Our cross-border investment/M&A team provides multi-jurisdictional, multilingual, and transcultural services, handling big-ticket domestic investment deals valued from over ten million to single-digit billion US dollars for clients worldwide and advising Chinese clients on their cross-border investment/M&As in most countries in North America, Europe, South America, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Asia, Central Asia, Western Asia, and Africa.

Zhong Lun's services span the entire lifecycle of varied cross-border investment/M&As, from industry access and consulting on laws and policies, transaction structuring, due diligence on target projects and business partners, project financing, drafting, negotiation, and execution of transaction documents, and filing for approval by regulatory authorities at the early stages of deals, through to transaction closing and final integration of transactions. We have market-leading lawyers specialized in every industry to handle sophisticated investment/M&A deals in all aspects, including tax, foreign exchange, environment, real estate, intellectual property, labor, anti-commercial bribery, data security, national security review, and antitrust. In addition to the diverse expertise, our team is highly proficient in multiple languages and can work in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. These capabilities enable our lawyers to transcend language and cultural barriers, ensuring frictionless service delivery throughout cross-border investment and M&A transactions.

Since Chambers ranked Chinese law firms for the first time in 2007, every year has seen our lawyers taking leading spots in its individual rankings, and our M&A practice has stayed in the top tier for years in succession.

In recent years, we have helped a host of Chinese and foreign multinationals, funds, and listed companies complete numerous high-profile and complex deals. These accomplishments are testament to our core competitiveness in providing high-quality services by dint of our efficient mobilization of resources, rich hands-on experience, and seamless interdisciplinary cooperation. Also shown in these deals are our deep understanding of Chinese and foreign laws, regulatory environment, and cultural differences; agility in applying tax, finance, and business knowledge; keen sense of fundamental commercial logics; and innovative approach to tackling complex or cutting-edge issues.