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金明轩律师/高级顾问

工作经验以及简介

金明轩 Darren JIN 

律师/高级顾问  Attorney / Senior Counselor


业务领域  Practices


股权与投资并购、综合公司业务及相关争议解决。

Equity Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, General Corporate, Dispute Resolution.


专业背景介绍  Overview


金明轩律师专注于股权与投资并购、综合公司业务及相关争议解决,在前述业务领域有精深的研究和丰富的经验。

Mingxuan specializes in equity investment, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters, and related dispute resolution. He has in-depth research and extensive experience in the aforementioned areas of practice.

金明轩律师先后毕业于上海交通大学和北京大学,为北京市优秀毕业生、北京大学优秀毕业生、北大法学院美富奖学金获得者,曾担任国内顶级红圈所律师、大型产业互联网投资集团法务总监、大型制造型科技集团法务总监、芯片设计公司法务总监。

Mingxuan is a distinguished legal professional with an LL.M. degree from Peking University Law School, where he was honored with the prestigious Morrison & Foerster LLP Scholarship and graduated as an honors graduate. Before attending law school, Mingxuan received his bachelor’s degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Prior to joining Yunting, Mingxuan has honed his skills at a prestigious “Red Circle” firm in China and has served as the General Counsel for a large-scale industrial Internet investment group, a prominent manufacturing technology group, and an IC design company, from which he gained extensive experience in practice.

金明轩律师团队成员均具有扎实的法律功底、高度的敬业精神、良好的服务意识和优秀的英语能力,能够深入理解客户需求,从战略和战术层面提供专业、周全、有效的法律解决方案。团队专业、积极、周到、细致的服务风格受到了客户广泛的认可、尊重和赞赏。金明轩律师团队可以提供中英文法律服务。

Mingxuan leads a team of highly skilled professionals equipped with solid legal quality and excellent English language skills, with high dedication and good service consciousness, and are therefore able to provide high-quality, efficient and professional legal services for vast clients both domestically and internationally. Known for their professional, positive, considerate and meticulous service style, the team’s approach has earned accolades from clients across the board.


主要服务内容  Main Service Content


金明轩律师团队擅长提供以下领域的法律服务:

Mingxuan’s team specializes in providing legal services in the following areas:

1. 股权与投资并购相关法律服务  Equity Investment and M&A Matters

1)设计公司境内外股权架构、分配方案、治理架构,制作公司章程、股东协议、合伙协议、合伙人持股方案、员工激励计划;

2)设计境内外投资并购交易架构、交易方案、重组方案,协助推进项目谈判、重组、交割工作;对目标项目开展尽职调查,出具尽职调查报告和法律意见书;在交易谈判中为客户提供有力的法律支持,在交易遇到僵局时为客户提供切实有效的化解建议;起草交易中涉及的各类关键协议和配套法律文件;

3)搭建和拆解红筹架构、VIE架构,协助办理ODI、37号文备案登记;

4)分析交易中的相关涉税法规政策、风险,提供处理建议和解决方案,协助设立税收优惠主体并完成税收优惠备案;

5)设计基金架构,起草基金合同,开展与管理人登记、变更相关的尽职调查并出具法律意见书;

6)制作投资法律文件模板,为投资机构、投资人、创业者提供投融资条款培训。

(1) Designing both domestic and overseas shareholding structures, distribution plans, and governance structures; drafting articles of association, shareholders agreements, partnership agreements and employee incentive plan;

(2) Designing transaction structures and restructuring plans for domestic and overseas equity investment and M&A deals; assisting in project negotiation, restructuring and delivery; issuing due diligence reports and legal opinions; providing clients with effective legal advice on breaking deadlocks; drafting all kinds of key agreements and supporting legal documents involved in the transactions;

(3) Structuring and dismantling red-chip and VIE structures; assisting in the ODI filing and the No. 37 registration;

(4) Analyzing tax-related regulations, policies and risks involved in the transactions and providing corresponding solutions; assisting in establishing entities  of tax incentives and completing relevant filings;

(5) Designing fund structures; drafting fund contracts; conducting due diligence and issuing legal opinions in relation to the registration and change of administrators;

(6) Producing templates for investment legal document; providing training on investment and financing terms for institutional investors, personal investors, and entrepreneurs.

