Dispute over the Transfer of Equity in a Commercial Bank Valued at Over 12 Billion Yuan | Supreme People’s Court: Transfer of More Than 5% of Equity in a Commercial Bank Without Prior Approval Is Ineffective, and Splitting to Avoid Approval Is Not Allowed
Retrial by the Supreme People's CourtTurning Defeat into Victory
Recently, the Supreme People’s Court issued the Civil Ruling ((2024) Supreme Court Civil Application No. 2152), ruling to dismiss Zhongjing’s application for retrial. With this, the nearly four-year-long dispute over the equi...
First Domestic Large-Scale Claim Case for Reliance Interest: Innovative Argumentation Strategy Helps Client Avoid 300 Million Yuan in Compensation
Infringement of Creditor's Rights by a Third PartyScope of Application and Definition of Reliance Interest
This case is the first domestic large-scale claim case for reliance interest, involving the legal characterization of this niche business and the identification of third-party reliance interests. There are no clear provisions in laws and...
Overseas Equity Battle for Assets Worth 10 Billion Yuan: Innovative Judicial Practice Filling Legal Gaps
Injunctive Relief in Cross-Border Commercial CasesAdjudication of Overseas Equity Disputes by Domestic Courts
This case involves cutting-edge judicial practices in cross-border dispute resolution, such as overseas equity disputes, parallel litigation, and injunctive relief (injunctions). In the context of existing overseas proceedings for the ov...
Involving Insider Trading and Market Manipulation, Multi-Jurisdictional and Multi-Case, Comprehensive Resolution of Administrative and Criminal Risks
Insider TradingFalse StatementsMarket ManipulationIntersection of Administrative and Civil Procedures
This case involves disputes over insider trading and market manipulation, covering multi-jurisdictional administrative penalties, administrative litigation, the interface between administrative and criminal procedures, and criminal inves...
Full Reversal on Appeal: Rules for the Examination and Determination of Legal Relationships in Private Equity Fund Exit Disputes
Judicial Disposition of StocksEquity in Name but Debt in SubstanceMixed ContractPrivate Equity Fund Equity Investment
In a dispute over the exit of a private equity fund investment, the core controversy was whether the transaction in question constituted “equity in name but debt in substance”. Zhenghan Law Firm thoroughly sorted out the inve...
Against “Zero-Yuan Acquisition” to Help Client Realize Project Value: A Dispute over Equity Transfer of a Data Center
Equity Transfer DisputeData Center ProjectPeer CollaborationTurning Defeat into Victory
The client transferred the equity of a data center project company to a company, but after the project construction was hindered and suspended, the client was sued by the company for a “zero-yuan acquisition”. Entrusted to re...
Innovatively Protecting Rights Through a “Non-Harassment Agreement” to Help Client Recover Listed Company Shares
"Non-Harassment Agreement"Listed Company Equity Dispute
The actual controller of a listed company once signed a “non-harassment agreement” with a natural person, agreeing to create commercial opportunities for the natural person to obtain the company’s shares in exchange for...
Complex Financing Trade Case Involving Civil-Criminal Intersection and Bankruptcy: Precise Positioning and Interlocking Measures to Realize Client Interests
Financing TradeCivil-Criminal IntersectionBankruptcy Liquidation
This case is a complex financing trade dispute successfully represented by Zhenghan Law Firm. In this case, the client, as the fund outflow party, needed to recover funds through litigation. The case not only involves the complexity of f...
From Pressure to Surprise: The Road to Reversal in a 1.3 Billion Yuan Guarantee Contract Validity Lawsuit
Guarantee ContractCivil-Criminal IntersectionPreliminary Consent to Continue GuaranteeDetermination of Contract Effectiveness Conditions
In this case, the client provided a trust loan to the debtor, and a local state-owned enterprise acted as the guarantor to provide guarantee. It signed clauses such as “preliminarily agreeing to continue providing guarantee for the...
400 Million Yuan in Compensation, 6 Years of Struggle: Zhenghan Law Firm Helps Client Win Case of Connected Transaction Damaging Company Interests
Damaging Company Interests Through Connected TransactionsDetermination of Actual ControllerJudicial Appraisal
Case Review
In 2018, Lin, the actual controller of a state-owned shareholding company (hereinafter referred to as the “shareholding company”), was subject to mandatory measures on suspicion of multiple crimes including duty e...
Four Appearances in High People’s Court, All Securing Favorable Rulings: Obtaining Huge Surety Bond Insurance Claim in an Insurance Claim Dispute
Civil-Criminal IntersectionPerformance Bond InsurancePrivate Equity Fund
The fund manager, on behalf of the fund, filed a dispute over a huge insurance claim and finally obtained a full victory judgment after seven years. This case involves complex legal relationships, including accounts receivable transfer a...
Combining Legal and Technical Expertise to Overcome Numerous Difficulties and Reverse an Unfavorable Judgment: An Engineering Quality Dispute
Engineering Quality DisputeOverturning the Appraisal ReportSecond-Instance Judgment Reversal
After obtaining an unfavorable first-instance judgment, the client entrusted our firm. In the second instance, the agent attorneys selected two institutions from the dual dimensions of industry professionalism and appraisal authority, co...
