Practice areas

Bankruptcy, restructuring & liquidation; Corporate and M&A; Real estate and construction; Dispute resolution

Introduction

Gao Meili, senior partner at the Beijing headquarters of Dentons China, joined the firm in 2003. She is currently the head of the bankruptcy reorganisation and liquidation group at Dentons headquarters, the leader of the global reorganisation, insolvency and bankruptcy professional group of Dentons China, a member of the advisory committee of Dentons China, a member of the International Bankruptcy Law Association, supervisor of the Beijing Bankruptcy Law Society, a member of the 11th Beijing Youth Federation Standing Committee and a member of the 6th Youth Federation Committee of Dongcheng District. She is a project writer of the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission of the State Council, qualified as an independent director, and served as a special consultant for the risk disposal of local governments. In 2021, she published the book Judgment Rules for Bankruptcy Litigation and Legal Practices of Administrator.

Gao successfully undertook the reorganisation of Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication Group (300071), reorganisation of Chongqing Energy Investment Group and 15 other affiliated companies, the reorganisation of Sichuan Chemical (000155), the reorganisation of Henan Yinge Industrial Investment (600069), the merger and reorganisation of Shandong Tianxin Group and its affiliated companies, the reorganisation of Zouping County Sanli Group and its affiliated companies, the reorganisation of Henan Zhongpin Food Industry and its affiliated companies and many other major bankruptcy reorganisation or debt resolution cases of listed companies, large state-owned enterprises, and groups. She has rich experience in debt resolution and bankruptcy business.

Due to her outstanding performance in the debt restructuring and bankruptcy field, she was selected as one of the Top 15 female lawyers in ALB China 2018, was recognised in the “The A-List” by China Business Law Journal in 2020, was selected as a recommended lawyer for the antitrust and competition law, corporation and merger in the Asia-Pacific region by The Legal 500 in 2021, a recommended lawyer for bankruptcy restructuring and tax in the Asia-Pacific region by The Legal 500 in 2022, and Top 15 Chinese Lawyers in the 2022 list of LEGALBAND Debt Restructuring Special Recommendation List.

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