Securities and capital markets are one of the core businesses of UI&KC. UI&KC lawyers have provided legal services for numerous companies in terms of domestic and overseas stock issuance and listing as well as refinancing. The types of stocks involved include the main board, Growth Enterprise Market, New Third Board, etc., and the stock exchanges involved include Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and the National Equities Exchange and Quotations System for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, etc. Over the years of practical experience, UI&KC has established close and good cooperative relationships with securities regulatory authorities, stock exchanges, well-known domestic and foreign investment banks, auditing and evaluation institutions, as well as listed companies in many countries and regions, and is capable of providing clients with the best legal services.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

Securities and Capital Markets

◆ Pre-IPO restructuring and reorganization

◆ Private equity financing before going public

◆ Initial public offerings of stocks both domestically and overseas

◆ Refinancing of listed companies (including financing instruments such as stocks, convertible bonds, and bond depositary receipts)

◆ Domestic and overseas reverse takeover listings

◆ Acquisition, merger, separation, major asset reorganization, delisting and resumption of listing of listed companies

◆ Share splits and repurchases of listed companies, and the governance structure of listed companies

◆ The design of management incentive plans and employee stock ownership plans

◆ Continuous information disclosure after listing

◆ Establishment of securities investment funds and asset management

◆ Bond capital market

◆ Corporate bonds

◆ Corporate bonds

◆ Financial bonds

◆ Short-term financing bonds

Company acquisition, merger and reorganization are the core businesses of UI&KC, which holds a leading position in this business field. In recent years, UI&KC has represented numerous well-known domestic and international clients in completing a series of complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions as well as reorganizations of many large enterprises and listed companies. UI&KC Law Firm, with its rich experience, profound understanding of the application of Chinese law and regulatory environment, as well as its comprehensive knowledge of taxation and finance, has served as the lead lawyer in a series of landmark domestic and international merger and acquisition projects. The domestic and cross-border M&A projects represented by UI&KC cover various industry fields such as finance, manufacturing, real estate, high-tech, infrastructure, electronics, medicine and services. In handling these merger and acquisition projects, UI&KC is particularly adept at helping clients resolve issues and close deals in China's changing and complex legal and regulatory environment. Especially in those mergers and acquisitions projects with huge targets and numerous tasks, UI&KC has been highly praised by clients for its strong and effective teamwork. During their long-term practice, the lawyers of UI&KC in this field have established good communication with relevant regulatory authorities. UI&KC has been invited to participate in multiple research projects on merger and acquisition legislation. UI&KC has also established good working relationships with numerous domestic and foreign investment banks, accounting firms, assessment agencies and other intermediary institutions.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

Consultation on industrial access policies

◆ Trading plan design

◆ Tax Planning

◆ Legal due diligence

◆ Review, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents

◆ Provide opinions on the authorization and approval procedures that need to be fulfilled for the transaction

◆ Issue legal opinions as required by clients or regulatory authorities

◆ Assist in handling the approval of government departments

◆ Transaction execution and subsequent integration

UI&KC is at the forefront of the two relatively emerging legal business fields of private equity investment and investment funds. UI&KC has a well-trained professional team of lawyers with rich experience in this field. The lawyers of UI&KC have provided comprehensive legal services for many well-known domestic and foreign institutional investors, and have also assisted many fundraising enterprises from start-up, growth and development to going public. UI&KC has handled a large number of projects, covering various stages such as start-up, growth, expansion and mergers and acquisitions. Its business content focuses more on cross-border services that combine domestic and foreign laws in China, and involves various forms such as equity, debt and mezzanine financing. In practice, we can design a reasonable framework for fund establishment and investment transaction structure for our clients to adapt to the unique legal and regulatory environment in China. We have successfully provided innovative legal structures for numerous clients involved in the establishment and investment transactions of domestic private equity funds, and have obtained government approval.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

◆ Assist in establishing private equity funds and various types of investment funds

◆ Provide full-process services for private equity funds and venture capital investment in portfolio companies

