Zhong Lun Law Firm 中伦律师事务所

Top-tier firm Zhong Lun Law Firm is ranked ‘Outstanding’ in following practice areas: Capital markets, Construction, Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Investment funds, Private equity, Restructuring and insolvency and Tax. Equity partner Jing (Anthony) Zhao specialises in capital markets, corporate and M&A, and private equity, with an emphasis in the TMT sector.  

Banking and finance 

Work highlights 

Acted for Tianqi Lithium Corporation and its subsidiaries on raising acquisition facilities to finance over $4 billion acquisition of a stake in Chile’s SQM. 

Advised Super Alliance Real Estate Partners on the FTN loan acquisition of multiple PRC properties. 

Acted for CITIC Securities on its financing in China Visionary Management Consulting for its acquisition project of the Yingke Centre.  

Key clients 

Avenue, ICBC Financial Leasing, OCBC 

Capital markets 

Work highlights 

Acted for a well-known investment company on its $250 million convertible bonds in the acquisition of YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical. 

Acted for Tianhuayuan on its issuance of shares to CNCE Global Holdings (Hong Kong) to purchase 100% shares of China National Chemical Equipment (Luxembourg), and the issuance of shares to Fujian Sanming Double-Wheel Chemical Machinery and Fujian Huaxiang Automatic Technology to purchase their real estates, machinery and other major assets. 

Acted for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Meitian Dianping’s listing on the HKEX. 

Key clients 

Blackstone, China Tower Corporation, Cinda Real Estate, Tencent, ZhongJi InnoLight 

Competition/antitrust  

Work highlights 

Represented Shell in the antitrust litigation lodged by Shell’s distributors. 

Acted for Luxottica on the merger review in its proposed merger with Essilor. 

Acted for Tianqi Lithium on its concentration filling for the acquisition of SQM, one of the industry’s oldest suppliers of agricultural chemical fertilisers and lithium product. 

Key clients 

Arm, COFCO Property (Group), Great Wall Motor, LG Display, SF Express, Sichuan Tianyi Science & Technology 

Construction 

Work highlights 

Acted for China Construction No 2 Engineering Bureau on the automobile and industrial development PPP project in Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone. 

Acted for Gongzhuling Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau on the river ecological environmental protection PPP project in Gongzhulin, Jilin province. 

Acted for Tianchang Urban Construction Investment on the implementation of the Tianchang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine PPP Project. 

Key clients 

CCCC Industrial Investment Holding, China Resources Land (Shanghai), Wuhan Surveying-geotechnical Research Institute 

Corporate and M&A 

Work highlights 

Advised Aisino, a state-owned A-share listed company, on its acquisition of over ten Internet P2P companies under a Hong Kong listed company. 

Acted for SoftBank’s on its investment in WeWork. 

Acted for Cinda Real Estate on its acquisition of Huaikuang Real Estate. 

Key clients 

Aisino, Beijing Jing Dong Century Trading, Shanxi Jindong Energy Development, Sinopharm, Tianjin Changhe Equity Investment Fund Management, Vlinker 

Dispute resolution 

Work highlights 

Acted for China Resources Land (Shanghai) on a dispute against Yanlord Land Group. 

Acted for Nomura Special Investments Singapore on a syndicate dispute among nine banks. 

Acted for Fujian Rare Earth and its subsidiary Xiamen Tungsten on a dispute against Xiushui County Jutong Investment and Jiangxi Jutong Industry in relation to control over the shares of a mining field. 

Key clients 

China Construction Bank, Cinda Financial Leasing, Fujian Branch of Sinopec Sales, Sinopec Marketing (Northwest), Yunnan Renze Real Estate Development 

Intellectual property 

Work highlights 

Acted for Beijing Xiaoju Technology and DiDi Chuxing Technology on defending patent infringement claims and parallel invalidation action. 

Acted for Sogou Technology on a series of cross litigations over the patent infringement and patent invalidation against Baidu. 

Defended Hitevision, a Chinese leading manufacturer of interactive multimedia display devices, on patent infringement claims. 

Key clients 

Bittel Intelligent Technology, Chiral Quest (Suzhou), Netmarble, Shenzhen Mileseey Technology, Tongfang Nuctech, Yulong Computer Communication Technology (Shenzhen) 

Investment funds 

Work highlights 

Acted for Zhongxin Juxin (Beijing) Capital Management on the establishment of New Oriental Education Fund. 

