Liang HUANG
Partner
Guangzhou office
Mandarin | English
+86 20-81888869
liang.huang@sgla.com
21/F, Tower 1, Taikoo hui, 385 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, P. R. China
Lawyer Summary

Primary practice areas include company listings and share offerings, refinancing of listed companies, registration and issuance of corporate bonds and debt financing instruments, corporate acquisitions, mergers and restructurings, foreign-related legal services, civil and commercial litigation, and long-term legal counsel, among others.

Education
University of Hong Kong, Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Honorary Award

-Member of the Guangzhou Foreign-related Lawyer Leading Talent Pool

-Selected for the Guangzhou Outstanding Young Lawyer “Lingyun Plan”

-Guangzhou Lawyers Association 2020 Annual Outstanding Work Product Award

Experience

Practiced law at Beijing Dacheng (Guangzhou) Law Firm from January 2017 to June 2023. Joined Zhonglian Law Firm in June 2023 and currently serves as a Partner at the SGLA Law Firm, Guangzhou Office.

Case

【Share Offerings and Company Listings】

●Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) IPO project of Guangdong Guangzi International Engineering Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd.

●IPO project of Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd.

【Refinancing of Listed Companies】

●Private placements of A+H shares of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. in 2018, 2020, and 2022

●2020 private placement of A shares of Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd.

●2020 public issuance of RMB16 billion A-share convertible bonds of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.

【Registration and Issuance of Corporate Bonds and Debt Financing Instruments】

●Registration and issuance of TDFI, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern Air Holding Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of corporate bonds, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of perpetual medium-term notes, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern International Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of medium-term notes of Guangzhou Development District Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

【Acquisitions, Mergers and Restructurings】

●Equity acquisition by Foshan NationStar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. of Guangdong Fenghua Xindian Technology Co., Ltd.

●Control acquisition by Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Guangri Co., Ltd.

●Control acquisition by Guangdong Rising Nonferrous Metals Share Co., Ltd. of Guangdong Dabaoshan Mining Co., Ltd.

●Capital increase and equity investment by Nansha Shipping Industry Investment Fund Co. into Zhejiang Space Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Geely Technology Group)

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Construction Group Co., Ltd. of Xinjiang Construction Engineering Group No. 6 Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Construction Group Co., Ltd. of Xinjiang Qiankun Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd.

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Songhe Nursing Home Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Songhe Nursing Care Hospital Co., Ltd.

【Foreign-related Legal Services】

●Provided special legal services to Linkfair International Inc. in drafting relevant cooperation agreement documents (in English) for the establishment of its own-brand distribution network in Brazil with local partners.

●Provided special legal services to Foshan Yiao Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. regarding the establishment of a sofa bed production line in Cambodia.

●Assisted in commercial negotiations and provided special review of transaction documents (in English) for Guangzhou Xiangxue Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in reaching a strategic cooperation on cell therapy industrialization with GE Healthcare (General Electric) Group.

●Provided special legal services to Guangdong Xiangxue Precision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. regarding its global patent licensing (in English) to Axis Therapeutics.

●Provided special legal services to a niche women's wear brand regarding the establishment of its local distribution network with partners in London and New York, including drafting relevant cooperation agreement documents and commercial negotiations.

●Provided long-term legal counsel services to China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd. for its foreign-related business.

●Provided long-term legal counsel services to Guangdong Linkfair Home Products Co., Ltd. for its foreign-related business.

【Dispute Resolution】

●Represented numerous well-known corporate clients—including China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., China Southern Group Ground Services Co., Ltd., Guangdong International Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., and Xinxing Hunter Valley Precision Casting Co., Ltd.—in a large number of civil and commercial dispute resolution matters, including mass litigation cases, achieving favorable outcomes.

●Represented individual clients (including foreign nationals in China) in a large number of civil and commercial dispute resolution matters, including representing patients and their families in medical and health dispute resolution cases (including but not limited to specialized applications for medical malpractice technical appraisal and medical malpractice liability disputes), achieving favorable outcomes.

【Long-term Legal Counsel】

●Provided multi-year legal services to China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd., China Southern Group Culture Media Co., Ltd., Guangdong China Southern E-commerce Co., Ltd., and others.

●Provided multi-year legal services to Guangzhou Xiangxue Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Baiyunshan Chemical Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Guangyao Baiyunshan Chemical Pharmaceutical (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd., Guangdong Tairong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and others.

●Provided multi-year legal services to Guangdong Linkfair Home Products Co., Ltd., Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guangzi International Engineering Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd., and others.

