Peng Huang

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A, Private Equity and Industrial Funds, Dispute Resolution

Huang is a senior partner of East & Concord Partners in the field of investment and M&A as well as foreign-related business. Chambers and Partners commented that Huang “is proficient in domestic listings and related investment matters”, and “contributed outstanding abilities to law firms in various non-controversial areas such as private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions”. LEGALBAND commented that Huang “excelled in grasping key points accurately to assist clients in breaking through bottlenecks and solving problems in different transactions”. The Legal 500 commented that Huang “is one of the few M&A lawyers in Hangzhou or even Zhejiang Province who has extensive international experience and can work fluently in English”.

Career

2021- Present East & Concord Partners, Partner

2020-2021 Grandall (Hangzhou) Law Firm, Partner

2014-2020 Guantao (Hangzhou) Law Firm, Partner

2014-2014 Canature Health Technology Group Co.,Ltd., Board Chairman Assistant & Legal Director

2010-2013 American Superconductor Corporation, Legal Director

2007-2010 Grandall (Hangzhou) Law Firm, Associate

Professional Memberships

Shanghai International Arbitration Center, Arbotrator Tanac Automation Co., Ltd. (300461), Independent Director

Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School, Practice Supervisor

“The Belt and Road” Foreign-related Legal Talent Innovation Experimental Class of Zhejiang International Studies University, Practice Supervisor

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Huzhou Branch, Distinguished Lawyer

Publications

• "Boao Lecheng: A New Hotspot for Foreign Investment in Chinese Medical Institutions" (China Business Law Journal, September 2022)

• "The Future of VIE Structures Under the New Rules for Overseas Listings" (LexisNexis/Lawyer.com, January 2022)

• "Holding foreign shares under red-chip structures" (China Business Law Journal, October 2021)

• "Current Status of Foreign Entry into China's IDC Industry: Learning from Developed Countries' Management of Foreign Entry into Data Centers" ("Networks and High-Tech Law Foreword," Volume 14, Law Press China, ISBN 978-7-5197-5209-5)

• "Analysis of Compliance Issues Easily Overlooked by Chinese Companies' Investments in the United States – A Perspective on Anti-corruption and Harassment" ("Selected Papers on Compliance Theories and Practices of Chinese Enterprises 'Going Global,'" Peking University Press, ISBN 978-7-301-31268-1)

• "An Analysis of China's Legal System on Network Personal Information Security - Drawing Lessons from the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation" ("Foreword to Network and High-Tech Law," Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, ISBN 978-7-313-22848-2)

• "RMB funds’ investment in red chip structures" (China Business Law Journal, January 2019)

• "How Onshore RMB Funds Utilize Warrants to Invest in Red Chip Structures" (Asian Legal Business, July 2018)

• "Establishing Cross-border M&A Funds Using the Advantages of Free Trade Zones" (Asian Legal Business, July 2015)

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Work Highlights

• Suning Sports’ series A financing represented by Huang was rated as one of the Deals of the Year 2018 by China Business Law Journal;

• represented American Superconductor Corp in a series of disputes against Sinovel Wind Group, which was also rated as one of the Deals of the Year 2018 by China Business Law Journal.

Education

Awards