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Celia Zhou
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Greater China Region 2026
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Celia Zhou
Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms)

China

2 Years Ranked

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Up and Coming

Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms)

China

4 Years Ranked

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Global 2025

About

Provided by Celia Zhou

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

Celia is a counsel in our Global Transactions group. Her practice focuses on global and regional private equity clients and corporate clients on leveraged financings, share backed financings and corporate loans across the credit spectrum.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Solicitor, Hong Kong

Languages Spoken

Celia speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Work Highlights

- Advising corporate clients on a number of high-profile syndicated loan transactions, including Alibaba on its US$4bn term loan and US$6.5bn revolving facility and ESR on a series of sustainability-linked loans.

- Advising Permira, Advent, FountainVest, Affinity and other international and regional private equity funds on a number of leveraged buy-outs, refinancings, pre and post IPO margin loans and other share-backed financings, as well as well as corporate loans of their portfolio companies.

- Advising Chinese investors on outbound acquisition financing, including advising Midea on the €4.1bn financing for its acquisition of Kuka and a consortium led by ANTA and FountainVest on the €4.2bn financing for its acquisition of Amer Sports.

Education

University of Hong Kong

LL.B., Law

University of Hong Kong

BBA, Law

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Greater China Region

Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms) - China

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Up and Coming
Individual Editorial
Celia Zhou is a counsel in Freshfields' finance department. She focuses on assisting borrowers, including corporates and private equity firms, with leveraged financing and investment-grade loan transactions.
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Banking & Finance: Hong Kong-based (International Firms) - China

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Up and Coming
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Celia Zhou is a counsel in Freshfields' finance department. She focuses on assisting borrowers, including corporates and private equity firms, with leveraged financing and investment-grade loan transactions.
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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

She is an all-rounder and a capable banking and finance lawyer.

Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms) respondent
Chambers Greater China Region

Celia is pretty efficient and I would say that, she would try to keep things very clear when coming back to me.

Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms) respondent
Chambers Greater China Region

Celia has provided work that makes me very satisfied. Her strength is that she is able to use Mandarin to communicate with us.

Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms) respondent
Chambers Greater China Region

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