Restructuring & Insolvency
As the bankruptcy administrator appointed by the court, Lawyer Li’s team has been responsible for or sponsored more than 70 bankruptcy liquidation/forced liquidation cases, including bankruptcy liquidation/reorganization projects of large companies such as real estate development enterprises and manufacturing enterprises and related bankruptcy derivative litigation cases. On behalf of debtor enterprises, creditors and investors, Lawyer Li’s team participated in a large number of debtor enterprises liquidation and withdrawal, special claims of the participants in bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court reorganization and pre-reorganization, and special asset investment projects.
Investment
Lawyer Li's team has provided legal services related to venture capital and special asset investment for multiple professional investment institutions,providing various types of assistance and legal support in areas such as legal due diligence of investment projects, investment valuation, risk control, transaction structuring, investor rights design, post-investment management, and handling of contingencies.
Civil and commercial dispute resolution
Lawyer Li's team is dedicated to handling cases related to corporate personality denial, shareholder liquidation responsibilities, and shareholder actions harming the interests of company creditors. They combine commercial litigation and bankruptcy thinking to resolve civil disputes and protect the interests of company creditors，a number of civil and commercial cases handled by lawyer Li in the second instance have obtained favorable reversed rulings for the clients. Additionally, Lawyer Li excels in solid bankruptcy legal research and has extensive practical experience as a bankruptcy administrator. They have represented bankruptcy administrators and clients in handling a significant number of dispute litigations related to bankruptcy, including disputes involving revocation of individual payment, invalidation of debtor's actions, recovery rights, bankruptcy offset rights, and bankruptcy creditor confirmation.
Secretary-General of the SGLA Law Firm National Young Lawyers Work Committee
Practical Mentor of Bankruptcy Law,Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
Guest Lecturer, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
Member of the business Research Committee on out-of-court reorganization and pre-reorganization of Shanghai Insolvency Representatives Association
Member of Informatization Work (Digital technology) Committee of Shanghai Insolvency Representatives Association
Director of Shanghai Jinjiang chamber of commerce
2023 to the present, SGLA Law Firm, Senior Partner Lawyer
2018 - 2023, SG Law Firm, Partner Lawyer
1.As the bankruptcy administrator of a state-owned joint-stock company, Lawyer Li successfully resolved conflicts among shareholders and promoted the transformation of bankruptcy liquidation cases into bankruptcy reorganization, ultimately achieving the full repayment of employee claims, tax claims, and general claims totaling 230 million RMB, and the rebirth of the debtor company. This case was highly recognized by the court and was listed in the top ten typical bankruptcy cases of Shanghai Railway Transport Court (2018-2022).
2.As the bankruptcy administrator for a certain industrial company, Lawyer Li achieved a clever takeover of the debtor's industrial properties and innovatively preserved the core assets of industrial land for bankruptcy reorganization, while separating and liquidating non-core assets. This approach successfully combined the efficiency of the bankruptcy reorganization procedure with the benefits of debt repayment. The case was listed as one of the top ten typical bankruptcy cases by the Shanghai Railway Transportation Court (2018-2022).
3.As the bankruptcy administrator for a real estate development enterprise, under conditions of complex creditor-debtor relationships and insufficient cooperation from the debtor’s relevant personnel, Lawyer Li conducted land value-added tax(LVAT) settlement work through a reverse investigation approach.Lawyer Li effectively coordinated with relevant departments and entities to promote the orderly and proper disposal of the debtor’s assets and facilitate the conditional issuance of property certificates for hundreds of homebuyers. The administrator’s“reverse investigation + review and authentication”model has become a reference path for tax authorities in handling LVAT settlements in similar bankruptcy cases involving real estate development projects. This case was selected as a benchmark bankruptcy law case of 2024 by Law New Society.
4.Representing the principal creditors in the bankruptcy liquidation case of a steel market in Wuxi City, Lawyer Li addressed a series of long-standing issues that hindered the valuation and disposal of bankruptcy assets—including defects in the ownership of bankruptcy property, disputes over land grant, and the liquidation of cooperative construction projects, promoted the adoption of a "reorganization-style bankruptcy liquidation" model for the case. After multiple rounds of consultations and negotiations, ultimately resolved all obstacles such as defects in asset valuation, creditor’s rights disputes, and land-related conflicts in a comprehensive manner through the special asset disposal method of real estate expropriation. Consequently, the liquidation proceeds from the core assets were substantially increased from less than RMB 100 million to RMB 170 million.
