Jacky SUN_Professionals_Hylands Law Firm

Jacky SUNPartner

Shanghai Office: Language：Chinese, English, Korean; Expertise： Dispute Resolution Asset Management; Tel：+86 135 6404 1135; Email：sunchao@hylandslaw.com

Basic Profile

Education Background

2013.3-2015.2 | Sungkyunkwan University(South Korea) | law | Master's degree
2007.9-2011.6 | Shandong University of Political Science and Law | law | Bachelor degree

Working Experience

Professional Qualifications

Chinese lawyer qualification

Professional Background

Jacky Sun has rich experience in litigation and non-litigation legal services in the fields of securities, banking, trusts, funds, and other financial and capital areas. He has provided legal services to financial institutions, listed companies, and numerous state-owned and private enterprises. Based on his study experience in South Korea and work experience in a Korean law firm, he has also provided legal services related to South Korea for entities such as the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency.

In litigation legal services, he has handled disputes related to listed companies (including disputes involving false statements, M&A performance disputes, and daily operational disputes), investment and exits in contracts related to funds/trusts/asset management, stock repurchases, or project exits. In the criminal field, he has been involved in defense and criminal risk management related to financial and economic crimes. Non-litigation specialized legal services include due diligence, negotiations, drafting and reviewing transaction documents for asset management plans, fund investment projects, as well as analysis of legal risks and compliance services for companies, and M&A projects.
Jacky Sun excels in breaking the boundaries between litigation and non-litigation in the financial sector, focusing on client demands, integrating criminal and civil means to provide comprehensive and effective legal analysis and problem-solving solutions. He has represented in notable cases such as the first private placement bond false statement liability dispute, Shanghai's first illegal stock recommendation case, and Shanghai Financial Court's model case series on securities false statement liability disputes.

Social Activities

Shandong Chamber of Commerce(Shanghai) | director

Honors and Awards

Representative Cases

Dispute Resolution
Private Equity and Investment Funds
Asset Management

Represented a listed company in a series of securities false statement liability dispute cases (Shanghai Financial Court model cases).
Represented in a high-profile "Qiaoxing Fake Radish Seal" incident involving a trust benefit transfer contract dispute of nearly 1 billion yuan between the head office of a joint-stock commercial bank and a branch of Guangfa Bank (the first case designated for jurisdiction due to financial risk by the Supreme People's Court).
Handled a major asset restructuring performance compensation dispute case of a listed company involving over 200 million yuan (first-instance in Yichun Intermediate People's Court, second-instance in Jiangxi Provincial High Court).
Handled an M&A performance compensation dispute case of a listed company involving nearly 300 million yuan (first-instance in Jiujiang Intermediate People's Court, second-instance in Jiangxi Provincial High Court).
Represented a factoring company in a 30 million yuan bill recovery dispute with Taikoo Group (bill-based transaction suspected of fraud).
Represented a well-known German sports brand, Wolf Claw Group, in a property damage compensation dispute with an e-commerce platform JingX (dismissed all claims).
Represented Douyu live streaming platform in a case involving the return of donations by a female anchor (novel issues related to online live streaming donations).
Represented Red Star Meikailong in disputes with a local commercial bank in Shenzhen and a local state-owned enterprise regarding commercial real estate financing and leasing.
Represented Huanrui Century in a contract dispute with a state-owned leading film and television company regarding film and television product investment cooperation.
Represented a New Third Board listed company in disputes with subsidiaries of Huacheng Group regarding leasing, cooperation, and decoration.

Provided specialized legal services for Morning Light Fund's investments in projects in Guangzhou, Jiangyin, and Xuchang.
Provided specialized legal services for Jingrong Fund's natural gas distributed energy project.
Provided legal services for various asset management plans, including Jinzhong Guli 1# Collective Asset Management Plan, Xingye Fund - Xingfu 1# Phase 4 Single Client Asset Management Plan, Yangtze Asset Management - Zhongyin 1# Targeted Asset Management Plan, Zhiying 29# Targeted Asset Management Plan, etc.
Represented a large state-owned bank (as a fund custodian) in fund contract disputes/entrusted wealth management contract disputes with investors. Also involved in providing a series of solutions and compliance opinions for private equity fund risk management (involving fund manager disappearance and fund property recovery issues).
Provided a series of specialized legal services for a trust benefit transfer contract dispute involving over 4 billion yuan between a state-owned enterprise in Hunan and a trust.
Provided legal services for Qian Kun Pay in Internet gold financial products cooperation projects, Qian Kun Internet Fund sales cooperation projects, Qian Kun Internet Gold Exchange product cooperation projects, and other Internet financial projects.
Provided end-to-end legal services for Shanghai Mingyue Hotel's merger and acquisition project, including due diligence, negotiations, and transactions.
Provided legal services for Dayu International's investment projects in China (including project initiation, feasibility study, transaction structure design, and project company establishment).
Provided legal services for TONYMOLY Co., Ltd.'s investment projects in China (including communication, filing, and establishment of domestic companies with the Pinghu Development Zone Management Committee).
Provided specialized legal services for client investment in the Enlight Ice and Snow World Center project, including due diligence, negotiations, and other specialized legal services.

Represented a securities-affiliated asset management company in a false statement liability dispute against a well-known accounting firm (the first private placement bond false statement liability dispute case nationwide).
Represented a trust company and a branch of China Merchants Bank in a 100 million yuan certificate of deposit pledge dispute (involving the branch staff's crime of illegally issuing financial instruments) (first-instance in Sichuan Provincial High Court, second-instance in the Supreme Court).
Involved in a 2 billion yuan dispute between a large group company's affiliated limited partnership enterprise (investor) and the founder shareholders of Kuaijia Express regarding a stock repurchase dispute (first-instance in Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, second-instance in Shanghai High Court). Both courts supported the investor's repurchase claim.
Involved in a 30 million yuan stock repurchase dispute between a SoftBank-affiliated partnership enterprise (investor) and the founder of a technology company (first-instance in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, second-instance in Shanghai High Court). Both courts supported the investor's repurchase claim.
Involved in a stock repurchase dispute of over 20 million yuan between a partnership enterprise and the founder shareholder of a large company, with the judgment supporting the investor's repurchase claim.
Involved in a stock repurchase dispute of over 50 million yuan between a partnership enterprise (investor) and a New Third Board listed company and the founder shareholders (second-instance in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court). The first-instance court dismissed the investor's claim, and the second-instance court reversed the judgment to support all claims.
Represented an investment institution in disputes with San Sheng Group and its subsidiary project companies regarding real estate financing.
Represented in a series of financial disputes related to Anxin Trust (involving Anxin Trust's restructuring and allegations of illegal lending by related personnel)."