Shengbo Li is a partner based in Shenzhen at Global Law Office, specializing in capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, corporate compliance, private equity & investment funds, and structured finance. His clients include large central (state-owned) enterprises, conglomerates, listed companies, private fund managers and funds, as well as numerous tech-driven and innovative startups. He has experience across sectors such as semiconductors, life sciences and healthcare, medical devices, TMT, food, real estate, property management, manufacturing, and banking.
Capital Markets, M&A and Compliance: Shengbo Li provides full-cycle IPO and related legal services, including corporate structuring, equity financing, equity incentives, corporate governance, supply chain integration, compliance operations, initial public offerings on the A-share or Hong Kong markets, secondary offerings, major asset restructurings, investments and acquisitions, information disclosure, and acquisitions of listed companies.
Private Equity & Investment Funds: On the fund manager side, Shengbo Li has advised over a dozen mid-to-large private fund managers on registration, regulatory compliance, staff co-investment plans, investments and post-investment matters, and structure design. On the fund side, he has been deeply involved in the full lifecycle of private equity funds, including fundraising, investment, management, and exit. On the investment side, he has represented several RMB-denominated funds in conducting due diligence, negotiations, and investments in target companies across different industries.
Structured Finance & Asset Securitization: Shengbo Li has handled numerous structured financing and asset securitization projects, including supply chain finance, accounts receivable, infrastructure and other non-standard asset ABS/ABN, CMBS/CMBN transactions, as well as several public REITs and quasi-REITs transactions.
Service Approach: In his practice, Shengbo Li strives to provide clients with comprehensive, multi-dimensional legal services informed by commercial insight. He emphasizes balancing the demands of all parties and resolving deadlocks in order to achieve pragmatic solutions.
Shengbo Li joined Global Law Office in 2025. Prior to that, he worked at Zhong Lun Law Firm and JunHe LLP, where he focused on securities, M&A, private equity funds, and asset securitization matters.
1. Capital Markets Projects: Acted as signing or lead attorney for numerous capital markets transactions, including the IPOs of Rayitek (瑞华泰, SSE: 688323) on SSE STAR Market, Winner Medical (稳健医疗, SZSE: 300888) on SZSE ChiNext, and Onewo (万物云, HKEX: 2602) on HKEX; the major asset restructuring of Urovo Technology (优博讯, SZSE: 300531); and follow-on equity financings for Suntak Technology (崇达技术, SZSE: 002815) and CE LINK (海能实业, SZSE: 300787). Notably, the Onewo IPO was awarded ALB’s 2023 “Stock Deal of the Year”.
2. M&A–Control Stakes and Block Trades：Represented buyers in acquiring controlling stakes in New East New Materials (东方材料, SHSE: 603110) and Wuxi Xuelang Environmental Technology (雪浪环境, SZSE: 300385). Also represented sellers in negotiated share transfers and block trades involving Welle Environmental Group (威尔利, SZSE: 300190) and Huizhou CEE Technology (中京电子, SZSE: 002579).
3.Corporate Acquisitions/Investments: Represented Onewo (万物云, HKEX: 2602), Cushman & Wakefield Vanke Service (万物梁行, a joint venture of Onewo and Cushman & Wakefield), S’Young Group (水羊股份, SZSE: 300740), Bona Film Group (博纳影业集团, SZSE: 001330), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (腾讯音乐) in a series of acquisition and investment projects.
4.Venture Capital Investments: Represented venture capital funds such as Shenzhen Capital Group (SCGC) (深创投), IDG Capital (IDG资本), Hidden Hill Capital (隐山资本), and Ambrum Capital (琥珀资本) in completing investments in numerous target companies across sectors including semiconductors/chips, TMT, new materials, artificial intelligence, consumer goods, and food.
5.Fund Formation & Compliance: Provided legal services to private fund managers including China Merchants Capital (招商局资本), Shenzhen Investment Holdings Capital (投控资本), Shenzhen Capital Group (SCGC) (深创投), China Resources Capital (华润资本), CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Ltd. (信银投资, the overseas investment arm of China CITIC Bank), and CGN Capital (中广核资本) on matters such as fund establishment, structure design, investment advisory, and compliance and risk control.
6.Public REITs: Advised on the Bosera–China Merchants Shekou Industrial Park Closed-end Infrastructure REIT, the public REIT sponsored by China Merchants Shekou (招商蛇口公募REITs), which was among the first batch of pilot public REIT projects on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Admitted in the PRC
Graduated from South China University of Technology with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), a Bachelor of Economics (B.Econ.), and a Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA)