5.As the bankruptcy administrator of an energy technology company, after taking over the company, Lawyer Li found that the debtor had biased repayment behavior stipulated in the bankruptcy law, and filed a lawsuit to cancel the individual repayment behavior according to law and obtained the support of the court.
6.On behalf of an insurance company in respect of the RMB 400 million ordinary creditor’s rights derived from a real estate trust financing project after it made subrogation payment, Lawyer Li leveraged pre-reorganization planning for the real estate developer’s bankruptcy and competitive negotiations for creditor’s rights transfer. Against the backdrop where the anticipated recovery rate in enforcement or bankruptcy liquidation was zero, efficiently increased the creditor’s rights recovery rate to an impressive 18%.
7.Dealt with an insurer's subrogation dispute about guarantee insurance business of an insurance company, which involving hundreds of millions of yuan and achieved good execution results.
8.On behalf of a financial company to deal with Internet financial borrowing disputes, the Internet court finally adopted all the opinions on the authenticity of the identity of the borrowers of the Internet financial platform.
9.Handling the dispute over the entrusted financial management contract with an asset management company in Shanghai, the shareholder of the company failed to perform the liquidation obligation after the company revoked the business license, and the court ruled that the shareholder should bear the joint and several liability for the company's debts.
10.Handling disputes over storage contracts with an international cargo transport agency in Shanghai, shareholders who successfully apply for additional subscription at the compulsory execution stage and whose time limit has not expired shall be the persons subject to execution. This case is the first case of additional subscribed shareholders of the enforcement court.
11.Acting for a listed power equipment company to resolve contract disputes, the entrusted purchaser as a co-defendant, and finally successfully obtained the litigation interests.
12.Lawyer Li represented a company in Shanghai to solve the ownership dispute with the lessor (urban village renovation project), conducted investigation and evidence collection under the background of the client's failure to grasp the real case and information asymmetry, and obtained unexpected expropriation benefits for the client.
13.On behalf of a Shanghai municipal engineering company to deal with the construction contract dispute, claiming that the reward and punishment clauses in the internal contract agreement of the construction unit were invalid, and the court fully supported the final judgment that the employer should return the withheld project money.
1、An analysis of the validity of valuation adjustment mechanism (VAM) from the perspective of creditor protection.
2、Research on the Valuation of High-Tech Entreprise Based on the Technology Factors embedded Real Option Method.
Restructuring & Insolvency
As the bankruptcy administrator appointed by the court, Lawyer Li’s team has been responsible for or sponsored more than 70 bankruptcy liquidation/forced liquidation cases, including bankruptcy liquidation/reorganization projects of large companies such as real estate development enterprises and manufacturing enterprises and related bankruptcy derivative litigation cases. On behalf of debtor enterprises, creditors and investors, Lawyer Li’s team participated in a large number of debtor enterprises liquidation and withdrawal, special claims of the participants in bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court reorganization and pre-reorganization, and special asset investment projects.
Investment
Lawyer Li's team has provided legal services related to venture capital and special asset investment for multiple professional investment institutions,providing various types of assistance and legal support in areas such as legal due diligence of investment projects, investment valuation, risk control, transaction structuring, investor rights design, post-investment management, and handling of contingencies.
Civil and commercial dispute resolution
Lawyer Li's team is dedicated to handling cases related to corporate personality denial, shareholder liquidation responsibilities, and shareholder actions harming the interests of company creditors. They combine commercial litigation and bankruptcy thinking to resolve civil disputes and protect the interests of company creditors，a number of civil and commercial cases handled by lawyer Li in the second instance have obtained favorable reversed rulings for the clients. Additionally, Lawyer Li excels in solid bankruptcy legal research and has extensive practical experience as a bankruptcy administrator. They have represented bankruptcy administrators and clients in handling a significant number of dispute litigations related to bankruptcy, including disputes involving revocation of individual payment, invalidation of debtor's actions, recovery rights, bankruptcy offset rights, and bankruptcy creditor confirmation.
East China University of Political Science and Law, Bachelor's degree in Law.
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Master's degree in Investment Economics.
Secretary-General of the SGLA Law Firm National Young Lawyers Work Committee
Practical Mentor of Bankruptcy Law,Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
Guest Lecturer, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance
Member of the business Research Committee on out-of-court reorganization and pre-reorganization of Shanghai Insolvency Representatives Association
Member of Informatization Work (Digital technology) Committee of Shanghai Insolvency Representatives Association
Director of Shanghai Jinjiang chamber of commerce
2023 to the present, SGLA Law Firm, Senior Partner Lawyer
2018 - 2023, SG Law Firm, Partner Lawyer
1.As the bankruptcy administrator of a state-owned joint-stock company, Lawyer Li successfully resolved conflicts among shareholders and promoted the transformation of bankruptcy liquidation cases into bankruptcy reorganization, ultimately achieving the full repayment of employee claims, tax claims, and general claims totaling 230 million RMB, and the rebirth of the debtor company. This case was highly recognized by the court and was listed in the top ten typical bankruptcy cases of Shanghai Railway Transport Court (2018-2022).
