CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Nelson Zhou, Yifeng Yuan, Jianwei Yang and Jingbo Zhou, JunHe LLP
JunHe LLP was founded in Beijing in 1989 and was one of the first private partnership law firms in China; it is now one of the largest and most recognised Chinese law firms. Its banking and finance practice group has around 20 partners and 50 associates in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong- kong and Shenzhen. The dedicated acquisition finance team is known for being solution-driv- en and commercially aware. JunHe represents many of the leading banks, PE funds and finan- cial sponsors in the PRC market. The firm’s in-
ternational and domestic experience across a wide range of industrial and financial sectors enables it to anticipate and address the require- ments of all parties to a transaction. Its finance lawyers draw on deep product expertise and regularly work alongside M&A, capital market, restructuring and other specialists to develop innovative solutions for clients. The firm has a leading position in the LBO transactions of fi- nancial sponsors in this region.
Authors
Nelson Zhou is a senior partner in the Shanghai office of JunHe LLP. He has extensive experience in banking and finance, PE investments and M&A, and has represented
Yifeng Yuan is a partner based in JunHe LLP’s Shanghai office. He has abundant experience in acting on behalf of PRC and foreign financial institutions and borrowers, including onshore/
several international financial institutions and PE houses in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex acquisition finance and structured finance transactions. He has acted for banks and financial sponsors on many going-private transactions of US-listed Chinese companies. Nelson has also advised on taking-private financing for Chindata Group, 51job, 58.com and Sina.com, and on arranging acquisition finance for Hillhouse’s investment in Gree Electric and Blackstone’s acquisition of Guangzhou R&F Logistic Park. He is a member of the PRC Bar Association.
offshore bilateral and syndicated loans, leveraged buyout finance, Chinese concept stocks, take-private finance, cross-border acquisition finance, real estate and project financing, and financial institution businesses. He is particularly adept at handling large-scale cross-border M&A financing deals, many of which have been awarded the best M&A financing deals of the year (including taking- private financing for Chindata Group, 51job, 58.com, etc). Yifeng is a member of the PRC Bar Association.
110 CHAMBERS.COM
Powered by FlippingBook