Resume：

❃ September 2005 Obtained Accounting Practitioner Qualification

❃ July 2006 Bachelor of Law from Xi'an University of Finance and Economics (now Xi'an University of Finance and Economics)

❃ January 2007 Obtained National Legal Practitioner Qualification, practiced at Haifeng Law Firm

❃ September 2009 Passed the National Unified Judicial Examination

❃ September 2011 Practiced at Haipu Law Firm - Haipu Ruicheng, Partner

❃ December 2019 Practiced at Beijing Deheng (Xixian New Area) Law Firm, Partner

❃ July 2023 Practicing at Shanxi Sigma Law Firm, Partner

Areas of Expertise and Experience：

Bankruptcy and Mergers & Acquisitions

Lawyer Zhang Tao's projects or cases in the field of bankruptcy and mergers & acquisitions that he has primarily handled include:

Served as bankruptcy administrator for Xi'an Xingrong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (assets involved exceeding 600 million RMB), Xi'an Yanyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (assets involved exceeding 150 million RMB), Xi'an Jiede Electronics Co., Ltd. (commended by the competent court), Shaanxi Tianyi Asset Management Co., Ltd. (assets involved approximately 20 million RMB), and Shaanxi Haicheng Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. in their respective bankruptcy liquidation cases;

Led bankruptcy filing matters for high-end Cantonese cuisine "Arin Abalone" affiliated companies Shanxi Arin Catering Co., Ltd., Xi'an Dingzhongbao Catering Management Co., Ltd., and Xi'an Arin Dingmanxiang Catering Management Co., Ltd.; provided legal analysis and opinion reports on common benefit debt rights protection for Shaanxi Zhongmei Construction Co., Ltd. in a Inner Mongolia coal mine project (approximately 300 million RMB); participated in policy-based bankruptcy administration for Baoji Lightbulb Factory; participated in bankruptcy administration for Shaanxi Weibao Yue Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Baoji); participated in financial crisis financing and bankruptcy matters for Huaxia Automotive Group Company, a leading automotive sales company in Shaanxi (assets involved approximately 600 million RMB); provided consultation for bankruptcy liquidation of a Suzhou hotel group; handled dissolution and liquidation matters for a company in Xi'an; provided legal services for China Continent Property & Casualty Insurance for the bankruptcy debt claim declaration of Qinbao Feinu; provided legal services for pre-IPO private placement of a mining company;

Provided full-process legal services including architectural design, business negotiation, legal consultation, and transaction document drafting for the "Han Chang'an City Site" project, a national heritage project covering 5,500 acres; provided full-service legal support for the repurchase and sale of the iconic CBD "Chang'an International" project in Xi'an to the listed company China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.; conducted due diligence legal services for a company's investment and financing business in the "Shuijingxiang Central Business District" in Xining; provided legal services for financing and margin trading for a company in Beijing; provided legal services for wager agreements for a company in Beijing; provided full-process legal services including negotiation, contract review, appendix text drafting, and contract execution supervision for the nearly 700 million RMB merger and acquisition transaction of a prominent Singaporean early childhood education brand "Character"; provided due diligence, transaction structure design, document review, and transaction negotiation legal services for a large state-owned enterprise's entire external acquisition business.

Legal Advisor

Lawyer Zhang Tao, as a legal consultant, has provided legal services to clients (partial) including:

Hong Kong Guest Village Hotel Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Baifu Leather Products Co., Ltd. (wholly foreign-owned), Shaanxi Zhonglian Industrial Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. (Ford 4S Store), Chang'an Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Chang'an Construction Investment Development Co., Ltd., Xi'an Shenghe Hanchang'an City Industry Co., Ltd., Xi'an Real Estate Development (Group) Co., Ltd., (Beijing) Beidou Zhongxing Holdings Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Zhiguan Hotel Co., Ltd., Xi'an Hongchang Shengyuan Landscaping Engineering Co., Ltd., Xi'an Hengsheng Information Technology Co., Ltd., Xi'an Yueda Home Textiles Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Baiyi Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd., etc.

Litigation and Arbitration

Lawyer Zhang Tao, as a litigation representative or litigation consultant, has had successful cases (excerpt):

Administrative litigation case of Hong Kong Guest Village Hotel Co., Ltd. against Xianyang Municipal Government and Xianyang Land Bureau, representing the Hong Kong company and winning partial victory.

Contract dispute case between Mr. Wang and Xunyang Dingxian Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (related to construction projects); as the advisory lawyer, won nearly 30 million RMB in compensation for Mr. Wang.

Labor dispute group rights protection matters of 69 individuals against China Unicom Shaanxi Branch, representing the 69 individuals in negotiations with Unicom Shaanxi, resulting in nearly 5 million RMB in compensation for the 69 individuals.

Represented client China Gold's subsidiary Zhongjin (Xi'an) Commercial Concrete Co., Ltd. in a lawsuit against Sichuan Fifteenth Construction Co., Ltd.'s Xi'an branch, winning nearly 3 million RMB in payment.

Represented client Mr. Tang in asserting corresponding project payments against the contractor during the bankruptcy of the contractor, resulting in the recovery of over 7 million RMB in project payments.

Represented a client, a major state-owned enterprise construction unit, in asserting corresponding project payments against the project owner, achieving a comprehensive victory.