Shanghai Harbour City Development (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Harbour City Group”), as a state-owned enterprise, is the main developer and constructor in the Lingang New Area, engaging in real estate development, engineering construction, industrial development, cultural tourism hotels, and urban operations businesses in Pudong New Area and Lingang New Area.
The legal team of Hui Ye Law Firm, as the special legal advisor for the bond issuance of Harbour City Group, provided high-quality and efficient legal services during the application and issuance stages of the company's bonds. The services included legal due diligence, issuance bookkeeping witness, and issuance of legal opinions for this project. The team is composed of Senior Partner Jie YANG, Partner Qi ZHANG, Lawyer Xinyu LIAO, and Legal Assistant Yuyang WU.
Lawyer Jie YANG's practice areas include international trade and maritime, export control, smuggling crimes, and the securities market. Lawyer YANG provides comprehensive legal services to multinational corporations, trade importers and exporters, supply chain logistics, and other international trade-related enterprises to solve a large number of complex and difficult customs, export control, and international trade-related legal issues. Lawyer YANG has also represented a securities company in providing comprehensive legal services required by bond lead underwriters and bond trustees for bond default events. With over 20 years of practice experience, Lawyer Jie YANG specializes in securities issuance and private equity funds, customs tax audits, trade compliance audits, AEO certification, export control, commodity classification disputes, various customs tax-related cases, maritime litigation cases, smuggling crime defense, and other fields.
Lawyer Qi ZHANG graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law, majoring in International Economic Law, and holds a fund qualification. His main practice areas include capital market financing, asset securitization, M&A, corporate governance, information disclosure, commercial dispute resolution, and other professional legal services. Lawyer ZHANG’s representative legal service achievements include providing legal services for non-public offering of shares projects for listed companies Zhongtong Bus (000957) and Titan Wind Energy (002531), providing legal services for public issuance of corporate bonds projects for listed companies Titan Wind Energy (002531), China Eastern Airlines (600115), China Electric Equipment Group Co., Ltd., and others, providing legal services for the automotive financing leasing ABS project of Zhonglianli Financing Leasing Co., Ltd., and providing legal services for listing, listing guidance, equity incentive, etc., for many state-owned and private enterprises. He also provides full-range legal services for New Third Board listing and subsequent financing, delisting, and conducts legal compliance due diligence and acquisition legal services for about 30 grid-connected photovoltaic and wind power projects for many large state-owned new energy enterprises.
Over the years, Hui Ye has continuously assisted clients in issuing foreign currency bonds overseas, including helping Eastern Airlines successfully issue KRW 480 billion bonds, SGD 500 million bonds, and JPY 50 billion bonds, among others. In addition to providing legal services for clients' overseas bond issuances, Hui Ye have also provided legal services for dozens of clients issuing various types of bonds in China, including assisting local governments in issuing a total of nearly CNY 5 billion in special government bonds, Shanghai Bank and other financial institutions in issuing 10 billion qualified Tier 2 capital bonds and 5 billion small and micro enterprise bonds, Suning Appliances in issuing 10 billion non-public company bonds, Shanghai Caohejing Development Zone General Company in issuing 2 billion company bonds, Shanghai Baolong Industrial in successfully issuing 2 billion company bonds, Tianfu Shuicheng Urban and Rural Water Affair Construction Limited Company in issuing 1 billion non-public company bonds, Jingdezhen Ceramic Cultural Tourism Development Company in issuing 1 billion non-public company bonds, Titan Wind Energy in issuing 800 million company bonds, Cheng'a Development Industry in issuing 800 million non-public company bonds, Chenghua Old City Reconstruction Investment in issuing 1.5 billion company bonds, Emeishan Development Holdings in issuing nearly 600 million company bonds, Sichuan Cheng'a Development Industry in issuing 800 million company bonds, and Tibet Tianlu Co., Ltd. in publicly issuing 1 billion company bonds, among other projects, providing professional legal services. Hui Ye has accumulated rich experience and established a good reputation in the field of financial legal services such as bond issuance.
The Hui Ye Financial Securities Professional Committee focuses on securities issuance, corporate financing, M&A, funds, bonds, asset securitization, financing leasing, and dispute resolution in these areas. Dozens of partners and senior lawyers from Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and other cities form a professional service team. Over the years, the committee has provided a variety of legal services to numerous large commercial banks, securities firms, insurance companies, fund companies, listed companies, financing leasing companies, etc., handling a series of impactful financial securities litigation and arbitration cases, accumulating rich practice experience, and gaining high trust and recognition from clients.
