Introduction

As one of the first law firms in Hunan Province to be involved in the fields of finance, securities and insurance, Tiandiren has always been at the leading edge in terms of its service quality and professionalism in this expertise section. Through nearly 30 years of effort and innovation, Tiandiren has provided extensive and in-depth legal services in banking, finance and other related fields for various financial institutions and quasi-financial institutions including Chinese-funded banks, joint venture banks, foreign banks’ subsidiaries and branches in China, insurance companies, assets management companies, trust companies, finance companies, consumer finance companies, financial holding companies, small loan companies, etc. Tiandiren has accumulated a wealth of professional practical experience and established good long-term cooperative relations with many financial institutions and well-known investment institutions.

Key Practice Areas

1. Legal Services for Banks: commercial loans, policy loans, M&A loans, project finance, trade finance, factoring business, debt restructuring, ABS on credit assets, disposal of non-performing assets, financial leasing, financial derivatives, and daily operations of commercial banks, etc.

2. Legal Services for Funds: Establishment, fundraising, investment, management and exit of various investment funds.

3. Legal Services for Trust: Establishment of trust products (including REIT, FASIT, loan trusts, securities investment trusts, infrastructure trusts, equity investment trusts, etc.), Innovative business design for trusts, etc.

4. Legal Services for Bonds: Corporate bonds, financial bonds, etc., financing tools such as corporate public/non-public bond issues and warrants.

5. Legal Services for Securities: Legal services related to shareholding reform, IPO, equity financing, restructuring, reorganization, M&A and equity incentives of listed companies, compliance management and information disclosure of listed companies, securities-related dispute resolution services, including disputes related to guarantees of listed companies, control disputes, securities trading disputes, securities-related enforcement cases, disputes involving false statements, etc. Securities companies, futures companies, etc.

6. Legal Services for Insurance: Preparation and establishment of insurance institutions, reorganization and restructuring, listing of A and H shares, issuance of bonds, M&A, investment and application of insurance funds, overseas investment, investment or establishment of insurance financial products, corporate governance, compliance management, development and design of insurance product terms, insurance dispute resolution, risk disposal of financial institutions, etc.

Representative Clients

• The Export-Import Bank of China Hunan Branch

• Agricultural Development Bank of China Hunan Branch

• China Development Bank Hunan Branch

• China Construction Bank Hunan Branch

• HSBC Bank (China) Co.

• China Everbright Bank Changsha Branch

• CSDN (Chinese Software Developer Network)

• China Merchants Bank Changsha Branch

• Bank of Communications Hunan Branch

• SPD Bank Changsha Branch

• Industrial Bank Changsha Branch

• China Minsheng Bank Changsha Branch

• Bank of China Hunan Branch

• Postal Savings Bank of China Hunan Branch

• China CITIC Bank Changsha Branch

• Hua Xia Bank Changsha Branch

• Kaiyuan Development (Hunan) Fund Management Co., Ltd.

• China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.

• China Orient Asset Management Co.,Ltd. (Hunan)

• China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.

• China Great Wall Asset Management Co.,Ltd. (Hunan)

• Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. (03898.HK, 688187.SH)

• Hunan Chasing Trust Co., Ltd.

• Hunan Chasing Fund Management Co., Ltd.

• The 23rd Metallurgical Construction Group Co., Ltd. of Minmetals

• Hunan Xiangjiang New Area Development Group Co., Ltd.

• Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd.

• China Pacific Life Insurance Co.,Ltd. (Hunan)

Typical Projects

• Provided year-round legal services for a number of banks, including CCB Hunan Branch, ADBC Hunan Branch, EIBC Hunan Branch, CDB Hunan Branch, PingAn Bank Changsha Branch, CGB Changsha Branch, SPD Bank Changsha Branch, CEB Changsha Branch, etc.;

• Provided legal services for the EIBC on the Vietnam Electric Power Company’s Laizhou Hydro-power Station Construction Syndicated Loan Project led by BNP Paribas, China Development Bank and Bank of China;

• Successfully represented Pudong Development Bank Changsha Branch in an asset management contract dispute.The subject matter of this case is more than 400 million yuan, and the actual amount involved is nearly 3 billion yuan. This case is one of the first cases of this type in China to initiate litigation proceedings, which has received a high degree of attention;

• Acted for a number of securities companies in arbitration and execution of disputes over equity pledged repo business, involving an amount of more than RMB 2 billion;

• Assisted CSDN, the world's largest Chinese IT community, in the reconstruction of its VIE structure and its industrial fund investment and settlement in Changsha;

• Assisted Xiangjiang Group in its US$300 million bond issue on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;

• Provided legal services for dozens of companies on issuance of various bonds.