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Yunpeng Fan
Mr. Fan is counsel in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Beijing. He has extensive experience representing corporate clients, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds in a wide range of M&A transactions, including strategic investments, pre-IPO investments, acquisitions of public companies, joint ventures and cross-border acquisitions. He also regularly advises clients on securities law issues, corporate governance and general corporate matters. |
Work Highlights
- Tencent-led consortium on its acquisition of additional equity interest in Universal Music Group
- China Biologic on its going-private transaction
- DouYu on its merger with HUYA
- Yintech on its going-private transaction
- Tencent on the going-private transaction of Sogou
- Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment on a strategic investment in Universal Music Group
- Megvii Technology on its pre-IPO financing
- Heineken’s entry into a strategic partnership with China Resources to join forces in China
- 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 from PW Medtech through share exchange
- iQIYI’s $1.53 billion convertible notes financing
- IDG Capital, together with China Oceanwide on its acquisition of International Data Group
- Uber on the merger of Uber China and Didi Chuxing
- Tencent on its acquisition of a majority of shares of China Music Corporation and the combination of QQ Music and China Music Corporation
- L Brands on its acquisition of retail business in beauty products and apparel in China
- Buyer consortium on its:
- Going-private transaction of KongZhong
- Going-private transaction of Synutra International
- Going-private transaction of Taomee
- Special committee of:
- AsiaInfo-Linkage on its going-private transaction
- Trunkbow International on its going-private transaction
- Simcere Pharmaceutical on its going-private transaction
- Warburg Pincus, IDG Capital, Bain Capital and I Squared Capital in various private equity investments
- Qunar on its private placement of convertible notes to Silver Lake and Hillhouse
- Bank of Communications on its acquisition of 80% equity interests in Banco BBM in Brazil
- JinkoSolar on its pre-IPO financing of its downstream solar power project business
- China Mobile on its cooperation arrangement with Apple in connection with the sale of iPhone products in China
- Cordlife’s investment in China Cord Blood
Professional History
- Davis Polk since 2015
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Education
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LL.B., Wuhan University School of Law, 2005
- with honors
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LL.M., Peking University Law School, 2007
- with honors
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LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2008
- Hugo Grotius Scholar
Languages
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English