Kevin Zhang
Lawyers
Advises clients on capital markets and M&A transactions in China and the United States.
Kevin is a counsel in our Corporate practice, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong. He focuses on both capital markets and M&A transactions in China and the United States.
Kevin has substantial experience in complex capital markets transactions, representing both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and all the major investment banks in IPOs and high-yield debt offerings. He also advises a broad range of corporate and financial investor clients on strategic mergers, pre-IPO investments, PIPE investments and joint ventures. In addition, Kevin advises U.S. public companies on SEC reporting and corporate governance matters.
Experience highlights
Capital Markets
- Kingsoft Cloud dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Tencent Music Entertainment Hong Kong secondary listing
- BeiGene $3.5 billion Shanghai IPO
- Baidu $3.1 billion Hong Kong secondary listing
- NetEase $3.1 billion Hong Kong secondary listing
- iQIYI $2.25 billion U.S. IPO
- Full Truck Alliance $1.77 billion U.S. IPO
- Tigermed $1.3 billion Hong Kong IPO
- ING $1.27 billion U.S. IPO
- Tencent Music $1.1 billion U.S. IPO
- JOINN Laboratories $844 million Hong Kong IPO
- Ming Yuan Cloud $797 million Hong Kong IPO
- DouYu $775 million U.S. IPO
- Nayuki $656 million Hong Kong IPO
- Studio City $359 million U.S. IPO
- Liepin $353 million Hong Kong IPO
- Missfresh $273 million U.S. IPO
- Youdao $220 million U.S. IPO and concurrent private placement
- RE/MAX $220 million U.S. IPO
- MOL Global $169 million U.S. IPO
- Sunlands $150 million U.S. IPO
- Boqii $70 million U.S. IPO
- Onion Global $67.5 million U.S. IPO
- Mogu $66.5 million U.S. IPO
- Atour $52 million U.S. IPO
- CNFinance $52 million U.S. IPO
- LIZHI $45.1 million U.S. IPO
- Li Auto $2 billion at-the-market offering
- iQIYI $508 million follow-on offering
- Youdao $238 million equity follow-on offering
- Bilibili convertible notes exchange and concurrent follow-on equity offering
- CNOOC $3.8 billion SEC-registered notes offering
- Bilibili $1.6 billion convertible notes offering
- iQIYI $1.2 billion convertible notes offering
- Fosun International €1 billion high-yield notes offering
- JD.com $1.0 billion SEC-registered notes offering
- Baidu SEC-registered sale of $998 million of Ctrip shares
- Tencent Music $800 million SEC-registered notes offering
- KKR Financial $325 million SEC-registered preferred stock offering
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Uber China merger with Didi
- Kingsoft Cloud acquisition of controlling interests in Camelot
- Tencent renewed strategic cooperation with JD.com
- Tencent’s strategic investment in connection with Meili’s merger with Mogu
- Murphy USA spinoff from Murphy Oil and listing on the New York Stock Exchange
- Shanda Group strategic investment in Legg Mason
- Tencent pre-IPO investment in Mogu
- Temasek strategic investment in NIO
- Tencent strategic investment in Bilibili
- TE Connectivity sale of its circuit protection devices business to Littelfuse
- Hot Topic leveraged buyout by Sycamore Partners
- Various PRC-related equity investments and divestitures by Tencent, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Warburg Pincus and other private equity firms
Insights
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School
- Dean's List
LL.B., Fudan University
Professional history
- Counsel - Registered Foreign Lawyer, 2020-present
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, 2012-2020
- Hong Kong office, 2014-present
- New York office, 2012-2014
Qualifications and admissions
- Hong Kong Law Society - Registered
- State of New York