Acted for Qingda Huashu (Xiamen) Investment Management on the establishment of Gaoping Qihang Industry Revitalization Fund. 

Labour and employment 

Work highlights 

Acted for Shanghai Yunshang Network Technology on a labour dispute with one of its founders. 

Acted for Hangzhou Bestsign Network Technology on the termination strategy of one of its managing executives. 

Acted for Clarion Events on non-competition litigation against World Leading Exhibition Group. 

Key clients 

BC Education Consulting (Beijing), China United Network Communications, Daimler Greater China, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Technology, Payless Holdings, World Bank International Finance 

Private equity 

Work highlights 

Acted for SoftBank Vision Fund on its series E investment in Guazi.com, a leading Chinese developer and provider of an online platform for used and new automobiles. 

Acted for rental apartment company Vlinker on its equity financing by Warburg Pincus through its portfolio company. 

Acted for Orchid Asia on its series C and series D investments in ‘Hunliji.com’, a leading platform in China providing various wedding-related services. 

Key clients 

Ares, Everest Medicine, Gracell Biotechnologies, Lilly Asia Ventures, Sunshine Insurance Group, Starcrest, Tongdun 

Regulatory 

Work highlights 

Advised China Government and Enterprise Cooperation Investment Fund on regulatory compliance of projects. 

Advised Sinochem Group on the establishment of a comprehensive compliance system. 

Acted for ABI, one of the world largest brewers, on designing an antitrust compliance programme. 

Key clients 

China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation, Coastal International, CR Pharmaceutical, Daimler Greater China, Danone, Microsoft (China), Samsung, Tencent, ZTE Corporation 

Restructuring and insolvency 

Work highlights 

Acted on a series of a reorganisation of Liaoning Huishan Dairy Group and its 108 associated companies. 

Acted for Hainan Zhongdu Real Estate Development on its bankruptcy reorganisation. 

Key clients 

Fuguiniao, Jiangsu Shanjun Clean Energy Technology, Proview Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Zhenhua Gangwan Enterprise, Zhongrong International Trust 

Tax 

Work highlights 

Provided tax consulting services for the co-investment of NewEase China and Warburg Pincus. 

Advised CDH Investment and TecPark Technology Development on tax filings. 

Advised CLSA Asia Real Estate Fund on tax consulting and tax filing services for a major indirect share transfer of a real estate project in China. 

Key clients 

B&W Tek, Diener Syz Real Estate, Hoya Corporation, Looser Holding, Tialoc Group 

Client feedback 

“Professional and responsible, good response to the client’s requirements and good communication skills.” – Banking and finance 

“Zhong Lun has a team of highly professional and dedicated counsels. They are familiar with debt capital markets transactions.” – Capital markets 

“Zhong Lun is very easy to work with and responsive. The attorneys quickly researched and understood the technical issues of our case. They were also very accommodating of our schedule and timing requirements, which required substantial work during the holidays.” – Intellectual property 

Jihong Chen 

“Mr Chen Jihong provided very professional services in terms of profound legal knowledge and experiences. He is a strong leader in the telecommunications sector.”  

Ping Gu 

“Ping was very responsive and helpful. She was knowledgeable about our matter and the legal issues involved and provided helpful insight into relevant Chinese law.”  

Haibo (William) Jia 

“Mr Jia is a very professional counsel. He is very detail-oriented, and always complete his tasks timely and immaculately.”  

Shirley Lu 

“Good communication with clients and deep knowledge in the industry. Professional work spirit and a good mentor for the team.”  

Huawei Sun 

“Huawei Sun is a first-rate lawyer. Hugely bright. She is also astute in the development of achievable strategies for her cases and then commits to successful implementations. She works wonders.”  

“The firm is excellent. Huawei Sun led a stellar team of associates. She had a great rapport with the client and showed wisdom and judgment in developing and pursuing the strategy for the case.”  

Scott Yu 

“A very good team leader. A reliable hub to other lawyers whose expertise is useful to us.”  

Yang Zhou 

“Mr Zhou is a very experienced and business-oriented lawyer with strong legal knowledge and experiences.”