◆ Provide full-process services for private equity funds or venture capital institutions to exit portfolio companies

◆ Provide legal services for the company to absorb private equity investment or venture capital

◆ Provide legal services for company mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and listings

UI&KC, with its professional and high-quality legal services, has become the law firm that cooperates most closely with many large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises in Guangdong Province. It has always been at the forefront of the industry in the fields of state-owned enterprise reform and property rights transactions. For many years, lawyers from UI&KC have been actively involved in the practice of state-owned enterprise reform. As the main coordinator, they have intervened in the process of state-owned enterprise reform, helping many state-owned enterprises complete their enterprise reform and property rights transactions, and gradually achieve the transformation of enterprises.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

◆ Planning and drafting of the reform plan for state-owned enterprises

◆ Transfer and transaction of state-owned property rights (equity)

◆ The reorganization of assets, personnel, creditor's rights and debts during the process of state-owned enterprise reform

◆ Enterprise bankruptcy liquidation

◆ Enterprise bankruptcy reorganization

UI&KC has long been providing legal services to clients in areas such as company establishment, change, and daily operation and management. In recent years, UI&KC has focused on the main business and management systems of its clients, selected different entry points, sorted out various legal risks faced by the companies, and formed a series of legal risk management products that can be embedded in the daily operation and management of the clients.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

◆ The establishment of joint stock limited companies, limited companies, foreign-invested enterprises, sole proprietorship enterprises and partnership institutions

◆ The adjustment and reorganization of the property (share) rights structure of all kinds of enterprises and companies, as well as mergers and acquisitions among all kinds of enterprises

◆ Company mergers, restructurings, management buyouts and stock option arrangements

◆ Market risk prediction and prevention for all kinds of enterprises and companies

◆ Anti-unfair competition and protection of trade secrets for all kinds of enterprises and companies

◆ Legal training and consultation for employees of all kinds of enterprises and companies

◆ Employees of enterprises and companies regarding the protection of their rights and interests

◆ The property rights definition of the company's assets

◆ Company capital operation

◆ Transfer of company equity

◆ Handling of equity disputes

UI&KC is one of the law firms with the strongest capabilities in dispute resolution and enforcement among large and medium-sized law firms in China. UI&KC has several partners serving as arbitrators for the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission, the Shenzhen Arbitration Commission, the Wuhan Arbitration Commission, the Qingyuan Arbitration Commission, the Foshan Arbitration Commission, and others. The dispute resolution and enforcement team of UI&KC has extensive experience in handling litigation, arbitration, enforcement cases and emergencies. It has successfully represented numerous major, difficult and widely socially influential cases for domestic and foreign clients, covering all legal fields including civil, commercial and administrative, and involving major industries at home and abroad. While dedicated to assisting clients in winning disputes, the lawyers of UI&KC are highly proficient in applying their wisdom to help clients and the opposing parties in dispute reach a settlement, thereby minimizing the clients' dispute resolution costs to the greatest extent. UI&KC lawyers are always committed to providing clear and direct advice to their clients. By integrating their international perspective and local experience, they adopt practical strategies and strive to assist clients in presenting their reasoning in the most effective way to maximize their interests. The outstanding language proficiency, communication skills, professionalism, dedication and efficient teamwork of UI&KC lawyers have won high praise from the majority of their cooperative clients.

The services provided by UI&KC in this field mainly include:

◆ All kinds of civil and commercial litigation, contract and other creditor's rights and debt disputes

◆ Pretrial investigation and evidence collection ‌ and property preservation

◆ Arbitration agent

◆ Enforcement of effective legal documents (including recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards)

◆ Legal risk management of customer business ‌ legal risk management training for customer employees

