Li Hao

Practice Areas

Construction & Project Development, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration

Professional Memberships

Member, Professional Committee on Environment, Resources and Energy Law of All China Lawyers Association

Tendering & Bidding Expert, China Tendering & Bidding Association

Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB)

Arbitrator, Hangzhou Arbitration Commission

Personal

Mr. Hao has been practicing law in the energy and power industry for more than 20 years. He has accumulated profound knowledge and rich practical experience in the development and construction, investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions of energy projects. His practice primarily focuses on the new energy area, such as wind power, photovoltaic, and energy storage projects. His expertise and dedication have won the trust and praises of many central enterprises and large enterprise groups, including SPIC, CEEC, CR Power, and so on. In recent years, under Mr. Hao's leadership, his team has advised on hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects and represented clients in a large number of complicated and significant cases related to EPC general contracting, construction, project financing, equity trading, etc., establishing a strong track record in this field.

Mr. Hao has published dozens of papers in journals such as "Tendering & Purchasing Management". He has edited multiple books on legal practice, including "Legal Practice of Development, Construction, Investment and M&A in New Energy Projects", which have received wide acclaim in the industry. He has been listed as the Leading Energy & Natural Resources Lawyer by Chambers & Partners since 2013.

Work Highlights

Recent Highlights

• Providing retainer-based services to large enterprise groups, such as China Energy Engineering Group Planning & Engineering Co., Ltd., Shanghai Electric Power Co., Ltd., TBEA Co., Ltd. (600089.SH), and Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group Co., Ltd.

• Advised China National Nuclear Corporation on the development and construction of several nuclear projects, such as Qinshan nuclear power project, Sanmen nuclear power project, and Fuqing nuclear power project

• Advised Shenhua Guohua Ninghai Power Station on the development and construction of more than 30 coal-fired and natural gas-fired power projects

• Advised on infrastructure development and construction projects, such as Yongtaiwen Natural Gas Pipeline Project, and North-Xiaoyangshan Land Reclamation Project

• Advised on general contracting projects, such as Zhanjiang Xuwen Offshore Wind Power Project, Ezhou Power Station Third Thermal Power Project, and Internet Date Center Project of Zhejiang Daily Digital Culture Group Co., Ltd.

• Advised China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd. on multiple wind power and photovoltaic acquisition projects

• Advised State Power Investment Ronghe Investment Co., Ltd. on hundreds of development and acquisition projects in the new energy area

• Advised China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd. on its financing of multiple offshore wind power projects

• Advised a Zhejiang new energy fund on its acquisition of multiple photovoltaic power stations of Jinko Power Co., Ltd.

• Advised a Ningxia infrastructure company on its sale of 1.5GW wind power projects

• Advised Beijing Jingneng International Holding Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of dozens of hydropower, wind power, and photovoltaic power projects

• Advised a Guangdong new energy fund on its acquisition of multiple wind power projects in Henan and Anhui

• Advised Huaneng Tiancheng Financial Leasing Corporation Limited on the legal due diligence and finance lease of multiple photovoltaic projects in Jiangxi and Ningxia

• Advised Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co., Ltd. on its investment in the nuclear projects of CGN Cangnan Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.

• Advised PowerChina HuaDong Engineering Corporation Limited on identifying legal risks in new energy business

• Advised China Energy Engineering Group Planning & Engineering Co., Ltd. on the construction of a compliance management system

Litigation and Arbitration

• Represented a Zhejiang-based real estate company in a land grant contract completion delay dispute (involving CNY 2 billion)

• Represented in a litigation concerning a financing lease contract dispute over a wind power project in Jiangsu province (involving CNY 600 million)

• Represented in a litigation over a general contract dispute concerning a thermal power project in Tajikistan (involving CNY 300 million)

• Represented in a litigation over a project settlement dispute concerning a thermal power station in Henan province (involving CNY 180 million)

• Represented a Zhejiang-based natural gas company in an arbitration over a purchase and sale contract dispute (involving CNY 150 million)

• Represented a hydropower station in Gansu in a litigation over a construction management contract dispute (involving CNY 150 million)

• Provided representation in a litigation over an EPC general contract dispute concerning a distributed photovoltaic power generation project in Shanghai (involving CNY 130 million)

• Provided representation in the second instance of an EPC general contract dispute concerning a PX project in Fujian, which was appealed to the Supreme People's Court (involving CNY 100 million)

• Provided representation in a litigation over an EPC general contract dispute concerning a power center of a paper manufacturer in Guangxi (involving CNY 100 million)

• Represented a photovoltaic company in Jiangsu in a litigation over a photovoltaic module procurement contract dispute over a project in Inner Mongolia

• Provided representation in an arbitration over a letter of guarantee dispute concerning a photovoltaic project in Jordan

• Provided representation in an arbitration over a real estate construction contract dispute in Hangzhou

• Represented a photovoltaic company in Jiangsu in an EPC general contract dispute over photovoltaic projects in Qinghai

• Provided representation in a litigation over a construction contract dispute concerning a thermal power station in Henan

• Represented a listed environmental company in Beijing in a dispute over a sale and purchase contract of equipment

• Represented a listed company in Hangzhou in a dispute over the quality of photovoltaic film

• Represented a thermal power company in Taizhou, Zhejiang in a dispute over a contract for the supply of heat

• Represented a central state-owned energy company in a series of land infringement disputes over a wind farm in Guizhou

• Provided representation in an arbitration over a PPP contract dispute over a waste-to-energy project in Zhejiang

• Represented a nuclear power station in Fujian in an administrative litigation over a dispute over marine environmental licensing

• Provided representation in a series of administrative litigations over a 220kV transmission and substation project in Hangzhou, Zhejiang

• Provided representation in an administrative litigation on the revocation of mining rights of a stone mine in Yunhe County, Zhejiang

• Provided representation in a litigation concerning a dispute over the revocation of approval for a project between an individual and National Development and Reform Commission as well as a central state-owned enterprise

Languages Spoken

Chinese

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

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Experience

Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2017 to present

Partner and associate, Sunshine Law Firm, 2001-2007