Commercial Litigation Corporate Governance
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Bin (Jackie) Huang
Associate
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818-***-**** • New York, NY 10026
Detail-oriented legal professional with substantial experience representing clients in public offerings and complex commercial litigation, while focusing on securities offerings and transactional matters. Skilled in analyzing complex financial documents, drafting persuasive legal arguments, and negotiating settlements. Proven track record of conducting thorough legal research, due diligence, and achieving favorable outcomes in high-stakes transactions and litigation, including ALB-awarded securities transactions. Well- versed in corporate governance, U.S. securities regulations, class action lawsuits, IPOs, and stock exchange listing requirements. Strong ability to provide legal advice while ensuring compliance with U.S. securities laws. Experienced in collaborating with institutional investors, bankers, underwriters, directors, senior management, and shareholders and maintaining clients’ relationships. Areas of Expertise
Legal Document Drafting & Review
Corporate Governance Compliance
Litigation Discovery Management
Commercial Litigation
IPO & Securities Exchanges Listing Rules & Procedures
Strategic Planning & Execution
Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Legal Research & Writing
Cross-Border Transactions
Corporate Investigations
Resilient Problem Solver
Multiple-Tasks
Professional Experience
Associate, Shapiro & Associates, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Manhattan, NY 2023 – Present Manage complex commercial, business, and corporate legal disputes by drafting, reviewing, and filing motions for court and arbitration proceedings. Oversee discovery processes to ensure efficiency, including coordinating and streamlining depositions, interrogatories, and pre-trial conferences. Provide comprehensive legal assessments and strategies to support case development and achieve favorable outcomes in litigation or arbitration. Key Accomplishments:
● Minimized risks by providing strategic counsel to corporations and navigating cross-border commercial and legal challenges.
● Secured outcomes in disputes valued at millions of dollars within the first year by spearheading management of clients' cases across more than five complex state and federal litigation causes of actions. Legal Assistant – Corporate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Central, HK 2019 – 2022 Developed comprehensive training materials for directors, including announcements, circulars, and formal notices related to related- party and disclosable transactions. Ensured compliance with securities regulations by reviewing and revising registration statements, Forms 6-K, 10-Q, and 10-K. Collaborated on crafting management discussion and analysis (MD&A) sections, corporate governance measures, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. Addressed financial reporting requirements in line with stock exchange rules by reviewing responses to regulatory compliance inquiries and proxy solicitation materials. Provided strategic counsel for registration of prospectuses with SEHK, including preparation of verification notes for disclosure and due diligence questionnaires. Offered expert advice on securities underwriting arrangements and stock exchange listing timetables. Oversaw preparation and bulk printing of issuer prospectuses, ensuring adherence to SEHK’s listing rules throughout filing process. Advised on complex Pro Bono Projects.
Key Accomplishments:
● Contributed to ALB Legal's nomination for Deal of the Year in IPO projects.
● Optimized contracts review process, enhanced know-how management, and developed tutorial training materials, transactional bibles, and compliance guidance lists for the directors, senior management, institutional investors and bankers. Legal Assistant – Corporate, Luk & Partners in Association with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Central, HK 2017 – 2019 Negotiated facility loan agreements, securities documents, and utilization letters for term loan facilities, while ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements. Collaborated with listed issuers on initial public offerings (IPOs) and exempted private placements on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK). Provided strategic legal advice on revising opinions for proposed spin-offs and separate listings on recognized foreign stock exchanges. Developed comprehensive legal and business due diligence questionnaires for site visits to ensure strict adherence to SEHK’s listing rules and sponsors' due diligence requirements. Key Accomplishments:
● Facilitated company listings on SEHK by guiding clients through Rule 144A and Regulation S regulatory requirements (from kick off the IPO projects, to quiet period, pre-effective period and post-effective period of the offering) and compliance processes for public dissemination of the offering materials and the potential risks and liabilities of Section 16 insider trading. Page 2 3
