Liping Zheng

Practice Areas

Financial securities, family wealth management, private equity funds and investment mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate compliance, dispute resolution.

Career

Lawyer Zheng Liping has been engaged in law since 1992 and has worked as a lawyer since 2008.

2008.10-2010.10, Lawyer of Zhejiang Jintai Long Law Firm

2010.11-2020.10, Deputy Director / Senior Partner of Beijing Bank of China (Hangzhou) Law Firm

2021.10 till now, Senior Equity lawyer of Beijing Deheng (Hangzhou) Law Firm

Professional Memberships

Deputy Director of the Wealth Management Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Lawyers Association

Professional Personnel of the Third-Party Supervision and Assessment Mechanism for Enterprises Involved in Cases in Zhejiang Province

Vice President of Zhejiang Association of Corporate Counsel and Executive Director of Corporate Compliance Committee

Special Invited Mediator of Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court

Charitable Trust Assessment Expert in Hangzhou

Lecturer for China Merger & Acquisition Association

Mentor for Graduate Students at Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics

Publications

Lawyer Liping ZHENG participated in the compilation of "Guidelines on Public Welfare and Charity Practice", Research Report on Frontier Legal Issues of Deheng Wealth Management (2022) and Enterprise Investment Manual

Personal

Lawyer Liping ZHENG is a Senior Equity Lawyer at DeHeng (Hangzhou). She currently serves as the Director of the Global Wealth Management Practice Center (Hangzhou) and the Dean of the Family Office and Philanthropic Heritage Research Institute at DeHeng (Hangzhou). Over the years, lawyer ZHENG has led the Fashang Fangtong team in providing in-depth legal services in the fields of investment and financing, corporate governance, and family wealth management.

Clients

Lawyer Zheng Liping currently/has served as the standing legal advisor or panel lawyer for state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, and government departments such as Zhejiang Financial Control Investment Management Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Financial Development Co., Ltd., Zhejiang State-owned Capital Operation Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Fuyue Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (the manager of the Provincial State-owned Enterprise Reform Fund), Zhejiang Development Asset Management Co., Ltd. (the Provincial Listed Company Relief Fund), Zhejiang Financial Capital, Zhejiang Fuyue Financial Leasing, Hangzhou Oriental Jiafu (the investment platform of Zhejiang Oriental Financial Holdings Group), Hangzhou West Lake Culture and Tourism Group, Hangzhou Lin'an Xinjin Group, Hangzhou West Lake Investment Group, Taizhou Huangyan Urban Investment, Zhejiang Golden Trust, CITIC Trust, Hangzhou Industrial and Commercial Trust, Zhejiang Merchant Property Insurance, Bank of China, CITIC Bank, China Construction Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Bohai Bank, and Zhejiang Merchant Bank. She has also served as the legal advisor for dozens of private enterprises.

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Work Highlights

Corporate and Securities Law

Advised enterprises including Bancoon Electric, Huahao Technology, Yunjie Technology, Junyue Technology, Heixuantu Group and others on joint-stock restructuring, stock issuance and listing projects.

Private Equity Funds & Equity Investment

Served as perennial legal counsel to Zhejiang Fuzhe Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (manager of Zhejiang Provincial State-owned Reform Fund), and special legal counsel for equity investment projects of its subordinate funds.

Acted as special legal counsel for multiple equity investment projects of Zhejiang Development Asset Operation Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Provincial Listed Company Rescue Fund).

Served as perennial legal counsel to Hangzhou Oriental Jiafu Asset Management Co., Ltd. (investment platform of Zhejiang Oriental Financial Holding Group), and legal counsel for equity investment projects of its subordinate funds.

Provided legal counsel on compliance legal opinions for fund structure of multiple funds managed by Zhejiang Jinyi Asset Management Co., Ltd. (provincial AMC investment platform).

Acted as special legal counsel for multiple domestic and overseas investment projects of Hangzhou Gaoxin Venture Capital Co., Ltd.

Advised on equity investment projects of multiple funds under Hangshi Equity Investment Fund Management (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

Provided legal services for equity investment projects of funds managed by Shanghai Hushan Investment Management Co., Ltd.

Served as perennial legal counsel to Zheyin Huizhi (Hangzhou) Capital Management Co., Ltd.

