Lingmei Cheng

Cheng Lingmei is a Senior Partner at Sichuan Zhigao Law Firm in Chengdu and Director of the firms Enterprise Compliance and Internal Control Committee. With 11 years of legal experience, she specializes in complex labor disputes, equity incentive plans, corporate restructuring, equity disputes, and corporate dissolution.

Lingmei Cheng studied at Southwest University of Political Science and Law and has been active in professional practice for approximately 11 years, with bar admission dated 2012. Working languages include Chinese, English.

Practice Focus

Corporate governance counseling for China-facing companies addresses board and shareholder decision mechanics, equity incentive risk, related-party controls, and dispute prevention among founders or joint-venture partners. Equity compensation disputes require reading grant documents against company articles and labor overlays when employees are involved.

Clients use this practice for meeting formalities, information rights, deadlock planning, and cleanup of historical governance gaps before financing or exit events.

Working Method

• Constitutional document and cap table audit at engagement start
• Decision tree for board versus shareholder approvals
• Equity award file review for enforceability and tax/labor touchpoints
• Dispute pathways designed before positions harden in correspondence

Case management discipline includes privilege logging for counsel communications, version control for bilingual drafts, and explicit allocation of who may instruct local agents or file materials with relevant authorities in Corporate Governance matters.

Local Practice in Chengdu

Chengdu's courts, labor arbitration institutions, and administrative bureaus follow national law while applying local filing practices on evidence formatting, appointment scheduling, and mediation windows. Counsel familiar with Sichuan practice can reduce avoidable adjournments by preparing bilingual exhibit indexes, aligning stamp and authorization papers early, and anticipating which disputes are steered toward mediation before substantive hearings. Business and family clients based in western China often coordinate with headquarters in coastal cities; structured reporting keeps remote stakeholders aligned without slowing local deadlines.

Clients who operate across borders receive bilingual summaries after key milestones. Those summaries state what changed, what decisions are needed, and what the next calendar risks are. This discipline is especially important for headquarters counsel, insurers, or family members who must approve strategy without attending every local meeting. Lingmei Cheng also flags where a business or personal decision outside the legal lane—such as public statements, abrupt employee actions, or informal payments—could damage the legal position.

Statutory amendments, Supreme People's Court guidance, and local practice notes are monitored for Corporate Governance matters. Where specialized appraisal, forensic accounting, or medical input is needed, external experts are engaged with clear instructions and confidentiality terms.