● Enhanced client satisfaction through active participation in drafting sessions, addressing regulatory matters, and refining factual and industry disclosures for improved accuracy and clarity. Additional experience as Staff Associate (Part-Time) at Columbia Law School, Research for John C. Coffee, Jr., Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law in New York, NY., focusing on the research on corporate governance topics and attorney representations for the revision of the 14th edition of the US Securities Regulation textbook. Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.; Stone Scholar; GPA: 3.42) – 2023 Columbia Law School, New York, U.S. Activities: Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Managing Editor; Public Services/Public Interest Lawyering Committee Management, Co-chair of Culture Subcommittee; Columbia Health Law Association, LL.M. Representative Serving as A Board Member; Columbia Law Blockchain Club; Columbia Business and Law Association Legal Externship: Paramount Group, Inc. (Supervisors: Gage Johnson, Timothy Dembo), Assisted real estate private funds on fund formations and regulatory compliance (including drafting, reviewing, and revising limited partnership agreements, subscription agreements, side letters, private placement memoranda, marketing slides for investors and portfolio manuals of real estate private funds from the legal regulatory compliance perspective), Fall 2022 Master of Common Law (MCL; Top 10%; GPA: 3.25) – 2017 Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, China
Exchange in Law – 2016 Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland Bachelor of Laws (LLB; Top 5%; GPA: 3.98) – 2016 Shantou University, Jin Ping Qu, Guangdong Province, China Honors: Best Individual Oralist in General Rounds and Quarter-Final, 12th and 13th China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Cup International Commercial Arbitration Moots, Beijing, China, December 2015 and November 2014; Honorable Mention, 12th Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong, March 2015; National Scholarship, The Ministry of Education, November 2014 Exchange in Law – 2014 McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada Professional Development
Bar: New York State Bar (2024); PRC Bar – Legal Practitioner Certificate (2019); Will take California Bar Exam in Feb. 2025 Deals: Equity Market Deal of the Year x 4 & Debt Market Deal of the Year – 19th & 20th Annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards Languages: Cantonese & Mandarin (Native) English (TOEFL iBT: 109) Bin (Jackie) Huang, Columbia Law School LL.M. (2023) – Representative Transactions Internet, Technology Infrastructure, Biotech, Pharmacy & Education
● Advised Weibo Corporation (SEHK: 9898), JHBP (CY) Holdings Limited (SEHK: 6998), Linklogis Inc. (SEHK: 9959), New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. (SEHK: 9901), Li Auto Inc. (SEHK: 2015), JD Logistics, Inc. (SEHK: 2618), ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (SEHK: 2057), Yidu Tech Inc. (SEHK: 2158), Cathay Media and Education Group Inc. (SEHK: 1981), Dali Foods Group Company Limited (SEHK: 3799) on the listed issuers’ compliance with SEHK’s listing rules. (From January 2018 to August 2022)
● Advised Weibo Corporation (SEHK: 9898) (a social media platform in China) in its HK$1,383.4M (around US$176.25M) initial public offering and a secondary listing on the Main Board of SEHK. (2021)
● Advised Bilibili Inc. (SEHK: 9626) (an icon with its self-video broadcasting community popular among the youths in China) in its HK$22,892.8M (around US$2,945.7M) initial public offering and a secondary listing on the Main Board of SEHK
(recognized as the “Equity Market Deal of the Year” of 2021 in the 20th Annual Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) Hong Kong Law Awards). (2021)
● Advised JD Health International Inc. (SEHK: 6618) (a platform driven by artificial intelligence and big data that empowers its retail pharmacy in China and comprehensive online healthcare services) in its HK$30,439M (around US$3,916.28M) initial public offering and a secondary listing on the Main Board of SEHK (recognized as the “Equity Market Deal of the Year” of 2021 in the 20th Annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards). (2021)
● Advised the joint sponsors and underwriters in connection with the HK$2,158.4M (around US$277.7M) initial public offering and listing of Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. (SEHK: 2197) (a biotech pharmaceutical listed issuer on the Main Board of SEHK that launches the protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate). (2021)
● Advised the joint sponsors and underwriters in connection with the HK$85,320.7M (around US$10,869.1M) initial public offering and listing of Linklogis Inc. (SEHK: 9959) (a technology solution provider for supply chain finance in China). (2021)
