Hylands Law Firm

Banking and Finance, Private Equity and Investment Funds, Asset Management

Partner

December 2022–Present | Beijing Hylands (Shanghai) Law Firm | Senior Partner September 2016–November 2022 | Grandall Law Firm (Shanghai) | Senior Attorney March 2015–August 2016 | Korea Horizon Law Firm Shanghai Representative Office | Chinese Attorney July 2011–September 2012 | Shandong Weizhong Law Firm | Legal Assistant

Practice Background Attorney Sun Chao possesses extensive litigation and non-litigation legal service experience in financial and capital sectors including securities, banking, trusts, and funds. He provides legal services to financial institutions, listed companies, and numerous state-owned and private enterprises. Drawing upon his academic background in South Korea and work experience at a Korean law firm, he has also delivered Korea-related legal services to Korean enterprises and institutions such as the Korean Consulate General in Shanghai and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA). His litigation practice encompasses disputes involving listed companies (including false statement liability disputes, M&A performance-based earn-out disputes, and routine operational disputes), as well as investment, exit, equity repurchase, and project exit matters related to fund/trust/asset management contracts. His criminal defense practice addresses financial and economic crimes, including criminal risk management. Non-litigation services encompass due diligence, negotiations, drafting and reviewing transaction documents for asset management plans and fund investment projects, corporate legal risk analysis and compliance services, as well as M&A transactions.

Attorney Sun Chao excels at bridging the gap between non-litigation and litigation in the financial sector. Centering on client needs, he integrates criminal and civil approaches to deliver comprehensive and effective legal analysis and solutions. His notable cases include representing clients in China's first private bond misrepresentation liability dispute, Shanghai's first illegal stock recommendation operation case, and Shanghai Financial Court model cases (a series of securities misrepresentation liability disputes).

Chinese | English丨Korean

Lawyer’s License People’s Republic of China

March 2013–February 2015 | Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea | Juris Master (Commercial Law and Intellectual Property) September 2007–June 2011 | Shandong University of Political Science and Law | Bachelor of Laws