Ms. Cao Ming graduated from Xiamen University with a Master's degree in Economic Law. Prior to joining SGLA Law Firm, Ms. Cao practiced at several renowned law firms including Jingtian & Gongcheng.
Ms. Cao primarily provides legal services to clients in the areas of public utilities and infrastructure, corporate affairs, dispute resolution, corporate compliance, finance and securities, and M&A and restructuring. She has extensive project experience in PPP project implementation, franchising, bidding and tendering, M&A, financing, and dispute resolution, and has provided professional legal services for a number of projects implemented under investment and financing models such as ABO, EOD, and EPC+.
In the field of dispute resolution, Ms. Cao focuses mainly on financial loan disputes, disputes arising in the infrastructure sector, labor disputes, private lending disputes, and service contract disputes, among others.
Jul 2017—Dec 2017 JunZeJun Law Offices——Guangzhou Office,Legal Assistant
Dec 2017—Dec 2020 Broad & Bright——Guangzhou Office,Legal Assistant/ Associate
Dec 2020—Jul 2024 Jingtian & Gongcheng——Guangzhou Office,Lead Associate
Aug 2024—Present SGLA Law Firm——Guangzhou Office,Commission-Based Lawyer
【Industrial Investment, Infrastructure & Public Utilities, Cultural Tourism Development】
●Wuhan Development Zone "Auto+" Industrial City Integration Demonstration Zone PPP Project
●Hainan Railway Mixed-Ownership Reform and PPP Operation Reform Project
●Baoding Smart City Project
●Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou High-Speed Railway PPP Project
●Qingyuan Beijiang Ecological Economic Belt Tourism Development Project
●Revitalization of Changsha Huanghua Comprehensive Bonded Zone (Phase I) PPP Project
●Shenyang-Haikou Expressway Heyao to Shenzhen Airport Reconstruction and Expansion PPP Project
●Early-stage Consulting Services for Shantou Construction Waste Resource Comprehensive Utilization BOT Project
●Wuchang District Kitchen Waste Disposal Phase II PPP Project
●Jianshui Xizhuang Purple Pottery Town · Longyao Eco-City Area PPP Project
●Songgang, Yanluo and Shiyan Subdistricts Environmental Sanitation Integration PPP Project
●Siyongxi Sewage Treatment Plant PPP Project and Energy Station PPP Project
●Huangshan City Rural Domestic Waste Management PPP Project
●Guoyang County Urban-Rural Environmental Sanitation Integration PPP Project
●Haojiang District Construction Waste Resource Comprehensive Utilization BOT Project
●North Ecological New Area Guling Avenue Road and Underground Comprehensive Pipe Gallery PPP Project
●Hunan Xingwang Group Dongting Lake Tourism Project
●Wuhan Jiangxia District Resettlement Projects (Four New Village Resettlement Projects; Daqiao Modern Industrial Park East Area Resettlement Project)
【Dispute Resolution】
●Foshan Guofeng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. et al. v. Agricultural Bank of China — Loan Contract Dispute
●Foshan Guorui v. Agricultural Bank of China Co., Ltd. Nanhai Xiqiao Sub-branch and Guangzhou Bank Co., Ltd. Foshan Beijiao Sub-branch — Fixed-asset Syndicated Loan Dispute concerning the Nandiwan Guorui City Project
●Shantou Garden Group v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China et al. — Financial Loan Dispute
●Guangzhou Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. v. Qianhai Life Happy Home Elderly Care (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. — Service Contract Dispute
●Guangzhou Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. v. Guangdong Foshan Sanshui Industrial Park Management Committee — Contract Dispute
●Shanghai Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch v. Shenzhen Lvtian Practical Education Technology Co., Ltd. — Contract Dispute
●Shaanxi Xixian New Area Fengdong New City PPP Project Consulting Service Contract Dispute
●Rongshui County Urban-Rural Water Supply and Drainage Integration and Inland River Remediation PPP Project Consulting Service Contract Dispute
●Li Jiaping, Chang Meixin v. Zeng Wanqing, Li Yongjun, Dongguan Lida Property Investment Co., Ltd. — Contract Dispute
【M&A and Corporate Restructuring】
●Yunnan Dounan Flower Industry Group Investment Due Diligence
●Longfor Property Acquisition of Equity in Guangzhou Runtong Property Management Co., Ltd.
