Educational Background
• LanZhou University of Finance and Economics
Professional Experience
• Joined Guantao Law Firm in 2009. Before that, Mr. Du served as treasury manager of Guangdong Kelong Electrical Appliance, legal manager of Hutchison Whampoa China Car, legal manager of Orange Sky Entertainment, director of Avex China Co., Ltd.
Practice Areas
• Culture, media and entertainment
• Corporate restructuring and reorganization
• IPO on NEEQ
• Stock offering and listing
• M&A
• Litigation and arbitration
Representative Experience
Capital Markets
• Legal counsel for the stock incentive and ESOP project of Puyang Refractories Group Co., Ltd.;
• Legal counsel for the non-public stock offering of Puyang Refractories Group Co., Ltd.;
• Permanent legal counsel for Haixia Capital Management Co., Ltd.;
• Legal counsel for TX Investment Consulting;
• Legal counsel for IPO of Huateng New Material;
• Legal counsel for the listing on NEEQ of Quanzhou Southeast Photoelectric and Zhejiang Panda Dairy Group;
• Legal counsel for the listing on NEEQ of Xinhua Fund, Hengtai Futures, Jingyingma Media and Wuhan Changlian Laifu Pharmaceutical;
• Legal counsel for trustee, Bohai Securities and bondholders including Anxin Securities and Orient Securities Asset Management Company;
• Legal counsel for the issuance of subordinated debt of Hengtai Securities;
• Legal counsel for a private equity fund investing in works of art;
• Providing legal training on NEEQ, M&A and delisting, etc. for China Securities Investor Protection Funds Limited Liability Company;
Culture, Media and Entertainment
Mr. Du has extensive experience in culture, media and entertainment, including set up of culture media group, investment, production, distribution of movies and TV series, performance, artist management and music record. He had provided legal services for a variety of entertainment companies on fields of movie production, movie distribution, music production, music distribution, movie post-production, entertainment, product placement and artist management.
• Legal counsel for the setup of Aijiong Music Movie Product (China) Co., Ltd. by Orange Sky Entertainment and Avex Group;
• Legal counsel for acquisition of domestic company through SPV and overseas financing of Orange Sky Entertainment;
• Legal counsel for Sun Entertainment Culture's lawsuit against Joy Movie (Shanghai);
• Legal counsel for Hengtai Securities's investment in Lady of the Dynasty;
• Legal counsel for sponsors of Eason Chan's concert in Wenzhou;
• Legal counsel for infringement dispute of songs of Korean singer, Chae Yeon;
• Legal counsel for infringement of portrait of Korean singer, Chae Yeon;
• Legal counsel for Eason Chan’s concert sponsored by Zhejiang Chuanmeixinxiu Culture Investment;
• Legal counsel for Letv Entertainment Investment;
• Legal counsel on dispute on audio-visual product distribution contract between Zhejiang Letv Zhenwei Movie Culture and Guangdong Longhong Audio-visual Product Company;
• Legal counsel on the set up of joint venture within PRC jurisdiction by Double-digit Post-production Company;
• Legal counsel for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's serving as image spokesperson of Chevrolet;
• Legal counsel on finding sponsors of Kung Fu Panda 2, Transformer 4 and Madagascar produced by Paramount and DreamWorks;
• Legal counsel on the investment, copyright introduction, production and distribution of A Bite of China 2, The Taste and One City, One Taste;
• Legal counsel on dispute on movie marketing and distribution agency contract between Longbiao (Beijing) Culture Development and Joy Movie (Shanghai);
• Legal counsel on copyright dispute of TV series, Diary of Stewardess, directed by Zhang Jizhong;
• Legal counsel for Li Mi on signature dispute of TV series, Brimming with Happiness;
• Legal counsel for Hangzhou L-Key Animation on dispute of co-production contract of series animated movie, Angry Duck;
Mr. Du has also provided legal services for the following movies and TV series.
• Movie: Lady of the Dynasty; Red Cliff; The Warlords; Stick, Tiger and Chicken; I am Liu Yuejin; Metallic Attraction Kungfu Cyborg, Welcome to Sha-ma Town; A Romance in Rome; Priceless;
• TV series: Stage Sisters, You Must be Happy, Story of the Second Brother, Diary of Stewardess, Circle Trap, Brimming with Happiness;
• TV program: A Bite of China 2, The Taste and One City, One Taste;
Mr. Du has provided legal services for domestic companies on the product placement of Kung Fu Panda 2, Transformer 4 and Madagascar.
