Mr. Xu Rongyuan (Ronald Xu) is the Deputy Head of International Investment Division of Guantao Law Firm and has more than 15 years of legal experience working at Beijing Zhong Lun Law Firm, a top private equity fund, state-owned enterprises and listed companies as General Counsel, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, focusing on M&A, private equity, cross-border investment and financing.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Corporate / M&A, Cross-border Investment and Financing
• Takeover bid, rights issue and private placement of Energy Metals Ltd. (ASX: EME)
• Tender offer for Kalahari Minerals Plc. (LSE:KAH) and Extract Resources Ltd. (ASX: EXT)
• Private placement by Swakop Uranium (Pty) Ltd. in Namibia
• Coal-fired power plant project Banten 1 Suralaya Unit 8 (1×600MW) in Indonesia
• Equity investment in Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited in the U.K.
• Equity investment in Apexigen, Inc. in the U.S.A.
• A project of Sheraton Hotel in Si Chuan Province in China
• France China Cooperation Fund
• Triton China Expansion Fund
• UK-China Cooperation Fund
• A loan provided by China Development Bank to Kuwait Oil Company for the Northern Jurassic Oil and Gas Production Line
Private Equity Fund
• Wide range of private equity investments in AI, medicine, medical instrument, TMT and entertainment sectors, with some of the invested companies are famous unicorns, including WeRide.ai (series A financing, an AI company), VoxelCloud (series C financing, an AI & medical company), Unisound (series C+ financing, an AI company), Trio.ai (series B financing, an AI company), Huajie IMI (series B financing, an AR & AI company), KaolaFM (series A+ financing, a TMT company), Pingjia (series A2 financing, a TMT company), Winicssec (series C financing, a TMT company), Xintong (Pre-IPO financing, a pharmaceutical company), Chain Medical Lab (series A financing, a medical company), 3D Medicines (Pre-IPO financing, a pharmaceutical company) and PharmaMax (Pre-IPO financing, a pharmaceutical company).
Capital Market
• CGN Mining Company Limited (HKEx:1164)
• Longitech Smart Energy Limited (HKEx:1281)
• Shanxi Coking Coal Company Limited (000983.SZ)
International Trade
• Locomotive procurement and technology licensing transaction between China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., CRRC Corporation Limited and SEIMENS, ALSTOM,GE, and BOMBARDIR
• Export of turnkey equipment of Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited in relation to a coal-fired power plant (1×600MW)
EDUCATION
Peking University LL.M.
BAR ADMISSIONS
Practicing Certificate, People’s Republic of China
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
• Recommended Lawyer, Private Equity, The Legal 500
• Recommended Lawyer, Capital Market, The Legal 500
• ALB China Top 15 Overseas Investment Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
• Deals of the Year 2023, Law.Asia
• LegalOne Merits (Exemplary)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Guest Professor, Law School of Renmin University of China
• Guest Professor, Business School of University of International Business and Economics
• Securities Qualification Certificate, SAC
• Fund Qualification Certificate, AMAC
• Qualification of Director Secretaries of Listed Companies, Shenzhen Stock Exchange
• Independent Director Qualification of Listed Companies, Shenzhen Stock Exchange
