Zhong Lun Advised on SoftBank’s Investment in WeWork
Zhong Lun Advised on SoftBank’s Investment in WeWork
Recently, WeWork Companies Inc. (rebranded as The We Company), a leading developer and provider of shared workspaces worldwide, has secured from SoftBank Group Corp. investments totaling $6 billion, which will be made in tranches over time.
Zhong Lun Law Firm acted as the PRC legal counsel to SoftBank in this transaction. The legal team from Zhong Lun was led by Anthony Zhao, and included Raphael Liu, Jermyn Hu, Irene Zhang and Jorah Zhou.
The Zhong Lun team also represented SoftBank in connection with its investment of hundreds of million US dollars in WeWork China in earlier 2018.