2. 综合公司业务相关法律服务  General Corporate Matters

1)处理各类业务合同,搭建标准化的合同和法律文件模板库;

2)处理公司运营涉及的各类境内外前沿法律问题,提供法律解决方案和建议;

3)设计搭建符合企业战略和业务模式需求的法律架构;

4)协助处理公共关系危机事件,起草和发送律师函;

5)帮助公司开展专利权、商标权、著作权、商业秘密等知识产权的保护工作;

6)为公司高管、员工提供法律培训。

(1) Dealing with all kinds of business contracts; building a standardized library of contracts and legal documents;

(2) Dealing with all kinds of domestic and overseas cutting-edge legal issues involved in corporate operation, providing corresponding legal advice and solutions;

(3) Designing and establishing a legal structure that is aligned with the needs of corporation strategy and business model;

(4) Providing support during public relations crises and preparing lawyer’s letters;

(5) Providing legal solutions for companies to implement protection of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets;

(6) Conducting legal training sessions for company executives and employees.

3. 相关争议解决  Dispute Resolution

1)通过非诉讼和诉讼手段,解决股权与投资并购领域内涉及股权投资、股权转让、合作合伙、控制权争夺、股东搭便车、股东除名与反除名、股权代持、股东知情权、股东代表诉讼等方面的纠纷;

2)通过非诉讼和诉讼手段,解决综合公司业务领域内涉及合同纠纷、公司决议效力、损害公司利益、证照返还、盈余分配、劳动人事、公司清算等方面的纠纷。

(1) Resolving equity and M&A disputes through both non-litigation and litigation methods, including equality investment, equity transfer, cooperation and partnership, control conflict, shareholder free riding problem, shareholder removal, shareholding entrustment, exercise of shareholder rights, and shareholder representative lawsuits;

(2) Resolving various disputes involved in corporate operation through both non-litigation and litigation approaches, including contractual disputes, validity of corporate resolutions, damage to corporate interests, return of certificates, distribution of surpluses, labor and personnel matters and corporate liquidation disputes.


主要业绩和案例  Accomplishments and Case Highlights


金明轩律师在相关专业领域的主要业绩和案例如下:

Significant accomplishments and notable cases of Mingxuan in respective legal practices are as follows:

(一)股权与投资并购业务领域  Equity Investment and M&A

1. 股权架构及方案设计相关业绩  Shareholding Structure Design

金明轩律师曾为多家集团公司和创新企业设计海内外的股权架构、治理架构,协助搭建和拆解VIE架构,设计并起草股东协议、合伙协议、公司章程、合伙人持股方案、员工激励计划等关键法律文件,在有效维护关键决策人物控制权的基础上有效激励合伙人和关键员工,为企业的长远发展奠定良好的基础,注入充沛的活力。

Mingxuan has counseled numerous domestic and international companies and innovative enterprises on designing shareholding and governance structures, constructing and dismantling VIE structures, and drafting essential legal documents including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, articles of association, partner shareholding plans, and employee incentive plans. By effectively maintaining control over vital decision-makers, he has effectively motivated partners and cadre employees, laying a solid foundation for long-term development and injecting full vitality into the enterprise.

2. 投资并购相关业绩  Mergers and Acquisitions

在投资并购方面,金明轩律师曾代表收购方、投资方、创业公司处理过200余个各阶段的境内外(美国、开曼、BVI、香港)投资并购项目的法律工作,所涉项目的金额从数十亿至数百万人民币或等值美元不等,涵盖房地产、物业服务、城市建设投资、数字孪生、人工智能、芯片、云计算与大数据、企业服务、区块链、金融科技、XR、电子商务、旅游、教育、汽车、餐饮、数字娱乐等20余个行业。

Mingxuan has successfully advised acquirers, investors and startups on more than 200 domestic and international M&A projects across various jurisdictions such as the United States, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong. These projects have covered more than 20 industries, including real estate, digital twins, artificial intelligence, microchips, cloud computing, big data, enterprise services, blockchain, fintech, virtual/augmented reality, e-commerce, tourism, education, automotive, food and beverage, digital entertainment and so on. The deal sized have varied from billions to millions of RMB or equivalent in US dollars.

