Criminal Legal Services

Ronze Partners has a team of criminal lawyers who hold doctorate degrees in law and are supported by a strong consulting team of esteemed experts and professors. We excel in managing significant, difficult, and complex criminal cases. Our team has provided anti-fraud investigations and criminal prosecutions to numerous start-ups, SMEs, internet companies, and listed companies. We have represented numerous cases involving violations of information disclosure by senior executives of listed companies, market manipulation, breach of fiduciary duty, insider trading, and other related issues. Additionally, we have handled major illegal fundraising cases for companies such as Kuailu Group, Xiaoniu Capital, Shanlin Financial, and Fuxing Group. Our experience also includes handling cases of local significance, such as loan fraud, contract fraud, smuggling, misappropriation of funds, embezzlement, organized crime, and intentional homicide. We have achieved favorable outcomes in many cases, including dismissals, non-prosecutions, probation, and reduced sentences.

 

Service Experience - Financial Crime

● Mitigation defense in the fundraising fraud case of Shanghai Kuailu Group (alleged amount involved over RMB 14.5 billion)

● Defense in the fundraising fraud case of Shenzhen Xiaoniu Group (alleged amount involved RMB 100 billion)

● Defense in the fundraising fraud case of Shanghai Fuxing Group (alleged amount involved over RMB 50 billion)

● In the case of illegal loan issuance by Mr. He, the procuratorate recommended a 4-year imprisonment, but after our defense, the court granted probation (alleged amount involved nearly RMB 1 billion).

● Innocence defense in the contract fraud case of an advertising company in Shanghai (alleged amount involved more than RMB 1 billion)

● Innocence defense in the loan fraud case of Mr. Chen (alleged amount involved over RMB 300 million)

● In the fraud case of Mr. Shen, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial, but after our defense, he was acquitted in the second trial.

● In the contract fraud case of Mr. Yu, the procuratorate changed the sentence from life imprisonment to a 13-year imprisonment with our assistance (the largest contract fraud case in the history of a prefecture-level city, involving RMB 3.5 billion).

● In the case of illegal loan issuance and irregular acceptance of bills, a commercial bank was dismissed by the public security organs with our assistance (alleged amount involved nearly RMB 1.8 billion)

 

Service Experience -- Occupational Crime

● Mitigation defense in a case of official embezzlement involving a securities executive (alleged amount involving more than RMB 200 million)

● Mitigation defense in a case of bribery involving a non-state functionary who was an insurance company executive (alleged amount involving more than RMB 300 million)

● In the case of Mr. Li, the controlling shareholder of a private equity fund, accused of misappropriating over RMB 100 million, the procuratorate recommended a 7-year sentence. With our defense, the court found the embezzlement amount to be RMB 3 million, resulting in a 3-year sentence.

● In the case of Mr. Liu, charged with official embezzlement in the largest case since the establishment of a free trade zone (alleged amount nearly RMB 60 million), the procuratorate recommended a sentence of over 13 years. However, the court sentenced him to 9 years after our defense.

● In the case of Mr. Zhao, involving technical investment and a research and development dispute in collaboration with a local government fund (alleged amount over RMB 10 million), the procuratorate decided not to arrest and released him without charges after our defense.

● In the case of Mr. Tao, who participated in a joint venture construction project and faced unequal profit distribution issues (alleged amount over RMB 80 million), the procuratorate decided not to arrest after our defense.



Service Experience - Securities Violations and Crime

● In a hearing case involving the false disclosure of financial data by a listed company (inflated profits by nearly RMB 150 million), the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) decided not to impose penalties.

● In the case of the actual controller of a listed company damaging the company's interests in violation of fiduciary duty (alleged amount over RMB 2 billion), the prosecutor decided not to prosecute following our defense.

● In the case of noncompliant disclosure or nondisclosure of material information by the actual controller of a listed company (alleged amount over RMB 4 billion), the prosecutor made a decision of relative non-prosecution following our defense.

● In another case of noncompliant disclosure or nondisclosure of material information by the actual controller of a listed company (alleged amount over RMB 6 billion), the charge of breaching fiduciary duty was not added, and a probationary sentence was recommended following our defense.

● Acted on behalf of a client in a case involving the nondisclosure of material information, market manipulation, and official embezzlement by the actual controller of a listed company (alleged amount about RMB 2 billion).