Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
Zhong Lun Law Firm has a highly rated team with extensive experience in M&A, restructuring, strategic investment and alliances. Its corporate department maintains a strong track record in advising clients from a variety of industries such as TMT, financial services and utilities. It acts for large domestic corporations on cross-border transactions. The team also possesses knowledge of the semiconductor industry to add to its already impressive wealth of industry-specific expertise. It is a go-to team for more complex mergers and acquisitions effected via share swaps or joint equity issuances.
Strengths
The team’s commercial awareness is exceptional. Their understanding of the economic landscape and how it intersects with the legal realm is invaluable to us.
The team are extremely diligent and have a thorough understanding of every detail of the transaction. In complicated projects, they practically spared no expense in handling all the details for us.
Work Highlights
Zhong Lun represented Ascendent Capital Partners as the lead investor in the privatisation of the Nasdaq-listed Hollysys Automation Technologies.
Notable practitioners
Audry Li is a top-tier corporate lawyer who is regularly mandated by state-owned enterprises and private corporate clients to assist with big-ticket M&A. She co-heads the firm's investment and M&A practice group, and also advises on corporate regulatory matters.
Carl Li is a senior partner who specialises in corporate regulatory and transactional mandates. He handles both inbound and outbound investment projects on behalf of foreign and domestic corporate clients.
He is a well-trained and strategic-thinking lawyer. He also has very good commercial awareness.
His ability to distil complex regulatory frameworks into actionable risk-mitigation strategies has consistently delivered measurable value to our company.
Yu Zhe is highly professional in mergers and acquisitions as well as in foreign investor-related matters. He has excellent language and writing skills.
He is very good at communication, interpreting complex legal issues into simple language that is easy for our business team to understand.
Zhao Bingyin receives frequent mandates on acquisition, investment and fundraising in the real estate and logistics sectors. He also possesses extensive knowledge of insurance law.
He keeps up with the market and is well versed in regulatory requirements and the investment market.
Cheng Bo has a robust financial services practice that provides sophisticated advice to institutional investors on M&A, including through the use of SPACs. He is also well versed in Hong Kong and overseas capital markets listings.
Chen Bo is very strong in communication. He can quickly grasp our needs and coordinate resources from relevant lawyers both domestically and internationally to assist us.
Cheng Jun has a distinguished reputation for his focus on advising Chinese corporates in their outbound transactions. He is particularly proficient in the energy sector, and is also knowledgeable of the automotive and manufacturing industries. Clients who seek his advice on cross-border deals benefit from his trilingual skills and his dual qualifications in the PRC and in France.
He is very professional, and is fluent in English and French. He is experienced and has handled many projects, so his suggestions on structural design can meet the needs of both buyers and sellers.
业务优势
中伦律师事务所受到高度好评的团队拥有并购、重组、战略性投资和结盟业务的广泛经验。其公司法部门在为TMT、金融服务和公用事业等多个行业的客户提供咨询方面保持着良好的记录。中伦的公司并购团队也拥有半导体行业的知识，这为其已经相当可观的行业专业知识再添一城。同时该团队是换股或者共同发行股权等较为复杂合并收购交易的首选律师团队。
市场评价
中伦的团队非常认真，对于交易的每一个细节的了然于胸。在复杂的项目中，中伦团队几乎可以说是不计成本的在为我们处理所有细节问题。
该团队的商业意识非常出色。他们对经济形势及其与法律领域交织关系的理解对我们来说非常珍贵。
业务亮点
中伦代表上达资本作为领投方，参与于纳斯达克上市的和利时自动化科技有限公司的私有化。
领先律师
李雄律师是一名高级合伙人，专门从事公司合规和交易业务。他代表国内外企业客户处理境内外投资项目。
他是一位训练扎实、具有战略思维的律师。他还拥有非常敏锐的商业意识。
他能够将复杂的监管框架提炼成可执行的风险缓解策略，这始终为我们公司带来可衡量的价值。
他非常擅长沟通，能将复杂的法律问题用简单易懂的语言解释给我们的业务团队听。
余哲律师在并购领域非常专业，是外资这方面比较强的律师，语言能力和写作水平都很高。
程博律师沟通能力很强，能够迅速把握我们的需求，并协调国内外相关律师的资源来协助我们。
程军律师专注于为中国大型公司提供海外交易的法律建议，并因此脱颖而出。他尤其精通能源行业，同时对汽车和制造业也非常了解。寻求他的跨境交易建议的客户，受益于他精通三种语言的能力以及在中国和法国的双重执业资格。
他非常专业，英语和法语都很好。他经验丰富，经手过很多项目，因此他在结构设计方面的建议能够满足买卖双方的需求。