Zhengyu Tang

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Zhengyu Tang is the chief representative and resident partner of Sidley’s Shanghai office. He leads the firm’s inbound investment, M&A and regulatory compliance practice in China, representing a wide range of international investors with regard to their China investments, operations and investigations. Highlights include assisting:

A Fortune 500 U.S. food industry leader, in its acquisition of multiple Chinese companies, JV-WFOE restructuring and significant China PE investment and financing projects (over US$1 billion).

A Fortune 500 European chemicals company, in its major green-field investments, M&A and JV/WFOE restructuring transactions in China (over US$500 million).

A top U.S. IT company in its establishment of two high-profile chip manufacturing WFOEs with a total investment of US$2.5–3 billion, establishment of an E-business R&D service centre in China and a proposed JV with a major P.R.C.-based IT company to operate retail E-stores throughout China.

Tang has practiced law since 1986, with the Legal Department of China Council for Promotion of International Trade, the China Legal Affairs Centre of the P.R.C. Ministry of Justice, and leading Chinese and international law firms.

Personal

University of Maine School of Law, J.D. 1992; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of

Social Sciences, LL.M., 1986; Shanghai Maritime University, B.A., 1983.