EX-5.1 2 tv495557_ex5-1.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

          31 May 2018       Ambow Education Holding Ltd. 12th Floor, No 1 Financial Street Chang An Center Shijingshan District Beijing, 100043 People’s Republic of China               Our Ref: YX/A5122-H15134

Dear Sir or Madam

AMBOW EDUCATION HOLDING LTD.

We have acted as Cayman Islands legal advisers to Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (the “Company”) in connection with the Registration Statement (as defined in Schedule 1), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), relating to the offering by the Company of American Depositary Shares representing the Company's Class A Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.003 each (the “Ordinary Shares”). We are furnishing this opinion as exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals, copies or translations of the documents listed in Schedule 1.

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2, which we have not independently verified.

We are Cayman Islands Attorneys at Law and express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of the Cayman Islands in force and as interpreted at the date of this opinion. We have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction. Except as explicitly stated herein, we express no opinion in relation to any representation or warranty contained in any of the documents cited in this Opinion nor upon matters of fact or the commercial terms of the transactions the subject of this Opinion.

Based upon the foregoing examinations and assumptions and upon such searches as we have conducted and having regard to legal considerations which we consider relevant, and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule 3, and under the laws of the Cayman Islands, we give the following opinions in relation to the matters set out below.

1. The Company is an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability, validly existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands (the "Registrar").

2. Based on our review of the Memorandum and Articles, the authorised share capital of the Company is currently US$230,000 divided into 66,666,667 Class A Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.003 each, 8,333,333 Class C Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.003 each and 1,666,667 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.003 each.

 

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3. The issue and allotment of the Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement has been duly authorised. When allotted, issued and fully paid for as contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Memorandum and Articles and when appropriate entries have been made in the Register of Members of the Company, the Ordinary Shares will be validly issued, allotted and fully paid, and based upon our understanding of the phrase "non-assessable", non-assessable, meaning there will be no further obligation on the holder of such Ordinary Shares to make any further payment in excess of the purchase price to the Company or to the Company's creditors in respect of such Ordinary Shares solely by reason of holding such Ordinary Shares.

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. Such statements constitute our opinion.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in, and the filing hereof, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Taxation”, “Legal Matters” and "Description of Shares and Governing Documents" 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.

This opinion is limited to the matters referred to herein and shall not be construed as extending to any other matter or document not referred to herein.

This opinion shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands.

Yours faithfully
/s/ Walkers

Walkers

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Schedule 1 

LIST OF DOCUMENTS EXAMINED

1. The Certificate of Incorporation dated 22 June 2007, Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as adopted on 30 June 2015 (the "Memorandum and Articles"), the Register of Members and Register of Directors of the Company, copies of which have been provided to us by its registered office in the Cayman Islands (together the "Company Records").

2. A Certificate of Good Standing dated 22 May 2018 in respect of the Company issued by the Registrar (the "Certificate of Good Standing").

3. Copies of executed minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company dated 26 March 2010 and executed written resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company dated 18 May 2018, setting out the resolutions adopted at such meetings (the "Resolutions").

4. A certificate from a director of the Company dated 31 May 2018, a copy of which is attached hereto (the "Director's Certificate").

5. The Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 28 August 2017 and as amended on 9 November 2017, 19 December 2017, 5 January 2018, 22 January 2018, and 9 March 2018 and, the Company's related registration statement on Form F-1 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 31 May 2018 (the "Registration Statement").

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Schedule 2 

ASSUMPTIONS

1. The originals of all documents examined in connection with this opinion are authentic. All documents purporting to be sealed have been so sealed. All copies are complete and conform to their originals. Any translations are a complete and accurate translation of the original document they purport to translate.

2. The memorandum and articles of association reviewed by us are the Memorandum and Articles and are in force at the date hereof.

3. The Company Records are complete and accurate and all matters required by law and the Memorandum and Articles to be recorded therein are completely and accurately so recorded.

4. No resolution voluntarily to wind up the Company has been adopted by the members and no event of a type which is specified in the Memorandum and Articles as giving rise to the winding up of the Company (if any) has in fact occurred.

5. The Contents of the Director's Certificate are true and accurate as at the date of this opinion and there is no information not contained in the Director's Certificate that will in any way affect this Opinion.

6. The Company will receive consideration in money or money’s worth for each Ordinary Share offered by the Company when issued at the agreed issue price as per the terms of the Registration Statement, such price in any event not being less than the stated par or nominal value of each Ordinary Share.

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Schedule 3 

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Our opinion as to good standing is based solely upon receipt of the Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Registrar. The Company shall be deemed to be in good standing under section 200A of the Companies Law on the date of issue of the certificate if all fees and penalties under the Companies Law have been paid and the Registrar has no knowledge that the Company is in default under the Companies Law.

2. We accept no responsibility for any liability in relation to any opinion which was given in reliance on the Director's Certificate.