在交易对价近10亿的某上市公司涉房地产重大资产出售项目中,金明轩律师团队基于丰富的项目经验和扎实的专业能力,带领收购方顺利完成了对上市公司旗下有长达16年经营历史的核心经营主体的法律尽职调查,并全程深入参与交易结构的设计与论证、交易文件的起草、谈判、签约及交易终止善后等各阶段的工作,为解决交易中出现的各类复杂问题提供了专业、高效的解决方案。项目业绩简讯见《云亭业绩|云亭在上市公司重大资产出售项目中为收购方提供全方位法律服务》。

In a standout achievement, Mingxuan led a high-profile real estate sale project for a listed company involving a transaction value of nearly 1 billion. Leveraging rich project experience and solid professional skills, Mingxuan’s team has assisted the acquirer in successfully completing the legal due diligence on the core operating entity with a 16-year operating history, and has actively participated in all stages of the transaction, providing professional and efficient solutions to address various complex issues that surfaced during the transaction. For more details, please refer to the article “Yunting Performance | Yunting Provides Comprehensive Legal Services for the Acquirer in a Major Asset Sales Project of a Listed Company”.

此外,金明轩律师还曾为众多投资机构、投资人、创业者提供过高质量的投资条款培训和指导,受到高度认可和赞誉。

In addition, Mingxuan has received widespread praise for delivering top-notch training and guidance on investment terms to numerous institutional investors, individual investors, and entrepreneurs.

3. 资本运作相关业绩  Capital Operation

金明轩律师曾参与数家市值百亿级别的A股上市公司的收购及其后续资产重组,参与总规模达40余亿的数支产业投资并购基金的募集、设立和后续投资法律工作,多次处理基金管理人登记、基金备案、基金合同起草审核等相关工作,还曾负责设立多个免税创投主体并完成相关创投备案和税收优惠备案。

Mingxuan has played a pivotal role in the acquisition of multiple A-share listed companies with market value totaling tens of billions of dollars and subsequent asset restructuring. He has advised on fundraising efforts, establishment and subsequent investment activities of several industrial investment and M&A funds with a total scale of over 4 billion RMB, involving the registration of fund managers, funds filing and fund contract drafting and review. Additionally, he has spearheaded the establishment of several tax-exempted venture capital entities and successfully completed relevant venture capital filings and tax preferential filings.

(二)综合公司业务领域  General Corporate

金明轩律师曾担任数家大型集团公司法务总监以及科技公司、新三板公司、创新企业的法律顾问,为客户解决开展业务的过程中遇到的各类法律问题。

Mingxuan has extensive experience serving for large group companies as General Counsel, as well as for technology companies, New Third Board companies, and innovative enterprises as Legal Counsel. Mingxuan excels in providing the clients with legal services covering the full spectrum of corporate law.

在架构搭建方面,除了为众多客户设计境内业务的法律架构以外,金明轩律师还曾帮助多个客户设计和搭建具有资本运作前瞻性的海外公司架构以及整体业务合规运营方案,在战略层面为项目的业务开展和风险隔离奠定了良好的法律基础。

In terms of corporate structure construction, Mingxuan has not only designed legal structures for numerous clients’ domestic operations, but also assisted multiple clients in designing forward-looking overseas corporate structures and overall compliance operation plans, which are all beneficial for capital operation.

在产品和服务设计方面,金明轩律师曾帮助多个互联网创新项目论证业务模式,设计风险可控的业务模式和架构,提前避免和有效控制法律风险。

In terms of product and service design, Mingxuan has played a vital role in various Internet innovation projects, illustrating, designing and improving business models for clients to proactively mitigate and manage legal risks.

在合同处理方面,金明轩律师累计为客户处理各类业务合同和法律文件数千份,并为客户制作过多套合同和法律文件模板,包括但不限于:全套中英文投资协议、尽职调查文件、销售合同、服务协议、许可协议、劳动类协议、保密协议等。

In terms of contract processing, Mingxuan’s team has successfully processed thousands of contracts and legal documents for clients, and has also prepared numerous contracts templates and legal document templates in both Chinese and English, covering a wide range of agreements including investment agreements, due diligence documents, sales contracts, service agreements, labor and employment contracts, and confidentiality agreements.

在法律研究方面,金明轩律师为客户研究过大量境内外前沿法律问题,曾带领团队分析17个国家和地区的监管政策,并进一步帮助客户设计涵盖股权架构、融资方案、业务运营、对外合作、人员安置等多方面的法律架构。

In terms of legal research, Mingxuan has conducted in-depth studies on a large number of cutting-edge domestic and international legal issues. Notably, Mingxuan has led his team to analyze the regulatory policies in 17 countries and regions, devising further legal structures for clients. These structures encompass key areas including shareholding structure, financing scheme, business operations, external cooperation, and personnel placement.

