Jie Zhang
Lawyers
Advises corporate and private equity clients on M&A, including pre-IPO financings, buyouts, JVs, PIPEs, de-SPAC, going-private transactions and strategic investments.
Jie is counsel in our Corporate practice, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Beijing. Jie’s practice focuses on advising corporate clients and private equity funds on M&A matters, including pre-IPO financings, buyouts, joint ventures, PIPEs, de-SPAC transactions, going-private transactions and strategic investments. She also advises clients on securities law and general corporate matters.
Experience
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Going-private transactions of BEST, Hollysys Automation, Chindata Group, New Frontier Health, 51job, China Biologic Products, Sogou, Yintech and iKang Healthcare
- Tencent:
- going-private transaction of Sogou
- investment in Tuhu
- acquisition of China Music Corporation
- Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment:
- acquisition of a 20% equity stake in Universal Music Group from Vivendi
- investments in Spotify, and cross-shareholding by Spotify in Tencent Music Entertainment
- Provident SPAC $1.02 billion combination with Perfect
- UP Fintech $65 million convertible notes private placement
- Comcast Spectacor eSports joint venture with SK Telecom
- Unitas Capital sale of Jiahao Foods to Huabao International Holdings for approximately $694 million
- Taibang Biologic Group (previously listed as China Biologic Products):
- acquisition of 80% equity interest in Tianxinfu for approximately $513 million
- redomiciliation from Delaware to the Cayman Islands
- $590 million private placement
- $300 million equity raising
- Meituan Corporation strategic cooperation with DianPing
- Origin Agritech sale of commercial seed production and distribution business
- Sequoia various investments in pre-IPO companies, including Ke, Julive and Genesis Medtech
- Megvii Technology pre-IPO financing
- iQiyi $1.53 billion convertible notes financing
- UCAR Technology $550 million Series B equity financing
- IDG Capital Partners investment in SouFun
Capital Markets
- Sinopec Group Overseas Development $3 billion senior notes offering
- Hong Yang Group $125 million high-yield notes offering
- Logan Property Holdings $200 and $450 million senior notes offerings
- Shandong Yuhuang Chemical $300 million high-yield notes offering
- China Aoyuan Property $250 Million high-yield notes offering
- Toyota Motor Credit Corporation:
- $750 million offering in Taiwan
- $1.75 billion offering
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
- cum laude
Ph.D., Cancer Biology, University of Chicago
B.S., Biological Sciences, Peking University
- with high honors
Qualifications and admissions
- Beijing Ministry of Justice - Registered
- State of New York