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Liang HUANG
Partner
Guangzhou office
Mandarin | English
Dispute Resolution
Corporate and M&A
Corporate & Commerce
Securities & Capital Markets
+86 20-81888869
liang.huang@sgla.com
21/F, Tower 1, Taikoo hui, 385 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, P. R. China
Lawyer Summary

Primary practice areas include company listings and share offerings, refinancing of listed companies, registration and issuance of corporate bonds and debt financing instruments, corporate acquisitions, mergers and restructurings, foreign-related legal services, civil and commercial litigation, and long-term legal counsel, among others.

Education

University of Hong Kong, Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Honorary Award

-Member of the Guangzhou Foreign-related Lawyer Leading Talent Pool

-Selected for the Guangzhou Outstanding Young Lawyer “Lingyun Plan”

-Guangzhou Lawyers Association 2020 Annual Outstanding Work Product Award

Experience

Practiced law at Beijing Dacheng (Guangzhou) Law Firm from January 2017 to June 2023. Joined Zhonglian Law Firm in June 2023 and currently serves as a Partner at the SGLA Law Firm, Guangzhou Office.

Case

【Share Offerings and Company Listings】

●Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) IPO project of Guangdong Guangzi International Engineering Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd.

●IPO project of Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd.

【Refinancing of Listed Companies】

●Private placements of A+H shares of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. in 2018, 2020, and 2022

●2020 private placement of A shares of Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd.

●2020 public issuance of RMB16 billion A-share convertible bonds of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.

【Registration and Issuance of Corporate Bonds and Debt Financing Instruments】

●Registration and issuance of TDFI, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern Air Holding Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of corporate bonds, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of perpetual medium-term notes, medium-term notes, and super short-term commercial papers of China Southern International Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.

●Registration and issuance of medium-term notes of Guangzhou Development District Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

【Acquisitions, Mergers and Restructurings】

●Equity acquisition by Foshan NationStar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. of Guangdong Fenghua Xindian Technology Co., Ltd.

●Control acquisition by Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Guangri Co., Ltd.

●Control acquisition by Guangdong Rising Nonferrous Metals Share Co., Ltd. of Guangdong Dabaoshan Mining Co., Ltd.

●Capital increase and equity investment by Nansha Shipping Industry Investment Fund Co. into Zhejiang Space Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Geely Technology Group)

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Construction Group Co., Ltd. of Xinjiang Construction Engineering Group No. 6 Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Construction Group Co., Ltd. of Xinjiang Qiankun Engineering Construction Group Co., Ltd.

●Equity acquisition by Guangzhou Songhe Nursing Home Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou Songhe Nursing Care Hospital Co., Ltd.

【Foreign-related Legal Services】

●Provided special legal services to Linkfair International Inc. in drafting relevant cooperation agreement documents (in English) for the establishment of its own-brand distribution network in Brazil with local partners.

●Provided special legal services to Foshan Yiao Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. regarding the establishment of a sofa bed production line in Cambodia.

●Assisted in commercial negotiations and provided special review of transaction documents (in English) for Guangzhou Xiangxue Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in reaching a strategic cooperation on cell therapy industrialization with GE Healthcare (General Electric) Group.

●Provided special legal services to Guangdong Xiangxue Precision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. regarding its global patent licensing (in English) to Axis Therapeutics.

●Provided special legal services to a niche women's wear brand regarding the establishment of its local distribution network with partners in London and New York, including drafting relevant cooperation agreement documents and commercial negotiations.

●Provided long-term legal counsel services to China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd. for its foreign-related business.

●Provided long-term legal counsel services to Guangdong Linkfair Home Products Co., Ltd. for its foreign-related business.

【Dispute Resolution】

●Represented numerous well-known corporate clients—including China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., China Southern Group Ground Services Co., Ltd., Guangdong International Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd., and Xinxing Hunter Valley Precision Casting Co., Ltd.—in a large number of civil and commercial dispute resolution matters, including mass litigation cases, achieving favorable outcomes.

●Represented individual clients (including foreign nationals in China) in a large number of civil and commercial dispute resolution matters, including representing patients and their families in medical and health dispute resolution cases (including but not limited to specialized applications for medical malpractice technical appraisal and medical malpractice liability disputes), achieving favorable outcomes.

【Long-term Legal Counsel】

●Provided multi-year legal services to China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd., China Southern Airlines Logistics Co., Ltd., China Southern Group Culture Media Co., Ltd., Guangdong China Southern E-commerce Co., Ltd., and others.

●Provided multi-year legal services to Guangzhou Xiangxue Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Baiyunshan Chemical Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Guangyao Baiyunshan Chemical Pharmaceutical (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd., Guangdong Tairong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and others.

●Provided multi-year legal services to Guangdong Linkfair Home Products Co., Ltd., Guangdong Aofei Data Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong Guangzi International Engineering Investment Consultancy Co., Ltd., and others.