在涉税法律问题处理方面,金明轩律师曾为众多客户分析解答企业经营和交易过程中所涉及的境内外税务问题,提前揭示并防范涉税法律风险,并为客户提供合规有效的税务解决方案。

In terms of tax-related legal issue, Mingxuan has analyzed and addressed domestic and foreign tax issues involved in enterprise operations and transactions for clients, revealing and preventing tax legal risks in advance, and providing compliant and effective solutions to tax exposure.

在知识产权保护方面,金明轩律师团队曾帮助多家客户设计可在中国乃至全球范围内统一使用并可注册商标的中英文品牌名称,协助开展专利、商标、著作权以及商业秘密的保护工作。

In terms of intellectual property protection, Mingxuan’s team has assisted several clients in creating brand names eligible for consistent trademark registration in China and internationally, as well as carrying out safeguard patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.

此外,在与政府机构以及强势对手沟通谈判方面,金明轩律师也有非常丰富的成功经验。

In addition, Mingxuan possesses a wealth of successful experience in negotiations with government agencies and formidable adversaries.

(三)争议解决领域  Dispute Resolution

1. 股权与投资并购争议解决业绩  Equity Investment and M&A Dispute Resolution

金明轩律师曾帮助多个企业、创业者、投资人、财务顾问处理或应对涉及股权的纠纷,包括但不限于涉及对赌与回购、控制权争夺、股东资格确认、股东除名或驱逐、股东知情权、公司决议效力、合伙人退伙、投资权益维护、欠付投资款等方面的纠纷。

Mingxuan has effectively assisted numerous companies, entrepreneurs, investors and financial advisors to resolve equity disputes. These cases include issues addressing matters such as value adjustment mechanism (VAM) disputes, control struggles, shareholder status validation, shareholder expulsion, shareholder information disclosure rights, corporate resolution validity, partner disengagement, safeguarding investment interests, and unpaid investment funds.

在处理前述纠纷的过程中,金明轩律师团队为客户设计了详尽有效的解决方案和执行方案,参与沟通和解谈判,并经常利用精湛的诉讼和非诉法律技术帮助客户快速达成目标。

In the process of handling aforementioned disputes, Mingxuan's team designed detailed and effective solutions and executive plans for clients, participated in communication and settlement negotiations, and frequently used superb litigation and non-litigation legal techniques to help clients achieve goals in a short time.

在帮助某创业公司驱逐搭便车股东的案件中,金明轩律师团队利用丰富的非诉与诉讼经验,仅用10周时间就分化瓦解搭便车股东和与之联手的投资人之间的联盟,将具有丰富法律知识和投资行业经验的搭便车股东驱逐出创业公司,帮助创业公司免于漫长的诉讼,迅速回归正轨并顺利完成后续股权融资。案件业绩简介见《创业者如何赶走强势搭便车的股东?》。

Particularly, in an extremely complex case involving the expulsion of free-riding shareholders, Mingxuan’s team leveraged their exceptional expertise in both litigation and non-litigation experience. Within a mere 10 weeks, they successfully dismantled the opposing coalition and expelled the experienced free-riding shareholder from the startup company, thereby enabling the company to avoid lengthy litigation, swiftly returning to the right track and smoothly completing subsequent equity financing. For additional information, please refer to “How do entrepreneurs drive away powerful free-riding shareholders?”

2. 公司争议解决业绩  Corporate Disputes Resolution

在公司争议解决方面,金明轩律师曾帮助客户企业处理多起与重大资产买卖、业务合作、知识产权、消费者维权、劳动用工以及公司决议效力、董事高管损害公司利益相关的纠纷,并曾协助客户处理公共关系危机事件。

Mingxuan has extensive experience in corporate dispute resolution. He has successfully navigated clients through various disputes arising from major asset transactions, business partnerships, intellectual property protection, consumer rights, labor and employment issues, as well as damages to the company’s interests caused by its directors and executives. Additionally, he has assisted clients in managing public relations crises when needed.

在处理某重大资产买卖纠纷时,恰逢上海疫情封控静态管理,金明轩律师团队在接受委托后的7日内帮助客户同步取得诉讼立案和保全立案,并在立案后24小时内完成对被告账户上数亿元资金的查封,成功阻止了被告原计划于次日前往银行转移资金的行动,最大程度保障了当事人的合法权益。

In a notable case involving a substantial asset transaction, despite coinciding with the static management during Shanghai epidemic lockdown, Mingxuan’s team, within only 7 days of being entrusted with the case, helped the client simultaneously complete the lawsuit filing and the asset preservation filing. Moreover, within a mere 24-hour post-filling, they effectively secured court approval for freezing the defendant’s account, thwarting an attempt to transfer several hundred million yuan the very next morning.


