Greater China Region
Practice Areas
Private Equity & Investment Funds, Taxation & Wealth Planning, Litigation & Arbitration
Personal
Focusing on Private Equity & Investment Funds, Taxation & Wealth Planning, Litigation & Arbitration, Mr. Gong helps companies with a high success rate from investment and financing, M&A to corporate compliance and risk control, combined with wealth planning and risk segregation for beneficial owners and entrepreneurs. The clients served by Mr. Gong include multinational corporations, financial institutions, pharmaceutical and large health companies, high-tech and high-end manufacturing industries, as well as individual entrepreneurs and family offices.
Mr. Gong is dual licensed in China and New York State and has over 20 years of experience practicing M&A, investment and wealth planning law, including the IFLR M&A Lawyer of the Year (2020) by the International Financial Law Review, the Outstanding Recommended Lawyer by Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, and He has also been awarded the "Outstanding Author Award" by CITIC Press and the "Top Ten Influential People in China's Rule of Law" in 2018.
Work Highlights
Private Equity and M&A
• Advised Goldman Sachs on its investment in a large multinational restaurant chain;
• Advised one of the leading logistics properties companies in China on dozens of M&A and land acquisition matters;
• Advised Warburg Pincus on its takeover of a large private owned enterprise group in China;
• Advised a renowned US-based private equity firm on its proposed bid for a largest construction equipment manufacturer in China;
• Advised FountainVest on its proposed buyout and privatization of Focus Media;
• Advised Lincoln Electric on a variety of investment and acquisition projects in China;
Wealth Management
• Advised an ultrahigh net worth client in China on designing a cross-border corporate structure and offshore trust;
• Advised a controlling shareholder of a listed company on family succession planning;
• Advised a well-known European family office on variety of PRC law related matters;
• Advised a Hong Kong family office on certain wealth management and estate planning related matters;
• Delivered speeches to a number of private banks and family offices and provided succession planning related advice to their clients.
Capital Markets
• Advised Morgan Stanley on its underwriting of Fosun International’s IPO in Hong Kong and US offerings for HK$11.5 billion
• Advised the insurance arm of General Electric on its USD10 billion IPO in New York;
• Advised Prudential Insurance on its USD3 billion bond offering
• Advised MetLife on its USD3 billion bond offering
Languages Spoken
Chinese
English
Expert in these Jurisdictions
People’s Republic of China, New York State
Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Shanghai
Associate, Jones Day, Shanghai
Associate, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae L.L.P, New York
