Educational Background
Bachelor of Law from Soochow University, Master of Business Administration from Southeast University
Professional field
Capital market: including pre IPO restructuring, employee stock ownership, private equity financing, domestic IPOs, New Third Board listings and capital operations, mergers and acquisitions of listed companies, daily governance and standardized operations, etc
Corporate and M&A: including corporate financing and M&A advisory, investment due diligence and transaction document drafting, shareholder protection, equity incentives, and other non litigation and litigation legal affairs in the corporate field
Bankruptcy restructuring: including accepting the commission of creditors or investors to participate in the restructuring process, accepting the commission of distressed enterprises to investigate and provide solutions for their debt restructuring affairs, non-performing assets and restructuring investments
Professional qualification
Legal professional qualification, securities industry qualification, passing the investment banking business ability examination (quasi sponsor representative qualification)
Work Experience
From June 2013 to July 2015, Senior Manager of Corporate Finance Department at CITIC Securities Co., Ltd
From August 2015 to November 2018, Deputy Director of the Investment Banking Committee of Zhongtai Securities Co., Ltd
From December 2019 to June 2025, partner and lawyer at Beijing Zhonglun (Nanjing) Law Firm
From July 2025 to present, Partner and Lawyer at Guantao Law Firm Nanjing Office
Key Achievements
Capital market
Lawyer Xiao Zhiqiang has previously worked in the investment banking department of a well-known securities firm, possessing securities industry qualifications and quasi sponsor representative qualifications. He has participated in domestic listing projects including Delijia (stock code: 603092) main board listing project; Hujiang Materials (stock code: 870204) listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange; Liandi Information (stock code: 839790) is listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange; New Han New Materials (stock code: 301076) GEM listing project; Nanjing Qingquan (stock code: 873666) New Third Board Listing Project; Wuxi Dingbang (stock code: 872931) New Third Board Listing Project; Jinkang Precision Industry (stock code: 831978) is listed on the New Third Board.
After joining the law firm, Lawyer Xiao Zhiqiang has provided legal advisory services to multiple listed companies and their controlling shareholders, including Ankang Zhidian (300617), Surveying and Mapping Co., Ltd. (300826), Red Sun (000525), Hujiang Materials (870204), Tianshun Wind Energy (002531), Jiangsu Suning (600287), Aikang Technology (002610), Jingyi Co., Ltd. (002295), Estun (002747), Nanjing Xinbai (600682), Chengxing Co., Ltd. (600078), as well as Nanyi Agriculture Group, Sanpower Group, Nantong Sanjian, Chengxing Group, etc.
Company and M&A field
Since practicing law, Lawyer Xiao Zhiqiang has served as a member of the legal advisory team for Nanjing Fengsheng Group, Jiangsu Provincial Equity Trading Center, Suning Group, Nanjing Bank Co., Ltd., Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing Lishui Water Group Co., Ltd., Xiezhong International Thermal Management System (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Anliang Group Co., Ltd., and Anliang Holdings Co., Ltd., assisting in the establishment and improvement of various legal systems (including but not limited to improving company articles of association, economic contract management system, labor contract management system, confidentiality system, non compete system, etc.), and representing multiple contracts, labor dispute arbitration, and litigation cases.
Lawyer Xiao Zhiqiang's main achievements in the field of investment, financing, and mergers and acquisitions include providing full process legal advisory services for Jiangsu Agricultural Reclamation Group Co., Ltd. to acquire the equity of Dafeng Rural Commercial Bank held by Hongdou Finance Company; Provide legal advisory services for the exercise of the right of first refusal in the equity merger and acquisition transaction of Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd; Provide legal services for the acquisition of equity in Jiangsu Youlian Co., Ltd. by China Logistics Co., Ltd; Provided legal services for the acquisition of equity in Shenyang Foreign Enterprise Service Co., Ltd. by Suzhou Ingenmar Service Outsourcing Co., Ltd; Provide full process legal advisory services for the joint venture establishment of Estun Intelligent Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd; Provide full process legal advisory services for the pre-A round financing of Suzhou Xinhong Life Science Technology Co., Ltd; Provide full process legal advisory services for the Series A financing of Jiangsu Dongzete Medical Food Co., Ltd;
Provide full process legal advisory services for the pre-A round financing of Hefei Rio Tinto Cloud Computing Technology Co., Ltd; Provided full process legal advisory services for the first round of financing for Nanjing Estun Kuzhuo Technology Co., Ltd; Provide full process legal advisory services for Nanjing Omimak Robot Technology Co., Ltd.'s pre-A round of financing.
Bankruptcy reorganization field
Lawyer Xiao Zhiqiang's main achievements in the field of bankruptcy restructuring include: serving as the project leader to promote the successful implementation of debt restructuring by Anhui Anliang Group; Participated as a creditor advisor in the bankruptcy reorganization project of Hefei Construction Engineering Co., Ltd; Responsible for the debt restructuring project of Nantong Third Construction; Participate in the bankruptcy liquidation project of Nanjing Garden; Participated in the merger, bankruptcy and reorganization project of Nanjing Construction Industry Group and its 25 affiliated enterprises; Participate in the debt restructuring project of Sanpower Group; Participated in the bankruptcy reorganization project of Jiangyin Chengxing Group.