2.As the bankruptcy administrator for a certain industrial company, Lawyer Li achieved a clever takeover of the debtor's industrial properties and innovatively preserved the core assets of industrial land for bankruptcy reorganization, while separating and liquidating non-core assets. This approach successfully combined the efficiency of the bankruptcy reorganization procedure with the benefits of debt repayment. The case was listed as one of the top ten typical bankruptcy cases by the Shanghai Railway Transportation Court (2018-2022).
3.As the bankruptcy administrator for a real estate development enterprise, under conditions of complex creditor-debtor relationships and insufficient cooperation from the debtor’s relevant personnel, Lawyer Li conducted land value-added tax(LVAT) settlement work through a reverse investigation approach.Lawyer Li effectively coordinated with relevant departments and entities to promote the orderly and proper disposal of the debtor’s assets and facilitate the conditional issuance of property certificates for hundreds of homebuyers. The administrator’s“reverse investigation + review and authentication”model has become a reference path for tax authorities in handling LVAT settlements in similar bankruptcy cases involving real estate development projects. This case was selected as a benchmark bankruptcy law case of 2024 by Law New Society.
4.Representing the principal creditors in the bankruptcy liquidation case of a steel market in Wuxi City, Lawyer Li addressed a series of long-standing issues that hindered the valuation and disposal of bankruptcy assets—including defects in the ownership of bankruptcy property, disputes over land grant, and the liquidation of cooperative construction projects, promoted the adoption of a "reorganization-style bankruptcy liquidation" model for the case. After multiple rounds of consultations and negotiations, ultimately resolved all obstacles such as defects in asset valuation, creditor’s rights disputes, and land-related conflicts in a comprehensive manner through the special asset disposal method of real estate expropriation. Consequently, the liquidation proceeds from the core assets were substantially increased from less than RMB 100 million to RMB 170 million.
5.As the bankruptcy administrator of an energy technology company, after taking over the company, Lawyer Li found that the debtor had biased repayment behavior stipulated in the bankruptcy law, and filed a lawsuit to cancel the individual repayment behavior according to law and obtained the support of the court.
6.On behalf of an insurance company in respect of the RMB 400 million ordinary creditor’s rights derived from a real estate trust financing project after it made subrogation payment, Lawyer Li leveraged pre-reorganization planning for the real estate developer’s bankruptcy and competitive negotiations for creditor’s rights transfer. Against the backdrop where the anticipated recovery rate in enforcement or bankruptcy liquidation was zero, efficiently increased the creditor’s rights recovery rate to an impressive 18%.
7.Dealt with an insurer's subrogation dispute about guarantee insurance business of an insurance company, which involving hundreds of millions of yuan and achieved good execution results.
8.On behalf of a financial company to deal with Internet financial borrowing disputes, the Internet court finally adopted all the opinions on the authenticity of the identity of the borrowers of the Internet financial platform.
9.Handling the dispute over the entrusted financial management contract with an asset management company in Shanghai, the shareholder of the company failed to perform the liquidation obligation after the company revoked the business license, and the court ruled that the shareholder should bear the joint and several liability for the company's debts.
10.Handling disputes over storage contracts with an international cargo transport agency in Shanghai, shareholders who successfully apply for additional subscription at the compulsory execution stage and whose time limit has not expired shall be the persons subject to execution. This case is the first case of additional subscribed shareholders of the enforcement court.
11.Acting for a listed power equipment company to resolve contract disputes, the entrusted purchaser as a co-defendant, and finally successfully obtained the litigation interests.
12.Lawyer Li represented a company in Shanghai to solve the ownership dispute with the lessor (urban village renovation project), conducted investigation and evidence collection under the background of the client's failure to grasp the real case and information asymmetry, and obtained unexpected expropriation benefits for the client.
13.On behalf of a Shanghai municipal engineering company to deal with the construction contract dispute, claiming that the reward and punishment clauses in the internal contract agreement of the construction unit were invalid, and the court fully supported the final judgment that the employer should return the withheld project money.
1、An analysis of the validity of valuation adjustment mechanism (VAM) from the perspective of creditor protection.
2、Research on the Valuation of High-Tech Entreprise Based on the Technology Factors embedded Real Option Method.