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Meizhu CAO
Non-equity Partner /
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Tel +86-28-6208-8077
Email caomeizhu@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Financing
Meizhu CAO
With experience in finance, consumption, biomedicine, new energy, and integrated circuits, she provides enterprises with full-chain legal services for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, enterprise preparation, financing, mergers and acquisitions, equity incentives, IPOs, and refinancing. In the field of refinancing of listed companies, she has hosted projects covering major product categories such as non-public issuance (issuance to specific targets), allotments, convertible corporate bonds, exchangeable corporate bonds, depositary receipts, and restructuring funds.
In the field of bond financing, she has accumulated project experience in major domestic and foreign bond products, and has a number of representative achievements, including the world's first bond listed in three places (Hong Kong, Macao and Luxembourg), the first high-quality corporate bond in the central and western regions, the largest dim sum bond of a private enterprise in China, and the first sustainable linkage of overseas bonds of an entity in China. Up to now, the total amount of domestic and overseas financing successfully obtained by the enterprises has exceeded CNY 200 billion (including equivalent currency).
Representative Matters
Domestic and Foreign Capital Markets and Financing:Having adviced Tianqi Lithium Corporation(002466.SZ), New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd.(000876.SZ), Seres Group Co., Ltd.(601127.SH), Emeishan Tourism Company Limited.(000888. SZ), New Hope Dairy Co., Ltd.(002946.SZ), Sichuan Chuantou Energy Stock Co.(600674.SH), Chengdu Guibao Science & Technology Co., Ltd(300019.SZ), Chengdu Sheng Nuo Biotec Co., Ltd.(688117.SZ), Shenghe Resources Holding Co., Ltd (600392.SH), Enwei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(301331.SZ), Xingyuan Environment Technology Co., Ltd.(300266.SZ), TECON Biology Co., LTD.(002100.SZ), Sichuan Crun Co.,Ltd(002272.SZ), Yibin Paper Industry Co., Ltd(600793.SH), Sichuan Dehui Commercial Co., LTD. (stock code:832262), Sichuan Development Holding Company Limited, New Hope Group Limited, Sichuan Tequ Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Group Co., Ltd., Sichuan Provincial Investment Group Co., Ltd., Aerotropolis Xingcheng Group Limited, and New Hope Wuxin Industrial Group Co., Ltd. on domestic and foreign capital market and financing transactions, including issuing stocks through rights issues, publicly issuing convertible corporate bonds, issuing depositary receipts, issuing stocks to specific offerees, major asset restructuring and raising supporting funds, and other refinancing of listed companies, A-share IPO, NEEQ market, and domestic and foreign securities financing projects.
Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology Achievement Transformation, Equity Incentive:Experienced in the industries of finance, consumption, biomedicine, new energy, and integrated circuits legal practices. Having adviced on major asset restructuring of Sichuan Lutianhua Company Limited(000912.SZ), acquisition of a Hong Kong listed company by Sichuan Provincial Investment Group Co., Ltd., acquisition of an A-share listed company by Hope Education Group Co., Ltd., transferring of control of an A-share listed company by an investment group company, acquisition of multiple photovoltaic module companies by Dong Fang Electric Corporation Limited (600875.SH), acquisition of a large-scale securities company by CDHT Investment Group Limited, acquisition of a local commercial bank by CDHT Investment Group Limited, acquisition of a large-scale property insurance company by Sichuan Development Holding Company Limited, acquisition of NPA by China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., acquisition of NPA by Sichuan Development Jiayibing Asset Restructuring Investment Co., Ltd, equity investments by Orinno Capital, equity investments by Detong Capital, equity investments by CDHT New Economy Venture Capital, equity investments by THG Ventures, and equity investments by CDHTI Electronic Information Industry Group Co., Ltd; Having Provided legal services for technology innovation projects under Tsinghua University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, including technology achievement transformation, enterprise establishment, financing, mergers and acquisitions, equity incentives, and IPOs.
Banking and Finance:Serving as a perennial legal advisor to the Sichuan Regulatory Bureau of the State Administration for Financial Supervision and Administration, having adviced Sichuan Financial Holding Co. Ltd. on the restructuring and establishing Sichuan Bank, the private equity fund registrations and equity investments of China Railway Haida, Fanxiang Xingye, Meiji Fund, JKBS Fund, and Jianye Fund.
Honors and Awards
IFLR Asia-Pacific Rising Star, International Financial Law Review, 2021
Deal of the Year – Sichuan, IFLR 1000 China Awards, 2024
Sichuan Province Professional Lawyer (in the fields of Corporate Law and Financial Securities Insurance), Sichuan Provincial Department of Justice
Top Ten Typical Cases of Sichuan Province's Legal Services for Major Projects, Sichuan Provincial Bar Association
Memberships & Affiliations
Deputy Director, Major Projects and Advantageous Industries Working Committee, Sichuan Provincial Bar Association
Leading talent in the field of foreign-related legal services for lawyers in Chengdu
Reserve talent in the field of foreign-related legal services for lawyers in Sichuan
Mediator, Belt and Road International Commercial Mediation (Southwest) Center
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2015
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Education
LL.M., Tsinghua University, 2014
LL.B., Tsinghua University, 2012 -
Professional Experience
Non-Equity Partner, Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2014 to Present
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Languages
Chinese
English