●Tianji Industrial City Group Acquisition of Shenzhen Bangkai Industrial Park Project
●Huizhou Guancong Expressway Investment Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Fuzhou Xinhengda Information Technology Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Huaxin (Foshan) Color Printing Co., Ltd. Partial Equity Acquisition Project
●Yuncheng County Shuihu Urban Construction Investment Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Shanghai VeChain Information Technology Co., Ltd. Domestic VIE Structure Establishment Project
●China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. Business Restructuring Project
【Corporate Compliance and Regular Legal Counsel】
●Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Three Places Joint Working Committee Office — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Wuhan CSCEC-Wudi Development & Construction Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Leshan Consulting Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Rail Transit Bureau — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Transportation Affairs Center — Regular Legal Counsel
●Chongqing Jinshagai Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Tianji Industrial City Group Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Colliers International — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Science & Industry Group Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Zhongruixin Digital Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Huigu Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Anhui Tongdu Fluid Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Sil-Metropole Organization (Guangzhou) Film & Culture Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Corporate Governance System Construction Project for Subsidiaries of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
●Special Inspection Project on Standard Contract Usage Management for the South China Regional Company under China Merchants Shekou
●CHINA CHENGTONG HOLDINGS GROUP LTD._—Compliance Management System Construction Project
【Finance and Capital Markets】
●2018 Hunan Province Changsha Rail Transit Special Bond Issuance Project
●Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Company Debt-to-Equity Swap and REITs Issuance Project
●A Foshan Technology Enterprise's Proposed A-Share IPO and Listing Project
●Compliance Assessment Project for an publicly offered infrastructure REITs Issuance by a Hainan Water Supply Pipeline Network
●Compliance Demonstration Project for an Infrastructure Public REITs Issuance by a Sichuan Water Affairs Company
【Research Projects】
●National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) — Research on "Innovation and Development of Trust-type REITs in the Interbank Market"
●Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. — Research on "Compliance of the General Contracting Model for IT / Digital Construction Projects"
●Foshan Legislative Affairs Bureau — Comparative Study on Financing Models for Foshan Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3
●ENC Digital Technology Co.,Ltd. — Research on "Compliance of the Advance-Funding Model for Smart City Projects"
●Futian District Government Property Asset Securitization Research Project
●Foshan Rail Transit Bureau — Rail Transit REITs Sustainable Development Strategy within the Overall Near-term Strategy for Foshan Rail Transit
●Xinzhijiang Cognition Technology Co., Ltd. — Legal Research on "Business Models for 5G New Infrastructure Communication Engineering Projects"
●"PPP Five-Year Review and Outlook: The Mountain May Not Move, but the Water Will" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Missed Out on REITs? Don't Panic—Expansion Offerings Are Here" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Rail Transit Special Bonds: The Subway Heading for Spring" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Old Bottle, New Wine, Different Ways to Drink—Infrastructure REITs from a Legal Perspective --A Legal Perspective on China's First Infrastructure REITs" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
Ms. Cao Ming graduated from Xiamen University with a Master's degree in Economic Law. Prior to joining SGLA Law Firm, Ms. Cao practiced at several renowned law firms including Jingtian & Gongcheng.
Ms. Cao primarily provides legal services to clients in the areas of public utilities and infrastructure, corporate affairs, dispute resolution, corporate compliance, finance and securities, and M&A and restructuring. She has extensive project experience in PPP project implementation, franchising, bidding and tendering, M&A, financing, and dispute resolution, and has provided professional legal services for a number of projects implemented under investment and financing models such as ABO, EOD, and EPC+.
In the field of dispute resolution, Ms. Cao focuses mainly on financial loan disputes, disputes arising in the infrastructure sector, labor disputes, private lending disputes, and service contract disputes, among others.
Ms. Cao Ming graduated from Xiamen University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master's degree in Economic Law.
Jul 2017—Dec 2017 JunZeJun Law Offices——Guangzhou Office,Legal Assistant
Dec 2017—Dec 2020 Broad & Bright——Guangzhou Office,Legal Assistant/ Associate
Dec 2020—Jul 2024 Jingtian & Gongcheng——Guangzhou Office,Lead Associate
Aug 2024—Present SGLA Law Firm——Guangzhou Office,Commission-Based Lawyer
【Industrial Investment, Infrastructure & Public Utilities, Cultural Tourism Development】
●Wuhan Development Zone "Auto+" Industrial City Integration Demonstration Zone PPP Project
●Hainan Railway Mixed-Ownership Reform and PPP Operation Reform Project
●Baoding Smart City Project
●Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou High-Speed Railway PPP Project
●Qingyuan Beijiang Ecological Economic Belt Tourism Development Project
●Revitalization of Changsha Huanghua Comprehensive Bonded Zone (Phase I) PPP Project
●Shenyang-Haikou Expressway Heyao to Shenzhen Airport Reconstruction and Expansion PPP Project
●Early-stage Consulting Services for Shantou Construction Waste Resource Comprehensive Utilization BOT Project
●Wuchang District Kitchen Waste Disposal Phase II PPP Project
●Jianshui Xizhuang Purple Pottery Town · Longyao Eco-City Area PPP Project
