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Xiaoxin (Eric) LI

Partner
Locations:Shanghai
Title:Partner
Tel:+86 021 5598 9879 / +86 21 5598 9888/ 9666
Fax:+86 21 5598 9898
Email:lixx@dehenglaw.com
Working Language: Chinese/ English
Mr. Eric Li specializes in securities, ABS, cross-border financing, overseas acquisitions and mergers, and foreign investment. With over 16 years of professional experience, Mr. Li has served as the outside legal counsel for more than a dozen state-owned enterprises, government agencies, and other companies; he has advised them in banking and financial, intelligent manufacturing, semi-conductor, consumption upgrade, family wealth management, E-commerce, services.
Representative Matters
  • Corporate and Finance
  • Facilitated a rural commercial bank IPO on Main Board
  • Facilitated an environmental protection technology company in Anhui IPO on STAR market
  • Facilitated a Hefei New Material Co., Ltd. IPO on Second Board Market
  • Facilitated a new energy company in Tangshan IPO
  • Facilitated a Hefei Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. IPO on STAR Market
  • Facilitated an Anhui Materials Technology Co., Ltd. IPO on STAR Market
  • Advised Evergrande Real Estate on the bankruptcy and reorganization of Sunshine Peninsula project
  • Provided legal services for the acquisition of Wuhu Changxin Technology Co., Ltd. (stock code: 300088) by Anhui Provincial Investment Group Holding Co., Ltd.
  • Provided legal services for Gujing Group apply for the approval on a waiver of a Mandatory Tender Offer obligation
  • Provided special legal services for Huaibei Sanxun Group's acquisition of the real estate project of Huaibei Yunpirun Trading Co., Ltd.
  • Adivsed Huihang Wanmei investment fund on debt-for-equity swaps
  • Provided legal services for Ping An Real Estate's proposed investment in a private equity fund project
  • Advised Ping An Real Estate on its first perpetual bond issuance
  • Advised China Life Investment on multiple debt financing programs
  • Provided legal services for Huishang Bank Co., Ltd. to establish a wealth management subsidiary
  • Provided legal services for the non-public issuance of corporate bonds by Anhui Refinancing Co., Ltd.
  • Advised Huishang Bank on setting up fund and investing in BFAE Bond Finance Scheme
  • Advised Hefei Guoxuan High-tech Power Energy Co., Ltd on setting up industrial investment fund
  • Provided DD Investigation and drafted legal agreements for Xinyuan Xiangxin No.1 Assets Management Plan
  • Provided DD Investigation and drafted legal agreements for Hua'an Xianghuihua No.1 Assets Management Plan
  • Advised on Zhaoshang Wealth-Huishang Bank-Duoying No. 29 Assets Management Plan
  • Advised on Shanghai Fucheng Haifutong Assets Management Co., Ltd on Ronghua No.1 Assets Management Plan
  • Advised risk investors on investing Hefei Lontium Semi-conductor Corporation
  • Advised Bozhou Yaodu Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. on issuing Tier 2 Capital Bonds in 2017
  • Advised Bozhou Yaodu Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. on issuing “Three Farming Issues" Bonds in 2017
  • Cross-border Investment, financing and M&A
  • Advised Ecriee International Co., Ltd on establishing a subsidiary in Hong Kong
  • Provided legal contract review services for a German-invested company in Hefei
  • Advised the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch on Anhui BBCA Group's financing transactions in Brazil
  • Advised the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch on the loan for a US power plant transaction by a certain company
  • Advised a company in Anhui on the acquisition of an Irish company
  • Advised a listed company in Anhui on the acquisition of equity of a certain Russian company
  • Advised an Anhui import and export company on the acquisition of a South African company
  • Advised the Bank of China Anhui Branch on U.S. syndicated loan
  • Provided recurrent advice to the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch
  • Served as the outside legal counsel for a certain semiconductor-technology company in acquiring a semiconductor company in the United States
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Represented an international commercial group company in a shareholding dispute and won the case at both the Anhui High People's Court and the Supreme People's Court
  • Represented Guoyuan Securities v. Jilin Liyuan in a bond transaction dispute amount to CNY 120 million
  • Represented the clients in a private loan dispute and won the case in the final appeal at the Supreme People's Court
  • Represented a Thai company in the arbitration of a goods quality dispute against a trading company in China
  • Represented a machinery company in Huangshan on a dispute against a Japanese client
  • Represented China Security Co., Ltd in a securities false statement case
Education Background
  • Visiting scholar of Columbia University in the City of New York (2012-2013)
  • Doctor of Laws, Fudan University (2009)
  • Master of Laws, Fudan University (2006)
  • Bachelor of International Economic Law, Anhui University (2000)
Professional Qualifications
  • Bar Admission in P.R. China
  • The Securities Practice Qualification
  • The Fund Practice Qualification
Recognitions and Affiliations
  • Member of Legal Professional Committee of Hefei Lawyers Association
  • Vice Chairman of Foreign Legal Committee of Hefei Lawyers Association
  • Mediator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission/Anhui Mediation Center of China Chamber of International Commerce
  • Mediator of BNR International Commercial Mediation Center
  • Anhui Leading International Legal Professions
  • Professions in International Legal Service of Anhui Province
  • Professions in Financing, Securities and Insurance of Anhui Province
  • Mediator of CCPIT & CCOIC Mediation Center
Selected Publications
  • "Merger and Acquisition", Stephen Bainbridge, translated by Eric Li, Law Press, 2018.
  • "Transformation of Economic Institute and Legal Regulation", Written by Eric Li, Law Press, 2016.
  • "China's financial information system is in urgent need to improvement." Prosecutorial View, Issue No. 21 (2008).
  • "Research on Optimizing Legal Environment for the Development of Equity Investment Funds in the Wanjiang City Belt." Jianghuai Tribune (March 2011).
  • "Study on the Legal Supervision Mechanism of Bond Issuance by Local Governments in China." Tianjin Legal Science, Issue 4 (2012).
  • "Study on the allocation of judicial power in the state structure form." Political Science and Law, Issue 10 (2012).
  • "On the Bankruptcy Law Resolution Mechanism of Local Government Debt." Academic Bimestris, Issue 6 (2012).
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