Profile
- Alex Gong specializes in providing legal solutions to domestic and international clients in corporate & commercial matters, cross-border direct investment, international trade, and foreign-related criminal cases. He represents clients in litigation, arbitration, enforcement, and foreign-related criminal defense for major disputes. He has project experience providing legal support to clients in the financial industry, healthcare, commercial real estate, and hotel management sectors (including banks, real estate developers, medical device enterprises, and state-owned investment institutions). In 2024, Mr. Gong was selected for the Guangdong Provincial Foreign-Related Lawyer Pioneer Talent Pool.
Representative Cases
- Advised a Mexican company on its procurement of agricultural machinery in China and overseas distribution
Advised a Russian investor on its cross-border e-commerce business
Advised Hong Kong and Macao banks on their cross-border loan projects (cumulative amount exceeding CNY 17 billion)
Advised an internet company on its equity incentive plan
Advised a Macao hotel group on establishing its Mainland China food safety compliance SOP
Advised a German-funded enterprise on transferring its equity in a Chinese company
Advised a Macao hotel group on personal information protection and data compliance (data outbound transfer)
Advised a leading Australian easy-clean coating manufacturer on its production cooperation project in China
Advised a German manufacturing enterprise on establishing a whistleblower protection system
Advised a state-owned enterprise (SOE) on its non-public negotiated transfer of listed company shares (change of control; transaction value exceeding CNY 1.4 billion)
Advised a medical device company on its collaboration and licensing transaction with an Israeli cell imaging and analysis company
Advised an SOE on acquiring a globally renowned camera manufacturer (transaction value exceeding CNY 800 million)
Advised a medical device enterprise on acquiring a peer company and obtaining exclusive distribution rights
Advised a Hong Kong financial institution on its cross-border payment project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Advised a medical device manufacturer on overseas product registration
Advised a listed medical company on disposing of equity in its US biopharmaceutical subsidiary
Advised a medical device enterprise on its outward direct investment (ODI) project in the United States and Macao, China
Advised a Macao hotel group on its cross-border e-commerce project in Mainland China
Advised state-owned investment institutions on equity investments and private equity fund establishment
Advised an SOE on conducting legal due diligence for a target technology startup (integrated circuit chip sector)
Advised a medical device manufacturer on international sales of its SARS-CoV-2 test kits
Advised an SOE on acquiring an A-share listed company (decoration and fitting-out industry)
Advised an SOE on selling its shares in an A-share listed company (electrical appliance industry)
Advised multiple foreign investors on foreign direct investment (FDI) business in China
Advised multiple joint ventures on capital increases or equity restructuring transactions
Advised an SOE on conducting legal due diligence for a target intellectual property trading platform
Advised an SOE on conducting legal due diligence for a target medical enterprise listed on the NEEQ (National Equities Exchange and Quotations)
Advised a Chinese investor on acquiring the entire equity interest held by the foreign party in a joint venture
Advised an SOE on acquiring an industrial plant
Advised a medical device enterprise on implementing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
Advised a medical device enterprise on its product distribution cooperation with a UK company
Advised a Macao company (property owner) on its Hilton hotel management project
Advised a state-owned enterprise (property owner) on its Marriott hotel management project
Advised a Brazilian investor on football sports cooperation projects in China (involving football education, player transfers, and brand licensing)
Advised a US-funded game hardware manufacturer on its domestic cooperative development of a virtual reality (VR) game platform
Dispute Resolution Cases
Represented a Macao hotel group in a reputation rights dispute
Represented a Macao bank in its cross-border financial loan contract dispute (amount in dispute: hundreds of millions CNY)
Represented a technology company in a company profit distribution dispute with its shareholders (won)
Represented shareholders and executives in a dispute concerning liability for damages to company interests against the company (amount in dispute: CNY 30 million; won)
Represented a Taiwan-funded enterprise in a sales contract dispute with a purchaser (won)
Represented a Chinese company in a foreign-related labor dispute arbitration with its US executive (won)
Represented a software development enterprise in a computer software development contract dispute with a purchaser (won)
Represented a real estate company in a construction project contract dispute with a construction contractor
Represented a foreign-funded company in a corporate control dispute lawsuit against its legal representative
Represented an A-share listed company in a guarantee contract dispute lawsuit against a bank (amount in dispute: CNY 50 million; won at Guangdong High People's Court and the Supreme People's Court)
Represented an A-share listed company in a contract dispute lawsuit against the original shareholders of the acquired target company (involving an earn-out agreement)
Awards
- Selected for Guangdong Provincial Foreign-Related Lawyer Pioneer Talent Pool (2024)
Champion and Best Oralist Award, Guangdong Provincial Foreign-Related Lawyer Talent Moot Arbitration Competition (2024)
Selected for Zhuhai City Party and Government Organs' Panel of External Legal Advisors (First Batch, 2024)
Social Activities
- Invited lecturer for the 2024 Foreign-Related Lawyer Talent Training Program hosted by Shanxi Provincial Department of Justice and organized by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Invited to lecture on legal practice at Jinan University and serve as a judge for international commercial moot arbitration competitions; participated in recording an International Commercial Arbitration Law course launched on the Chinese University MOOC platform
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Jinan University
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