● Advised JD.com, Inc. (SEHK: 9618) (an e-commerce facilitator and supply chain-based technology and service provider in China) in its HK$34,271M (around US$4,409.9M) initial public offering and a secondary listing on the Main Board of SEHK
(recognized as the “Equity Market Deal of the Year” of 2020 in the 19th Annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards). (2020) Page 3 3
● Advised the joint sponsors and underwriters on the HK$5,005.5M (around US$644M) initial public offering and listing of Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 3759) (a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical research and development service platform with global operations to accelerate drug innovation for the customers) on the Main Board of SEHK (recognized as the
“Equity Market Deal of the Year” of 2020 in the 19th Annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards). (2020)
● Advised ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (SEHK: 2057) (a leading express delivery company in China) in its HK$14,074.3M
(around US$1,792.9M) initial public offering and a secondary listing on the Main Board of SEHK. (2020)
● Advised Xiaomi Best Time International Limited in offering US$600M 3.375% senior notes due 2030 unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Xiaomi Corporation (SEHK: 1810) (recognized as the “Debt Market Deal of the Year” of 2020 in the 19th Annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards). (2020)
● Advised Bosideng International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 3998) (one of China’s leading down apparel companies) in issuing and listing US$275M 1.00% convertible bonds on SEHK due 2024. (2019)
● Advised China Xinhua Education Group Limited (SEHK: 2779) (an education provider in the Yangtze River Delta) in connection with its HK$1,265.7M (around US$162.8M) initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of SEHK. (2018)
● Advised China New Higher Education Group Limited (SEHK: 2001) (a private formal higher education group in China) in loan transactions of HK$1.5 billion. (2018)
● Advised Truly International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 0732) (a company principally engaged in manufacturing and selling liquid crystal display products) the proposed spin-off and separate listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. (2018) Bin (Jackie) Huang, Columbia Law School LL.M. (2023) – Representative Litigation E-commerce
● Advised Lord & Taylor (an e-commerce platform company)’s $2M+ claim against Circle Business in a sale of counterfeit products dispute. (S.D.N.Y.; Doc. No. 1:23-cv-6315)
● Advised Lord & Taylor (an e-commerce platform company)’s defenses against Gucci America in a retailer counterfeit dispute of Gucci branded items. (S.D.N.Y.; Doc. No. 1:23-cv-10239)
● Advised Saadia Group LLC (an e-commerce company)’s defenses against Phoenix Fashion’s $3M+ claim in a contract dispute.
(S.D.N.Y.; Doc. No. 1:23-cv-5788)
● Advised Saadia Group LLC (an e-commerce company)’s defenses against Flawless Style’s $1.7M+ claim in a contract dispute.
(S.D.N.Y.; Doc. No. 1:23-cv-2354)
● Advised Saadia Group LLC (an e-commerce company)’s defenses against Glossy Fashion’s $1.8M+ claim in a contract dispute.
(N.Y.; New York; Index No. 653269/2023)
● Advised Saadia Group LLC (an e-commerce company)’s defenses against Oriental Bridge’s $1M+ claim in a contract dispute.
(N.Y.; New York; Index No. 650024/2024)
● Advised Saadia Group LLC (an e-commerce company)’s defenses against Fashionland’s $700K+ claim in a contract dispute.
(N.Y.; New York; Index No. 651854/2023)
● Advised Fame Fashion House (an e-commerce business)’s defenses against Yongjia’s $2M+ claim in a contract dispute. (N.Y.; New York; Index No. 651513/2022)
● Advised RTW Retailwinds (an e-commerce platform company)’s defenses against BlueCore’s $400K+ judgment debt collection action. (N.Y. New York; Index No. 653977/2022)
● Advised RTW Retailwinds (an e-commerce platform company)’s defenses against IQuanti’s $300K+ claim in a contract dispute.
(N.Y.; New York; Index No. 654381/2022)
● Advised RTW Retailwinds (an e-commerce platform company)’s defenses against Continental Texiles’s $100K+ claim in a contract dispute. (N.Y.; New York; No. 653931/2023) Property Sale and Purchase
● Advised Chic Realty 712 LLC against GSA Holding Corporation’s tortious interference claim of $5.3M+ for property sale and purchase. (N.Y.; Kings; Index No. 500907/2020; Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.; Index No. 2021-02754)
● Advised Yakoub Saadia against National Society of Hebrew Day Schools, Inc. for specific performance dispute of $4M + for property sale and purchase. (N.Y.; Kings; Index No. 500913/2020) Property Foreclosure
● Advised Yakoub Saadia against HSBC Bank USA, N.A.’s more than $700K property foreclosure. (N.Y.; Kings; Index No. 502906/2017)
● Advised Yakoub Saadia against Ditech Financial’s $300K+ property foreclosure. (N.Y.; Kings; Index No. 513729/2017) Landlord-Tenant Disputes
● Advised 52 Partners LLC’s landlord eviction settlement from about $200K to $100K (N.Y.; New York; Index No. 157547/2024)
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