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Jie Zhang
Ms. Zhang is an associate in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Beijing. Ms. Zhang’s practice focuses on advising corporate clients and private equity funds on M&A matters, including pre-IPO financings, buyouts, joint ventures, PIPEs, going private transactions and strategic investments. She also advises clients on securities law and general corporate matters. |
Work Highlights
M&A
-
Tencent-led consortium on its acquisition of additional equity interest in Universal Music Group
- China Biologic on its going-private transaction
- Tencent on the going-private transaction of Sogou
- Yintech on its going-private transaction
- Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment on the acquisition by a Tencent-led consortium of a 10% equity stake in Universal Music Group from Vivendi
- Comcast Spectacor on its T1 esports joint venture with SK Telecom
- Unitas Capital's sale of Jiahao Foods to Huabao International Holdings for approximately $694 million
- iKang Healthcare on its acquisition by Yunfeng Capital and Alibaba
- Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment on their investments in Spotify, and on the cross-shareholding by Spotify in Tencent Music Entertainment
- China Biologic Products on its acquisition of 80% equity interest in Tianxinfu for approximately $513 million
- China Biologic Products redomiciles from Delaware to the Cayman Islands by its merging with and into its wholly owned subsidiary China Biologic Products
- Tencent on its acquisition of China Music Corporation
- Meituan Corporation on its strategic cooperation with DianPing
- Special committee of Origin Agritech on its sale of commercial seed production and distribution business
- China Biologic Products on its $590 million private placement
- Sequoia on its various investments in pre-IPO companies, including Ke, Julive and Genesis Medtech
- Megvii Technology on its pre-IPO financing
- iQiyi on its $1.53 billion convertible notes financing
- UCAR Technology on its $550 million Series B equity financing
- IDG Capital Partners on its investment in SouFun
Capital Markets
- Sinopec Group Overseas Development's $3 billion senior notes offering
- Hong Yang Group's $125 million high-yield notes offering
- Logan Property Holdings' $200 and $450 million senior notes offerings
- Shandong Yuhuang Chemical's $300 million high-yield notes offering
- China Aoyuan Property's $250 Million high-yield notes offering
- Toyota Motor Credit Corporation's $750 million offering in Taiwan
- Toyota Motor Credit Corporation's $1.75 billion offering
Credit
- Lead arrangers in $8.5 billion financing to Coty and Galleria Co. for acquisition by Coty of P&G’s beauty business
- Lead arrangers in $4 billion financing to Coty for acquisition of P&G’s beauty business
- Lead arrangers in $4.5 billion financing in connection with the divesture of certain brands in P&G’s beauty business
- Black Knight's $1.6 billion senior secured facilities
Professional History
- Davis Polk since 2014