2023-Present丨Anli Partners

2017-2023丨King & Wood Mallesons

2013-2016丨A public security authority in Jiangsu Province

· Master of Laws, Law School of Renmin University of China

· Bachelor, Electronic Science and Technology College of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee (Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute)

Sun Chengxiang has successively provided criminal legal services for a number of large state-owned enterprises, listed companies, financial institutions and their senior executives, covering sectors such as financial securities, banking and trust, the internet, real estate construction projects, mineral energy, fast-moving consumer goods, and the information industry. He has been involved in handling numerous cases involving the intersection of criminal and civil disputes, securities crimes, intellectual property crimes, duty-related crimes, commercial bribery crimes, tax crimes and other economic crimes, all of which have achieved favorable outcomes. Among these cases, he provided legal compliance services for a listed company involved in securities crimes, which resulted in the case not being transferred to judicial organs; he offered legal services for a state-owned enterprise and a financial institution in an economic crime case involving a total value of more than 500 million yuan, successfully securing the filing of a criminal case; in the criminal defense cases he participated in, many clients have been granted bail pending trial, non-prosecution or retrial by judicial organs, and some criminal defendants have obtained significant mitigated or commuted penalties through his defense efforts

Project Experience

(I) Criminal Defense Cases (Selected)

1.A private enterprise in Fujian suspected of the crime of selling fake and shoddy commodities (Defense counsel for the principal culprit; released after arrest was not approved)

2.A senior executive of a company under the Zhongzhi Group suspected of the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits (Involved amount exceeding RMB 400 billion)

3.A private entrepreneur in Beijing suspected of organizing and leading a pyramid scheme (Involved amount exceeding RMB 19 billion; Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

4.A gang in Beijing suspected of smuggling ordinary goods (Evaded taxes exceeding RMB 60 million; Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

5.A police officer handling cases in a public security bureau in Zhejiang suspected of bending the law for personal gain (Criminal defense for the police officer; Exempted from criminal punishment)

6.A police officer handling cases in a public security bureau in Fujian suspected of bending the law for personal gain (Criminal defense for the police officer)

7.A senior executive of a listed company in Shanghai suspected of the crime of issuing fake invoices (Evaded taxes exceeding RMB 20 million; Not held criminally liable)

8.A private entrepreneur in Shanghai suspected of fraud (Fraud amount of RMB 20 million; Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

9.A private entrepreneur in Hubei accused of participating in an evil gang crime (Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

10.A pharmaceutical entrepreneur in Shenzhen suspected of bribing non-state functionaries (Criminal defense for the entrepreneur; Sentence reduced from 20 months to 12 months)

11.An entrepreneur in Beijing accused of intentional homicide and robbery committed 20 years ago (Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

12.A public servant of a provincial-level institution in Hebei suspected of fraud (Criminal defense for the public servant; Case remanded for retrial)

13.A leader of a public security bureau in Guizhou suspected of organizing and leading a mafia-style organization (Defense counsel for the principal culprit)

14.A listed real estate company in Shanghai suspected of the crime of illegally occupying agricultural land (Participated in providing criminal defense services; Not held criminally liable)

15.A senior executive of a listed company in Guangdong suspected of the crime of false disclosure of information and the crime of misappropriating funds (Participated in providing criminal defense services; Not held criminally liable)

16.A real estate entrepreneur in Sichuan suspected of the crime of illegally granting loans (Participated in providing criminal defense services; Not held criminally liable)

17.A private equity fund in Beijing suspected of the crime of misusing entrusted property (Defense counsel for the shareholder)

18.A renowned real estate entrepreneur in Beijing suspected of assisting in fabricating evidence and harboring a criminal (Criminal defense for the entrepreneur)

19.An employee of a state-owned enterprise in Beijing suspected of fraud (Criminal defense for the employee)

20.A private entrepreneur in Gansu suspected of fraud (Participated in providing criminal defense services for the entrepreneur)

21.A member of a gang involved in a casino operation case in Fujian suspected of concealing or covering up criminal gains (Defense counsel for the suspect; Achieved a significantly lenient punishment)

22.A senior executive of Postal Savings Bank of China in Gansu suspected of fraud (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

23.The president of a provincial branch of a state-owned bank in Beijing suspected of bribery (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

24.The vice president of the head office of a state-owned bank in Beijing suspected of bribery (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

25.A senior executive of a listed company in Beijing suspected of unit bribery and bribery (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

26.A division chief of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in Beijing suspected of bribery (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

27.A private entrepreneur in Liaoning suspected of illegal mining (Participated in providing criminal defense services; Achieved a significantly lenient punishment)

28.A senior executive of a renowned biopharmaceutical company in Heilongjiang suspected of intentional homicide (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

29.An entrepreneur in Inner Mongolia suspected of organizing and leading a mafia-style organization (Participated in providing criminal defense services)

(II) Criminal Accusation Cases (Selected)

1.A renowned cosmetics company suspected of suffering occupational embezzlement by a foreign senior executive (Case successfully filed)

2.A senior executive of a renowned payment company in Shanghai suspected of occupational embezzlement (Case successfully filed)

3.A renowned state-owned enterprise in Beijing whose official seal was forged and which was implicated in an illegal mining case (Case successfully filed)

4.The actual controller of a renowned company in Beijing defrauded (Case successfully filed)

5.A renowned state-owned enterprise in Beijing involved in a financing trade case (Original decision of not filing the case revoked; Criminal case newly filed)

6.A renowned game company in Beijing defrauded in an investment project (Case successfully filed)

7.A renowned foreign enterprise whose official seal was forged (Case successfully accepted)

8.A renowned law firm whose official seal was forged (Case successfully accepted)

9.A subsidiary of a central state-owned enterprise in Beijing involved in a financing trade case (Case successfully accepted by public security organs; Subsequently filed and investigated by supervisory organs)

10.A subsidiary of a listed media company in Beijing suspected of suffering occupational embezzlement (Provided legal services for criminal accusation)

11.A technology company in Shenzhen suspected of being the victim of a false lawsuit (Provided legal services for criminal accusation)

12.A senior executive of a renowned real estate company in Northeast China suspected of occupational embezzlement (Provided legal services for criminal accusation)

13.A renowned real estate company in Lijiang suffering suspected occupational embezzlement by a partner (Provided legal services for criminal accusation)

14.A renowned private enterprise in Shandong suspected of suffering reputation damage and extortion (Provided legal agency services for criminal litigation and case reporting)

15.A renowned biotech company suspected of suffering occupational embezzlement (Provided legal consulting services for criminal case reporting)

· 2025 NewRule Annual List·Rising Stars List "Rising Lawyers (40 under 40)"

· Outstanding Lawyer of Anli Partners for the Year 2024

· Research on Securities Crimes (II): Should the Re-transmission of Inside Information Bear Criminal Liability?, WeChat Official Account of Anli, July 2024

· Research on Securities Crimes: Should Passive Acquisition of Inside Information Be Regarded as Illegal Acquisition?, WeChat Official Account of Anli, March 2024

· Practical Research on the Intersection of Criminal and Civil Matters: Skills for Successful Criminal Case Filing (Part 1), WeChat Official Account of Anli, August 2023

· Practical Research on the Intersection of Criminal and Civil Matters: Skills for Successful Criminal Case Filing (Part 2), WeChat Official Account of Anli, September 2023

· Criminal Compliance and Crime Prevention for Listed Companies (Co-authored), published by China University of Political Science and Law Press, April 2022