◆ Summary of Legal Risk Management for litigation and Arbitration cases

As a comprehensive law firm, UI&KC has gathered a group of outstanding real estate professionals. UI&KC not only has experienced real estate professional lawyers who provide various types of legal services to major players in the real estay-related field, including government departments, real estate developers, construction enterprises, lenders, investment banks, real estate trust funds, self-used project owner units, and domestic and foreign investors, but also has the advantage of quickly forming cross-business field cooperation teams. Be able to provide clients with comprehensive legal services in a timely and accurate manner. Through close cooperation with the financial team, the company and the capital market team, the real estate team of UI&KC has participated in a large number of real estate project mergers and acquisitions, the establishment and investment of real estate investment funds, and the securitization of real estate assets. Through close cooperation with the dispute resolution team, UI&KC also has rich experience in resolving real estate disputes. With a thorough understanding of all aspects of the real estate industry and the precise grasp of litigation and arbitration procedures by litigation and arbitration lawyers, UI&KC has effectively safeguarded the rights and interests of its clients.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

◆ Primary land development

◆ Bidding, auction and listing of land use rights

◆ Project initiation and establishment of the project company

◆ Mergers and acquisitions of project companies

◆ Project acquisition and transfer

◆ Project financing and trust

◆ Project engineering bidding and tendering

◆ Project engineering design, construction and supervision

◆ Project engineering settlement

◆ Property sales, transfer, lease and property management

◆ Commercial real estate operation

◆ Real estate investment trust

◆ Legal risk management throughout the entire process of real estate project development

Banking and financial services have been one of the traditional core and advantageous businesses of UI&KC Law Firm since its establishment. UI&KC provides specialized or comprehensive legal services to numerous domestic and foreign banks and non-bank financial institutions, and has rich experience and a broad client base in the financial field. UI&KC has a profound understanding and grasp of the domestic and international applicable laws, regulations, transaction rules and practices in the financial field. With rich local experience and a perspective well-versed in international rules, it has helped commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, trust companies, finance companies, funds, other financial institutions and government departments and other clients complete a large number of complex financial transactions It has also formed a series of standardized texts in areas such as bank regulations, insurance products, trust products, and various types of loans, and is at the forefront and leading position in legal services in the field of financial business. Our clients include Chinese-funded banks, joint venture banks, foreign banks' subsidiaries or branches in China, insurance companies, trust companies, finance companies, auto finance companies, financial leasing companies, etc.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

◆ long-term legal counsel services for financial institutions

◆ The legal and compliance review, risk identification and prevention system construction of various businesses of financial institutions

◆ Drafting, revision and review of business standard format texts for financial institutions

◆ Commercial loans, policy-based loans, syndicated loans, project financing, real estate financing and other trade financing

◆ Bond issuance, including the issuance of short-term financing bonds, corporate bonds, financial bonds and other bonds ‌

◆ Legal affairs such as the establishment of banks and non-bank financial institutions, foreign banks' equity participation and domestic investment

◆ the establishment and opening of commercial banks and the listing and issuance of stocks

◆ Structured financing businesses such as asset securitization

◆ Non-performing asset disposal, debt restructuring and asset restructuring, investment and merger and acquisition business of financial institutions

◆ Business related to the restructuring, bankruptcy and liquidation of financial institutions

◆ The shareholding system reform of urban credit cooperatives, rural credit cooperatives and small rural financial institutions

◆ Legal support for the establishment of new insurance products by insurance companies and legal analysis of the localization of foreign products in China

◆ Private equity financing of insurance enterprises, investment and mergers and acquisitions, and issuance of subordinated bonds by insurance companies

◆ Legal affairs such as financial innovation business and handling of related legal disputes

UI&KC Firm holds the qualifications for patent agency business and trademark agency business. UI&KC's intellectual property professional lawyers possess profound knowledge of intellectual property law and multi-industry working backgrounds. Many of them hold multiple professional certifications such as lawyer, patent agent, and trademark agent. The perfect combination of rich legal practice experience and professional technical knowledge enables them to provide clients with the best intellectual property protection solutions and enhance their core competitiveness. UI&KC has provided extensive and in-depth intellectual property legal services to numerous domestic and international clients. Its specific intellectual property business covers a wide range of traditional and high-tech fields such as patents, trademarks, Copyrights, anti-unfair competition, domain names, e-commerce, network transmission, franchising, film and audio-visual, media, and culture.

