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Edwin Li
Position: Partner
E-mail:Zhiguo.li@dentons.cn
Office location:Beijing
Phone:+8610-57590655
Fax:+8610-58137788

Education

Liaoning Normal University B.A. 1999

Liaoning University                 LL.B     2001

Free University of Brussels      LL.M     2003

Peiking University                   LL.M    2012


Working Experiences

Edwin has more than fifteen years of experience in China inbound and outbound investments.

He is involved in assisting Chinese state-owned and private enterprises on their overseas

investment and acquisitions in natural resources, energy and other related sectors. He is also

specialized and experienced in the project financing in sectors such as mining, energy (oil and

gas, renewables), power and infrastructure. Edwin has worked with international, multi-lateral

financial institutions and ECAs. Most of his clients are major SOEs in China, such as China Exim

Bank, China Development Bank, Sinosure, Wanbao Mining, Zhenhua Oil, SIICGM, AVIC Intl,

Sinofert, WISCO, Sinosteel, CNPC, CNEEC, Bank of Communications, BSIET and CGNPC. He

also represents foreign investors in their investment and acquisition in China, including the

documentations, negotiations, registration, approval/filing, anti-trust and other compliance matters

Qualifications

China


Practice Areas

Project Finance,M&A,Anti-trust,Mining,Energy (oil&gas and renewables),Power,Infrastructure


Working Language

Chinese, English, French and German


Publications

●How to Define “Xiao Er Mei” (Small or Beautiful) in the Belt and Road Initiative,

www.projectfinance.com.cn, February 19, 2023

●What needs to be Insist and Break through for Overseas Project Finance in the New Global

Situation, International Project Contracting and Labor Services, August 2022;

●LIBOR transition – FAQs, Featured Insight, Chinese author, December 20

●The 2021 ISDA interest rate derivatives definitions: Where the digital and derivatives worlds

meet,Featured Insight, Chinese author, October 2021

●Factors to be Considered by Chinese Companies in their High Quality “Go Global”, Overseas

Investment & Export Credits, August 2021, No. 4;

●ABS Will Be the Preferred Refinancing Option for BR Projects, Overseas Investment & Export

Credits, December 2019, No. 6;

●Guide on Investment in Ghana, co-author, International Project Contracting and Labor Services, November  2019;

●Opening Doors for More Foreign Direct Investment,China Law & Practice,Aug. 2018

●Legal Compliance – the Way to Localization and Internationalization, International Project

Contracting and Labor Services, May 2018

●Mauritius - The Gateway for Chinese investment into Africa,Sanne Group Newsletter, Aug. 2017

●The Northern Powerhouse and wider opportunities for Chinese investment in UK  infrastructure,

Co-author, Dec. 2016

●Opportunities and Risks for Chinese Investment in Cambodia, International Project Contracting

and Labor Services, Dec. 2016

●Project Finance - The Way-out for Chinese EPC Contractor Overseas, International Project

Contracting and Labor Services, Aug. 2016