Meng Ding
Global Guide 2024
Band 5 : Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
Band 5
About
Provided by Meng Ding
Practice Areas
Meng Ding has extensive experience counselling issuers and investment banks on a broad spectrum of capital markets and M&A transactions. He focuses on Greater China and Asia companies, frequently advising on transactions that define their growth and success, from early-stage financing to listing to post-listing matters.
He has advised on numerous Hong Kong IPOs, U.S. IPOs and bond offerings, including some of Greater China’s largest, most complex and precedent-setting transactions. Meng is renowned for his ground-up approach to gain deep understanding of industries, ranging from e-commerce platforms to specialist hard-tech companies to life science and pharmaceutical firms to financial institutions.
Meng received a Ph.D. in physics from M.I.T. Earlier in his career, he was a Silicon Valley technologist, innovating at semiconductor powerhouses like IBM and AMD. He holds 32 issued U.S. patents. He remains a technology enthusiast ever since and stays closely connected to the tech community, particularly in Greater China. These special knowledge and experience distinguish him when advising technology issuers, especially hard-tech and deep-tech companies, where insights and in-depth expertise are essential to understand their technology roadmap, product evolution and industry landscape.
Chambers Review
Global
Ding Meng is noteworthy for his specialism in technology-related ECM transactions. He is well regarded for both Hong Kong and US capital markets matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mr Ding's commercial thinking is very good. He can always provide timely and practical advice. He typically not only raises a question but also provides realistic and practical solutions."
"Dr Ding is a very skilled lawyer with a practical, commercial mindset. He designs elegant solutions and identifies pain points in the first instance. We are very glad to have worked with him."
"Mr Ding's commercial thinking is very good. He can always provide timely and practical advice. He typically not only raises a question but also provides realistic and practical solutions."
"Dr Ding is a very skilled lawyer with a practical, commercial mindset. He designs elegant solutions and identifies pain points in the first instance. We are very glad to have worked with him."