The main services of UI&KC in this field include:

(1) Patents and trademarks

◆ Domestic patent applications, patent reexamination and invalidation requests, patent litigation, patent licensing, pledge and transfer, etc

◆ Enterprise trademark strategic planning, diagnosis and trademark management plans, etc

◆ Trademark application, trademark search, recognition of well-known trademarks, handling of trademark infringement, trademark litigation

◆ Consultation on legal affairs related to patents and trademarks

(2) Copyright, integrated circuit layout design

◆ Litigation related to copyright ownership and copyright transfer disputes, agency with copyright or neighboring rights and copyright trade

◆ Investment and production of news books, newspapers and periodicals, performances, audio and video recordings, film and television works, and stage plays

◆ Legal affairs related to the creation, use and online dissemination of databases and computer software

◆ Registration applications, protection and infringement lawsuits for integrated circuit layout designs, etc

(3) Information networks, domain names, e-commerce

◆ Agency for domain name registration and related registration, litigation related to network dissemination rights, and litigation related to network database rights

◆ Agency in domain name squatting and litigation related to domain names and enterprise names

◆ Agency for scheme planning and dispute resolution related to e-commerce

◆ Other legal services related to network copyright, rights management information, domain names, e-commerce, etc

(4) Franchise operation

◆ Provide legal services for matters such as policy and legal consultation required for franchising and the establishment of the framework of the franchising system

◆ Provide a subject qualification investigation for the selection of franchisees or franchisees by all parties involved in the franchise

◆ Draft and revise a series of legal documents such as the franchise contract

◆ Filing with the competent commercial department of the agency franchise enterprise

◆ Handle various disputes during the performance of the agency franchise contract

◆ Disputes over trademark infringement or unfair competition caused by third parties, etc

(V) Anti-unfair competition and trade secrets

◆ Acting as an agent for unfair competition involving counterfeiting others' registered trademarks, counterfeiting the distinctive names, packaging and decoration of well-known goods

◆ Represent in litigation related to unfair competition associated with false advertising

◆ Represent in litigation related to unfair competition involving restricted competition and excessive charges

◆ Agency for trade secret protection planning and related litigation of trade secret infringement, etc

Our criminal defense team adheres to the concept of "professionalism, precision and efficiency", focusing on providing clients with full-process criminal risk prevention and rights protection services, covering all stages from investigation, review and prosecution, trial to enforcement, and is committed to achieving the unity of legal and social effects.

The main services provided by our firm in this field include:

(1) Investigation stage

◆ Provide legal consultation for suspects and inform them of their rights and obligations;

◆ Application for bail pending trial and review of the necessity of detention;

◆ Agency for complaints and accusations (such as torture to extract confessions, illegal evidence collection);

◆ Meet with detained suspects, understand the case and convey legal information.

(2) Review and Prosecution stage

◆ Consult case file materials and analyze the chain of evidence;

◆ Communicate with the procuratorate, propose suggestions for non-prosecution, probation or negotiate sentencing (such as leniency for pleading guilty and accepting punishment);

◆ Submit defense opinions or supplementary investigation suggestions.

(3) Trial stage

◆ First instance/Second instance defense: Defense of innocence, lesser guilt, mitigation or exemption from punishment;

◆ Presenting and cross-examining evidence, applying for the exclusion of illegal evidence;

◆ Participate in the court debate and submit the defense statement.

(4) Execution Stage

◆ Agency for applications of commutation of sentence, parole and temporary execution outside prison;

◆ Assist in handling appeal or retrial procedures.

(V) Other services

◆ Agency in criminal private prosecution cases (such as cases of insult and defamation);

◆ Agency for civil litigation attached to criminal cases;

◆ Corporate criminal compliance and risk prevention and control (such as anti-commercial bribery, data security).