB 300 million.

• Successfully represented a large enterprise in a contract arbitration case against a state-owned enterprise involving RMB 500 million.

• Successfully represented a client in a series of disputes involving equity transfer, enforcement objection, and enforcement objection litigation against a listed company, with a total amount in dispute of RMB 100 million.

• Successfully represented a client in a financing-related valuation adjustment mechanism (VAM) dispute involving a NEEQ-listed company.

• Successfully represented a client in a major construction contract dispute that was ordered for retrial by the Shanghai High People's Court.

• Successfully represented the client in the nation's first case of bacterial strain infringement against a well-known Beijing university.

• Successfully represented clients in multiple private equity and investment and financing dispute cases.

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• Current Problems and Countermeasures Regarding Information Disclosure of Listed Companies in China

• An Analysis of Case Filing and Acceptance of Securities Tort Litigation under the Registration-Based Listing System

• An Analysis of the Legal Attributes of NFTs