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  • Sophia CHEN

    Non-equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3031

    Email chenjian@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Financing, Financial Products & Trusts, Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Banking & Financial Services

CV

Sophia CHEN

Sophia Chen is a non-equity partner at Zhong Lun's financing team. So far, she has garnered over ten years' professional experience as a lawyer.

Sophia's practice areas include banking and finance, cross-border M&A, and fund. Her track record in banking and finance extends to syndication loans, acquisition financing, project financing, disposal of NPL, international trade financing, and advice on the creation and enforcement of security for various financial transactions, and she has provided services to banks and other financial institutions, as well as industry-leading investment funds for series of domestic and overseas financing projects. Sophia has also accumulated substantial experience in financing transactions across industries of real estate, hotels, infrastructure, telecommunications, energy, minerals, TMT, data center, etc.

Representative Matters

  • Advised Blackstone Group on the financing in relation to its multiple acquisition projects of onshore commercial properties and logistics warehouses

  • Advised Tishman Speyer on onshore equity acquisition transactions and development and construction loans

  • Advised an offshore joint venture of New Ease on the offshore mezz loan for refinancing its offshore acquisition project

  • Advised Bizlink Holding Inc. on the Euro offshore loans granted by the syndicate consisting of Bank SinoPac, CTBC Bank Co., Ltd., MEGA International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., and Taishin International Bank Co., Ltd. for the acquisition of LEONI Industrial Solutions business group from LEONI AG (Xetra: LEO)

  • Advised Ascendent Capital Partners on the cross-border acquisition loans in an amount of nearly EUR 100 million provided by China Merchants Bank for the acquisition of Alutrim Group's subsidiaries in Germany, Hong Kong, and China's mainland

  • Advised the syndicate that consisted of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and HSBC on a cross-border facility granted to an offshore affiliate jointly controlled by Provident Capital and Saratoga Group for the purpose of funding the onshore telecommunication tower business

  • Advised J.P. Morgan Asset Management and New Ease on two cross-border syndicated loans in an aggregate amount of several billion RMB borrowed from the two syndicates for the acquisition of the onshore portfolio consisting of ten logistics assets and the refinancing of the aforesaid acquisition loan

  • Advised International Finance Corporation on the loans granted to onshore and offshore affiliates of Minsheng Education Group (01569.HK) for acquisition of new schools and decoration and upgrades projects

  • Advised Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and United Overseas Bank as mandated lead arrangers on the syndicated loan granted to GDS Group for its data centers in Shanghai Free Trade Zone

  • Advised the syndicate consisting of J.P. Morgan Securities as arranger and HSBC as agent on the financing granted to Bain Capital for the acquisition of a non-performing asset package

  • Advised Hines on the syndicated loan of several billion RMB granted by the syndicate consisting of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China to the financing and refinancing of the construction and development of the One Museum Palace project in Shanghai

  • Advised the onshore and offshore syndicates arranged by HSBC and United Overseas Bank on the onshore-offshore linked financing in an aggregate amount of several billion RMB for refinancing of the acquisition loan and financing of development and construction project of Florentia Village in Shanghai

  • Advised the onshore and offshore syndicates arranged by Standard Chartered Bank on the onshore-offshore linked financing in an aggregate amount of several billion RMB granted to PAG for the acquisition project of Ciro's Plaza

  • Advised OCBC Bank on the onshore-offshore linked financing in an aggregated amount of several hundred million RMB granted to Quad Real Asia for the acquisition of a portfolio consisting of three logistic assets from LaSalle Investment

  • Advised an offshore syndicate jointly arranged by Standard Chartered Bank and Australia and New Zealand Bank on the cross-border security matter under the refinancing facility of USD 550 million granted to Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. (600196.SH, 02196.HK)

  • Advised BIOSTIME (01112.HK) on the refinancing for the acquisition of major shares in Swisse granted by the syndicate consisting of Goldman Sachs (as arranging bank) and HSBC (as agent bank); meanwhile, represented BIOSTIME in the issue of offshore senior notes by Biostime International Holdings Ltd., a listed subsidiary of BIOSTIME, with Goldman Sachs acting as the initial purchaser of the aforesaid senior notes

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law, 2010

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Associate, Dacheng Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English