EX-5.1 5 ea185944ex5-1_suncartech.htm FORM OF OPINION OF MAPLES AND CALDER (HONG KONG) LLP AS TO VALIDITY OF THE ORDINARY SHARES

Exhibit 5.1

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SunCar Technology Group Inc.

Shanghai Feiyou Trading Co., Ltd.

Suite 209, No. 656 Lingshi Road

Jing’an District, Shanghai, 200072

People’s Republic of China

23 October 2023

SunCar Technology Group Inc.

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to SunCar Technology Group Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to date relating to the offering by the Company, pursuant to which FT Global Capital, Inc. is acting as the placement agent of the Company, of:

| (a) | up to 3,000,000 Class A Ordinary Share of par value US$0.0001 each (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”, together with the Warrant Shares (as defined below), the “Shares”);

| (b) | investor warrants to purchase up to 6,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Investor Warrant Shares”); and

| (c) | placement agent warrants to purchase up to 30,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “PA Warrant Shares”, together with the Investor Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”).

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.3 to the Registration Statement.

1 | Documents Reviewed

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have reviewed only originals, copies or final drafts of the following documents:

1.1 | The certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 6 August 2021 issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands.

1.2 | The second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by a special resolution of the Company passed on 16 May 2023 and effective upon the effective date of the merger between the Company and Goldenbridge Acquisition Limited (the “Memorandum and Articles”).

1.3 | The written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 20 October 2023 (the “Resolutions”).

1.4 | A certificate from a director of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”).

1.5 | A certificate of good standing dated 6 October 2023, issued by the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the “Certificate of Good Standing”).

1.6 | The Registration Statement.

2 | Assumptions

The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving these opinions we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as of the date of this opinion letter, of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

2.1 | Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals.

2.2 | All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

2.3 | There is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands), which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

2.4 | The Company will receive money or money’s worth in consideration for the issue of the Shares and none of the Shares were or will be issued for less than par value.

3 | Opinion

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set out below and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

3.1 | The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

3.2 | The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each, comprising (a) 400,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each and (b) 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each.

3.3 | The issue and allotment of the Class A Ordinary Shares have been duly authorised and when allotted, issued and paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Class A Ordinary Shares will be legally issued and allotted, fully paid and non-assessable. The Warrant Shares, when issued and sold by the Company and delivered by the Company against receipt of the exercise price therefor, in accordance with and in the manner described in the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and non- assessable. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).

3.4 | The statements under the caption “Taxation” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

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4 | Qualifications

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

4.1 | To maintain the Company in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law.

4.2 | Under the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, the register of members of a Cayman Islands company is by statute regarded as prima facie evidence of any matters which the Companies Law directs or authorises to be inserted therein. A third party interest in the shares in question would not appear. An entry in the register of members may yield to a court order for rectification (for example, in the event of fraud or manifest error).

4.3 | In this opinion letter the phrase “non-assessable” means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

Except as specifically stated herein, we make no comment with respect to any representations and warranties which may be made by or with respect to the Company in any of the documents or instruments cited in this opinion or otherwise with respect to the commercial terms of the transactions, which are the subject of this opinion.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our name under the headings “Taxation” and “Legal Matters” and elsewhere in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Yours faithfully

/s/ Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP

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Director’s Certificate

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SunCar Technology Group Inc.

Forbes Hare Trust Company Limited,

Cassia Court, Suite 716, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-9006, Cayman Islands

23 October 2023

To: | Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
| 26th Floor, Central Plaza
| 18 Harbour Road
| Hong Kong

SunCar Technology Group Inc. (the “Company”)

I, the undersigned, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the “Opinion”) in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:

1 | The Memorandum and Articles remain in full force and effect and are unamended.

2 | The Resolutions were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles (including, without limitation, with respect to the disclosure of interests (if any) by directors of the Company) and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

3 | The authorised share capital of the Company is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each, comprising (a) 400,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each and (b) 100,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares of par value of US$0.0001 each.

4 | The shareholders of the Company have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors in any way and there is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from issuing and allotting the Shares or otherwise performing its obligations under the Registration Statement.

5 | The directors of the Company at the date of the Resolutions and the date of this Certificate were and are as follows:

Zaichang Ye
Bohong Du
Haidong Zhang
Lin Bao
Yongsheng Liu

6 | Each director considers the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted bona fide in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company in relation to the transactions the subject of the Opinion.

7 | To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction and neither the directors nor the shareholders has taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation. Further, no steps have been taken to wind up the Company or to appoint restructuring officers or interim restructuring officers, and no receiver has been appointed in relation to any of the Company’s property or assets.

8 | The Company is not subject to the requirements of Part XVIIA of the Companies Act (As Revised).

(Signature Page follows)

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I confirm that you may continue to rely on this certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you in writing personally to the contrary.

Signature: | /s/ Zaichang Ye |
Name: | Zaichang Ye |
Title: | Director |

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