研究成果和著作  Research and Publications


1. 文章:股权与投资并购类  Articles Regarding Equity Investment and M&A

1)《什么是法律尽职调查?| 投融资法典》

2)《如何选择投融资方式?| 投融资法典》

3)《如何区分种子轮、天使轮、ABCD轮融资?| 投融资法典》

4)《一轮投融资有哪些关键环节、需要多长时间?| 投融资法典》

5)《投融资中的玩家 | 投融资法典》

6)《投资意向书的精髓 | 投融资法典》

7)《一文读懂投资协议 | 投融资法典》

8)《创业者如何赶走强势搭便车的股东?》

9)《申报IPO时未披露的对赌协议,在公司上市后是否有效?》

10)《原股东在股权转让后是否还需要对其持股期间的公司债务承担清偿责任?》

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(1) “What is Legal Due Diligence?” | Investment and Finance Code

(2) “How to Choose the Investment and Financing Mode?” | Investment and Finance Code

(3) “How to Differentiate between Seed, Angel and ABCD Rounds of Financing?” | Investment and Finance Code

(4) “Key Aspects and Duration of a Financing Round?” | Investment and Finance Code

(5) “Players in Investment and Finance” | Investment and Finance Code

(6) “The Essence of the Investment Letter of Intent” | Investment and Finance Code

(7) “Understanding Investment Agreements” | Investment and Finance Code

(8) “How Entrepreneurs Drive Out Strong Free-riding Shareholders?”

(9) “Are Undisclosed VAMs at the Time of IPO Filing Valid after Company Goes Public?”

(10) “After the Delivery, is the Equity Transferor Still Liable for Company Debts Incurred during the Period of Shareholding?”

For more articles, please follow the WeChat Official Account “Legal Star”.

2. 文章:公司争议解决类 Articles Regarding Corporate Dispute Resolution

1)《定向减资的股东会决议是否需要全体股东一致同意?》

2)《签订合作备忘录后,未签署正式合同但实际履行了主要义务的,能否认定正式合同已成立?》

3)《员工在年终奖发放之前被辞退的,公司可以依据员工手册拒发年终奖吗?》

4)《公司法定代表人私刻公章、以偏低的价格转让公司重大资产,是否需要承担赔偿责任?》

5)《未经资产评估程序即转让国有股权是否会导致转让协议无效?》

6)《以员工个人信息注册的公司宣传账号,在员工离职后属于谁?》

7)《真人假章 | 法定代表人在签订的合同中加盖伪造公章,该合同是否对公司有效?》

8)《假人真章 | 大股东、法代的前妻携带公章签署的合同是否对公司产生约束力?》

9)《境外公司的董监高在中国损害公司利益的,可以适用中国法律在国内起诉吗?》

10)《判断董监高因违反勤勉义务而需要承担损害赔偿责任的标准是什么?》

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(4) “Is the Legal Representative Liable for Unauthorized Use of the Company Seal and Undervalued Transfer of Major Company Assets?”

(5) “Will the Transfer of State-owned Equity without Asset Evaluation Procedures Render the Transfer Agreement Invalid?”

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1)《香港地区现行税种税率知识培训》,2023年12月。

2)《我国现行税种税率知识培训》,2023年11月。

3)《北京产权交易所交易规则培训》,2023年8月。

4)《国有资产监督及交易规则培训》,2023年7月。

5)《合同起草和修改知识培训》,2021年6月。

6)《如何设计公司股权架构、治理架构和激励方案》系列培训,2021年2月至2021年6月。

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(1) Training on “Current Tax Rates Knowledge Training in Hong Kong”, December 2023.

(2) Training on “Current Tax Rates Knowledge Training in China”, November 2023.

(3) Training on “ Beijing Property Exchange Trading Rules”, August 2023.

(4) Training on “State-owned Assets Supervision and Transaction Rules”, July 2023.

(5) Training on “Contract Drafting and Amendment Knowledge”, June 2021.

(6) Training series on “How to Design Company Equity Structure, Governance Structure and Incentive Programs”, from February 2021 to June 2021.

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