●Songgang, Yanluo and Shiyan Subdistricts Environmental Sanitation Integration PPP Project
●Siyongxi Sewage Treatment Plant PPP Project and Energy Station PPP Project
●Huangshan City Rural Domestic Waste Management PPP Project
●Guoyang County Urban-Rural Environmental Sanitation Integration PPP Project
●Haojiang District Construction Waste Resource Comprehensive Utilization BOT Project
●North Ecological New Area Guling Avenue Road and Underground Comprehensive Pipe Gallery PPP Project
●Hunan Xingwang Group Dongting Lake Tourism Project
●Wuhan Jiangxia District Resettlement Projects (Four New Village Resettlement Projects; Daqiao Modern Industrial Park East Area Resettlement Project)
【Dispute Resolution】
●Foshan Guofeng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. et al. v. Agricultural Bank of China — Loan Contract Dispute
●Foshan Guorui v. Agricultural Bank of China Co., Ltd. Nanhai Xiqiao Sub-branch and Guangzhou Bank Co., Ltd. Foshan Beijiao Sub-branch — Fixed-asset Syndicated Loan Dispute concerning the Nandiwan Guorui City Project
●Shantou Garden Group v. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China et al. — Financial Loan Dispute
●Guangzhou Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. v. Qianhai Life Happy Home Elderly Care (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. — Service Contract Dispute
●Guangzhou Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. v. Guangdong Foshan Sanshui Industrial Park Management Committee — Contract Dispute
●Shanghai Colliers International Property Services Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch v. Shenzhen Lvtian Practical Education Technology Co., Ltd. — Contract Dispute
●Shaanxi Xixian New Area Fengdong New City PPP Project Consulting Service Contract Dispute
●Rongshui County Urban-Rural Water Supply and Drainage Integration and Inland River Remediation PPP Project Consulting Service Contract Dispute
●Li Jiaping, Chang Meixin v. Zeng Wanqing, Li Yongjun, Dongguan Lida Property Investment Co., Ltd. — Contract Dispute
【M&A and Corporate Restructuring】
●Yunnan Dounan Flower Industry Group Investment Due Diligence
●Longfor Property Acquisition of Equity in Guangzhou Runtong Property Management Co., Ltd.
●Tianji Industrial City Group Acquisition of Shenzhen Bangkai Industrial Park Project
●Huizhou Guancong Expressway Investment Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Fuzhou Xinhengda Information Technology Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Huaxin (Foshan) Color Printing Co., Ltd. Partial Equity Acquisition Project
●Yuncheng County Shuihu Urban Construction Investment Co., Ltd. Equity Acquisition Project
●Shanghai VeChain Information Technology Co., Ltd. Domestic VIE Structure Establishment Project
●China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. Business Restructuring Project
【Corporate Compliance and Regular Legal Counsel】
●Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Three Places Joint Working Committee Office — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Wuhan CSCEC-Wudi Development & Construction Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Leshan Consulting Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Rail Transit Bureau — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Transportation Affairs Center — Regular Legal Counsel
●Chongqing Jinshagai Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Tianji Industrial City Group Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Colliers International — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Science & Industry Group Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Zhongruixin Digital Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Foshan Huigu Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Anhui Tongdu Fluid Technology Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Sil-Metropole Organization (Guangzhou) Film & Culture Co., Ltd. — Regular Legal Counsel
●Corporate Governance System Construction Project for Subsidiaries of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
●Special Inspection Project on Standard Contract Usage Management for the South China Regional Company under China Merchants Shekou
●CHINA CHENGTONG HOLDINGS GROUP LTD._—Compliance Management System Construction Project
【Finance and Capital Markets】
●2018 Hunan Province Changsha Rail Transit Special Bond Issuance Project
●Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Company Debt-to-Equity Swap and REITs Issuance Project
●A Foshan Technology Enterprise's Proposed A-Share IPO and Listing Project
●Compliance Assessment Project for an publicly offered infrastructure REITs Issuance by a Hainan Water Supply Pipeline Network
●Compliance Demonstration Project for an Infrastructure Public REITs Issuance by a Sichuan Water Affairs Company
【Research Projects】
●National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII) — Research on "Innovation and Development of Trust-type REITs in the Interbank Market"
●Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. — Research on "Compliance of the General Contracting Model for IT / Digital Construction Projects"
●Foshan Legislative Affairs Bureau — Comparative Study on Financing Models for Foshan Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3
●ENC Digital Technology Co.,Ltd. — Research on "Compliance of the Advance-Funding Model for Smart City Projects"
●Futian District Government Property Asset Securitization Research Project
●Foshan Rail Transit Bureau — Rail Transit REITs Sustainable Development Strategy within the Overall Near-term Strategy for Foshan Rail Transit
●Xinzhijiang Cognition Technology Co., Ltd. — Legal Research on "Business Models for 5G New Infrastructure Communication Engineering Projects"
●"PPP Five-Year Review and Outlook: The Mountain May Not Move, but the Water Will" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Missed Out on REITs? Don't Panic—Expansion Offerings Are Here" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Rail Transit Special Bonds: The Subway Heading for Spring" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database
●"Old Bottle, New Wine, Different Ways to Drink—Infrastructure REITs from a Legal Perspective --A Legal Perspective on China's First Infrastructure REITs" — included in the Lexis Legal Review Database