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Position: Managing partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Practice Areas:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdictions:
Profile

Mr. Xiaohui (Steven) Zhu is the Managing Partner of Tian Yuan Law Firm and maintains his practice. He has extensive experience in the fields of the corporate and capital market for over 20 years and focuses on M&A, restructuring, venture capital, private equity and the securities issuance.

Representative deals include advising China Alcoa in its acquisition of Yun Nan Copper (the largest acquisition to date in the non-ferrous industry of China), Beijing Sanyuan Foods’ acquisition of Sanlu Group, the restructuring of Sinochem Group, IPO of Far Eastern Horizon (the first Chinese financial leasing company listed in Hong Kong), IPO of Franshion Properties, China’s Jinmao Group’s spin-off from Franshion Properties and IPO, the largest follow-on A shares offering by BOE Technology Group, 144A/Reg S note offering by Sinochem Hong Kong and COFCO Hong Kong, advising Beijing State-owned Capital Management and Operation Center in its acquisition of shares in China Securities Co., the H Shares IPO of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., the merger between Beijing Pharmaceutical Group and China Resources Pharmaceutical Group, and several major investment deals by National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd, and China Structural Reform Fund Co., Ltd..

He was awarded “Leading Individual in Capital Market, Corporate/M&A, China” by Chambers, the Leading Individual in Capital Market and Corporate/M&A by Legal 500, “Top 100 Lawyers in China” by China Business Law Journal, Leading Lawyer in Corporate/M&A” by Asialaw, and Star Lawyer by Acritas.

Address:
20-21/F, China Life Financial Centre
23 Zhenzhi Road
Chaoyang District, 100026
Tel:+86 10 5776 3888 Email:Contact this practitioner