Jiateng YE

Representative Matters

• Capital Markets
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangdong Rising Holdings Group's 2026–2028 Inter-Bank Bond Financing, 2025–2027 Public Offering of RMB 19 billion Corporate Bonds, 2024–2025 and 2023–2024 Non-Public Offerings of Exchangeable Corporate Bonds (the first such case among provincial state-owned enterprises in Guangdong), and 2022–2024 Inter-Bank Bond Financing instruments
• Acted as legal counsel for the issuer in GDD Holding Group' 2026–2027 non-public offering of RMB 10 billion Corporate Bonds, as PRC legal counsel for the issuer in GDD Holding Group' 2025–2026 USD Bond Project, as PRC legal counsel for the underwriters in GDD Holding Group' 2023–2024 USD Bond Project, and as legal counsel for the issuer in GDD Holding Group' 2023–2024 Ultra-Short-Term Commercial Paper, 2021–2022 Ultra-Short-Term Commercial Paper and 2019–2021 Medium-Term Note
• Acted as legal counsel for Zengcheng Dongjin Water Supply Company's 2026–2028 Medium-Term Note Project (the first sustainability-linked Medium-Term Note issued by a Guangzhou state-owned enterprise) and its private placement of debt financing instruments
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangzhou Jinkong Fund Management Co., Ltd.'s 2026–2028 Public Offering of Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for Henan Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd.'s 2026–2028 Technology Innovation Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for Nanxiong Xiongsheng Industry Investment Co., Ltd.'s 2026–2027 Non-Public Offering of Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for the issuer in Tianhe Investment Group's 2025–2026 Non-Public Offering of Corporate Bonds (the issuer's debut bond issuance)
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangzhou Nansha Kejin Holdings Group's 2026 Non-Public Offering of Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for Guanghong Holdings (000529) in its 2023–2025 Public Offering of Corporate Bonds, Medium-Term Notes, and Ultra-Short-Term Commercial Paper (the issuer's debut bond issuance)
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group (a Fortune Global 500 enterprise) in its 2023–2025 Public Offering of RMB 10 billion Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for the issuer in Dongguan Kechuang Financial Group's 2022–2024 Non-Public Offering of Corporate Bonds
• Acted as legal counsel for Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure (HK1052) in its Panda Bond issuance (the first such case in the domestic market), its 2022 Medium-Term Note issuance, its 2022 Ultra-Short-Term Commercial Paper issuance, and its 2021 Corporate Bond issuance
• Acted as legal counsel for Chongqing Huayu Group Co., Ltd.'s 2026–2028 Medium-Term Note
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangzhou Zengcheng Water Supply Company's Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)
• Acted as legal counsel for the Evergrande Hotel trust beneficiary rights Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)
• Acted as the legal advisor for the overseas secondary listing project of Yisheng Biotechnology (01061.HK)
• Acted as legal counsel for NEEQ listing of many companies such as Wstation (stock code: 838550) and Henlee Detection (stock code: 871928)

• Mergers & Acquisitions(M&A)
• Acted as legal counsel for a subsidiary of Guangzhou Development Zone Holding Group in acquiring shares of Yongxing Co., Ltd. (601033.SH) held by Science City Group
• Acted as legal counsel for Kaiyun Development (873596) in acquiring a technology company
• Acted as legal counsel for Multiple Renewable Energy Acquisition Projects of Guangzhou Development (600098)
• Acted as legal counsel for Multiple Real Estate M&A Projects of Cinda Real Estate (600657)
• Acted as legal counsel for Multiple Environmental Protection Acquisition Projects of VTECH Holdings (HK01845)
• Acted as legal counsel for Multiple Acquisition Projects of Lingnan Holdings (000524)
• Acted as legal counsel for Pearl River Film's Domestic Acquisition of Cinema Project
• Acted as legal counsel for a subsidiary of Harbin Industry Group in Acquiring a Large Hotel Project
• Acted as legal counsel for Evergrande Real Estate Group in acquiring equity interests in Zhongxin Da Ren Life Insurance Co., Ltd
• Acted as legal counsel for Southern Power Grid Capital Holding Co., Ltd.‌‌‌ in its strategic placement participation in China Resources New Energy's IPO and the private placement of SPIC Industry-Finance Holding Co., Ltd
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangzhou Get Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.‌‌‌ (one of China's top 50 private equity investment firms), Guangkai Investment, Kaiyun Development, and other enterprises who initiated the establishment of multiple equity investment funds (including co-founding investment funds with LVMH Group member company Louis Vuitton Investment)
• Acted as legal counsel for Guangdong Yueke Fund of Funds Investment Management Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of a subsidiary of Guangdong Broadcasting Network
• Acted as legal counsel for an equity investment fund making investment in a Shenzhen-based technology company
• Acted as legal counsel for the Debt Restructuring of a Large Mixed-Use Real Estate Project of R&F Properties
• Acted as legal counsel for the restructuring of Jianli Medical Aesthetics Group
• Acted as legal counsel for the restructuring of Pangjiajia Company (The founder has over 10 million followers across all internet platforms)
• Acted as legal counsel for State-Owned Equity Transfer Projects involving Cinda Real Estate, Hengjian Holding, Pearl River Film, Guangzhou Kaide, and others
• Acted as legal counsel for providing special due diligence legal services for Multiple Joint Venture Projects of Yuexiu Property