Advised a number of private fund institutions including Zhejiang Xinxin Asset Management Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jiahao Mingtai Investment Management Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Anhua Asset Management Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Yingzhichuan Investment Management Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Century Wofu Asset Management Co., Ltd., Huzhou Zhongzhuo Investment Management Co., Ltd. on private fund manager registration and/or private fund filing matters.

Shortlisted as a legal service provider in the non-litigation legal service alternative pool of Zhejiang Provincial Finance Development Co., Ltd. (provincial state-owned enterprise).

Advised on multiple equity investment projects of Hangzhou West Lake Cultural Tourism Investment Group Co., Ltd.

Provided legal counsel for investment due diligence and investment promotion projects of Yiwu Information & Optoelectronic High-tech Industrial Park Administrative Committee.

Family Wealth & Charitable Trust

Served as perennial and special legal counsel for family wealth management of a family in Yiwu.

Acted as perennial legal counsel to Zhejiang Smile Tomorrow Charity Foundation.

Advised Zheshang Jinhui Trust Co., Ltd. on charitable trust projects including "Zhejin Juanliu Charitable Trust" and "Zhejin Hengshan Charitable Trust".

Served as a long-term strategic legal partner to the Family Trust Headquarters of Zheshang Jinhui Trust, Hangzhou Industrial and Commercial Trust, Private Banking Department of China Zheshang Bank Hangzhou Branch, Private Banking Department of CITIC Bank Hangzhou Branch, and Hangzhou Foundation Development Promotion Association.

Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring

Advised Hangzhou Lin'an Xinjin Industry Development Group Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of controlling stake in listed company Keda Co., Ltd.

Provided legal counsel for hotel chain M&A projects of Zhejiang Landison Hotel Group Co., Ltd.

Advised Zhejiang Ruicheng Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. on the acquisition of 100% equity interest in a Shanghai enterprise with Class A professional qualification in chemical engineering (petrochemical, pharmaceutical industry).

Served as legal counsel for the equity restructuring project of Pujiang Huajing Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (state-owned holding).

Advised Hangzhou Kangyi Automobile Sales Service Co., Ltd. on its 100% acquisition of an enterprise with financing guarantee qualification.

Provided legal services for the 100% equity acquisition and asset divestiture project of Zhejiang Guotou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Advised Zhejiang Buqing Education Technology Co., Ltd. on the introduction of strategic investors.

Served as legal counsel for the M&A and restructuring of Gansu Dongshuiquan Mining Co., Ltd. by Gansu provincial state-owned assets.

Advised Wenzhou Nidon Garment Co., Ltd. on non-performing asset acquisition projects.

Dispute Resolution

Represented listed company Yuanfang Information (300306) in the valuation adjustment mechanism dispute arising from its material asset restructuring and acquisition of Well Technology.

Represented a subsidiary of Tsinghua Tongfang in investment disputes with a military enterprise in Zhejiang Province.

Handled the exit dispute of a PE investment project for Qingchuang Fund under Jiahao Mingtai.

Provided legal counsel for crisis resolution in a series of private placement and valuation adjustment mechanism disputes of Jiatai CNC (838053).

Advised Beijing Zheyin Group on crisis management, and represented it in arbitration proceedings involving private fund investment disputes between its subordinate private funds and multiple investors.

Industry Sector Expertise

Her practice covers the following areas:

Financial Securities Non-Litigation Services: Including domestic and international IPOs for enterprises, equity investment and funds, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and debt financing.

Corporate Governance Non-Litigation Services: Involving top-level structural design, equity incentives, and corporate compliance.

Family Wealth Management Non-Litigation Services: Encompassing top-level structural design and optimization for family governance and succession, risk prevention and response for families, marriage and identity planning for family members, family funds/foundations, family trusts, family offices, family asset allocation, and family philanthropy.

Philanthropy and Charitable Trusts: Structuring of charitable trusts, family foundations, and impact investing vehicles; advising on groundbreaking initiatives including China’s first real estate charitable trust (Tonglu Real Estate Charitable Trust), the “Meimei Yugong · Guomei” Charitable Trust (which received the 8th Zhejiang Charity Award), and the Da Xia Jiang Common Prosperity Fund.

Dispute Resolution: Handling complex commercial disputes, investment-related arbitration/litigation, and crisis management for family businesses.

Education

Awards