Hong Zhang

Practice Areas

Hong Zhang is a senior partner of Fenxun Shanghai office. She has abundant experience in corporate affairs, especially in the areas of cross-border M&A (including PE and VC) and joint ventures. She focuses on domestic and overseas cross-border M&A and related legal issues including complicated PE and VC investment and financing, the restructuring involved in dismantling or setting up 'red-chip' structures, pre-IPO equity financing and employee incentives for various types of corporations, as well as strategic cooperation and joint venture business.

Before joining the Firm, Ms. Zhang worked in major Chinese and international lawyer firms. She advised numerous Chinese companies in high-profile overseas M&A, and assisted multiple prominent international PE firms’ significant M&A transactions and equity investments in the Greater China and Asia region. Ms. Zhang is particularly skilful in advising clients on complicated cross-border transactions and providing input of high commercial value. She has also advised large multinational companies on their M&A and restructuring issues in Greater China and Asia, as well as acting as perennial legal counsel for several large Chinese state-owned enterprises (including government control investment companies).

Languages Spoken

English

Mandarin

Education

Awards

Industry Sector Expertise

She has accumulated extensive experience and unique insight across a wide range of sectors such as TMT, Fintech, healthcare, real estate, financial institutions, High Tech and high-end manufacturing.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Ms. Zhang's jurisdictions of expertise span a wide array of overseas jurisdictions, including but not limited to Southeast Asia, Latin America (with a notable focus on countries like Argentina and Brazil), and Africa.