• Dispute Resolution
• Represented an investment enterprise in a shareholder capital contribution liability dispute; successfully initiated a retrial and secured a victory in the retrial proceedings (recognised with the Guangzhou Lawyers Association Outstanding Achievement Award)
• Represented Mr. Chen and others in a lawsuit opposing the addition and modification of judgment debtors in enforcement proceedings (recognised with the Guangzhou Lawyers Association Outstanding Achievement Award)
• Represented Weigang Environmental Technology (HK01845) in a series of patent ownership disputes, including a successful Supreme Court ruling, as well as in multiple commercial disputes
• Represented a development-zone strategic industrial investment fund in an equity transfer dispute involving an amount in excess of RMB 260 million
• Represented a well-known family-owned brand enterprise in a contract dispute involving an amount in excess of RMB 80 million
• Represented a subsidiary of Zhongao Property in a major contract dispute involving an amount in excess of RMB 30 million
• Represented a state-owned enterprise in Nansha in a contract dispute involving an amount in excess of RMB 20 million
• Represented a client in an international economic arbitration case concerning the equity transfer of a high-end hotel in Mauritius
• Represented BDZ Holdings Limited in a patent infringement dispute case
• Represented VF ASIA LIMITED in a contract dispute with its supplier
• Represented the de facto controller of Zhongheng Electric Appliance Company in an internal corporate governance dispute
• Represented a subsidiary of CNOOC Energy Development (600968) in a shareholders' right to information dispute
• Represented Guanghong Asset in a real estate dispute
• Represented a subsidiary of Yuexiu Group in a large-scale commercial property lease contract dispute
• Represented Ainoxin Group in multiple commercial contract disputes
• Represented Tianxing Architectural Design Company in multiple commercial contract disputes
• Represented Ping An Hao Dai in multiple loan agreement disputes
• Represented Mr. Wang in a private lending dispute and asset review proceedings, involving an amount in excess of RMB 30 million
• Represented Ms. Lin in a private lending dispute, involving an amount in excess of RMB 25 million
• Represented various companies, including Weigang Environmental Technology (HK01845), Tungtex (HK00518), Yuexiu Services, Tianmei Yituo, Futian Home Furnishing, Chaowanhui, and Shengwei Leather, in multiple labour and employment disputes

• Family Wealth Preservation and Inheritance
• Designed comprehensive family wealth preservation and inheritance plans for Shenzhen Bolin Group, Huayi Century, the Shen family, and the He family
• Designed marital risk management and wealth isolation plans for the family of a listed company and the Yan family
• Delivered a series of lectures for Agricultural Bank of China Life Insurance (ABC Life) on family trusts and wealth inheritance implementation strategies
• Handled multiple marital and inheritance cases, including a divorce case involving over RMB 200 million in assets and several cross-border divorce cases

Education Background

• Completed advanced training in foreign-related legal practice at Zhejiang University
• LL.M. in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (2013)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar admission in P.R. China
• Securities practice qualification

Recognitions

• 2026 China Annual Young Lawyer, awarded by GRCD (Asia-Pacific Media Foundation)
• Greater Bay Area Outstanding Comprehensive Strength Lawyer Award, awarded by LegalOne
• Guangzhou Bar Association 2025 and 2024 Business Achievement Awards
• 30th Anniversary of DeHeng Law Offices: Youth Rising Star Award and Technology Achievement Award
• Guangdong Foreign-Related Lawyers Pioneer Talent
• Guangzhou Leading Foreign-Related Lawyer
• Haizhu District (Guangzhou) Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyers
• Excellence Award at the 1st Guangzhou International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition, organized by Guangzhou Lawyers Association

Professional Affiliations

• Inaugural Mediator of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mediation Center
• Invited Mediator of the Pazhou Commercial Mediation Center, Haizhu District, Guangzhou
• Inaugural Cohort of Guangzhou Outstanding Young Lawyers "Lingyun Program"
• Mediator of the Belt and Road International Commercial Mediation Center
• Arbitrator of Shanwei Arbitration Commission
• Deputy Secretary-General of Guangzhou International Commercial Legal Service Center
• Member of the Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Committee, Guangdong Lawyers Association
• Council Member of the Haizhu District Overseas-Educated Returnees Association, Guangzhou
• Committee Member of the Yuexiu District Young Entrepreneurs Chamber of Commerce, Guangzhou
• Youth Committee Member of the General Party Branch, DeHeng Law Offices (Guangzhou)

Selected Publications

• A Study on Legal Practical Issues Concerning the Overseas Issuance of Digital Bonds by Domestic Enterprises – Awarded Third Prize in the Hailu Collected Papers
• Judicial Dilemmas and Optimization Paths for Rural Residential Land Use Rights in the Context of the "Three-Rights Separation" Framework (published in Frontiers in Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 4, April 2025)
• A Study on China's Legal Professional Community and the Status, Functions, and Values of Lawyers Therein – Awarded Second Prize in the Fourth Rule of Law and Lawyers Forum Paper Competition, hosted by the Research Committee of the China Law Society
• An Analysis of the Copyrightability of AI-Generated Content Based on Academic Theories and U.S.-China Case Studies – Awarded First Prize in the Hailu Collected Papers Essay Competition
• A Preliminary Framework for the Principle of Interest Balance in Intellectual Property Law (published in Jurisprudence, Vol. 12, Issue 9, September 2024)
• Contributor to The Legal "100,000 Whys", a youth legal education comic book published by New Century Press