Xinghai YU
Partner Title:Partner of DeHeng Nanjing Office
Tel:18020136118 / +86 25 58993266/68
Working Language: Chinese/ English
Attorney Yu Xinghai specializes in financial securities, funds, corporate, and construction engineering matters. He has handled a wide range of fund and securities, investment and financing transactions for state-owned enterprises, central state-owned enterprises, and listed companies. He also boasts extensive experience in major, complex, and high-profile civil and commercial disputes, having successfully represented clients in numerous second-instance and retrial cases with favorable judgments.
Representative Matters
- Litigation
- Represented the major shareholder in a securities misrepresentation liability dispute against ST Guangyi (300356), prevailing in both the first instance and second instance.
- Handled a private placement share repurchase dispute involving ST Tianwo (002564), achieving a favorable outcome in the retrial.
- Represented the bankruptcy administrator in a construction contract dispute against Nanjing Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd., involving a disputed amount of RMB 850 million.
- Handled the first case in China where a captain suspected of smuggling goods prohibited from import/export was granted non-prosecution.
- Represented a Tianjin-based enterprise in an equity repurchase dispute against Shimao Group, with principal and counterclaims totaling nearly RMB 100 million.
- Represented Nanjing Industrial Development Fund Co., Ltd. in multiple equity repurchase disputes.
- Represented a commercial bank in a financial loan guarantee recourse dispute against shareholders of a deregistered company, involving over RMB 140 million.
- Represented constructors, contractors and subcontractors in multiple construction contract dispute retrials.
- Represented a company in a retrial of a dispute over shareholder liability for damaging corporate interests.
- Handled a retrial of a private lending contract dispute arising from construction projects.
- Handled a dispute over the validity of resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders' meeting of a joint-stock cooperative enterprise (second instance).
- Represented a company in a mixed guarantee recourse dispute throughout first instance, second instance and enforcement proceedings.
- Handled a maritime dispute relating to the French project of Omay Medical Co., Ltd.
- Handled several tax-related contract disputes for financial import and export supply chain enterprises.
- Non-Litigation
- Led fund due diligence for China National Nuclear Corporation (wholly-owned subsidiary of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission).
- Advised on investment by a wholly-owned AIC fund of China Construction Bank to promote the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements of Southeast University.
- Led the IPO project for a Nanjing-based electronics company.
- Advised on the public issuance of convertible bonds by Red Sun Co., Ltd.
- Handled creditor's right declaration projects for listed companies.
- Led distress relief due diligence projects for Liuhe Happy Port and Wanda Plaza.
- Led due diligence for the Series D equity investment by Nanjing Industrial Development Fund in Beijing Aerospace Yuxing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Led due diligence for the equity investment by Nanjing Industrial Development Fund in Nanjing Moshuantuan Information Technology Co., Ltd.
- Participated in Omay Medical Supplies Co., Ltd.'s major overseas trade, French investment and Vietnam equipment mortgage projects.
- Participated in the reinvestment project of Shanghai Plasc Co., Ltd. (wholly foreign-owned enterprise).
- Participated in the compliance system construction project of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute.
- Participated in the investment project of Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute in Zhongke Zhixin Co., Ltd.
- Participated in the compliance system construction project of Zhejiang Energy Group Co., Ltd.
- Participated in the special compliance review project for Omay's social e-commerce business.
- Participated in the special compliance project for Dongjiu Group.
- Served as perennial legal counsel and compliance advisor for Omay Medical Co., Ltd.
- Handled the franchise dispute between World Village Co., Ltd. and Dillion Co., Ltd.
Education Background
- Master of Law (Economic Law), Nanjing Normal University
Professional Qualifications
- Bar admission in P.R. China
Recognitions and Affiliations
- Member of the New Energy Industry Legal Committee of Nanjing Lawyers Association
- Member of the Company Law Committee of Jiangning Branch of Nanjing Lawyers Association
- Member of the Civil Law Committee of Jiangning Branch of Nanjing Lawyers Association
Selected Publications
- Mutual Recovery Rights of Joint Guarantors
- "On the System of Differential Voting Rights from the Perspective of Investor Protection", Third Prize of the First Jinling Commercial Law Lawyer Forum
- Focus on Conflicts of Interest - On Related Persons, Related Parties, and Others
- Irreplaceability of Supervisory Board Powers
- Application of the Waiver of Objection Rule in the Field of Commercial Arbitration