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  • Wenhao DING

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3610

    Email dingwenhao@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Cross-border Investment/M&A

  • Industries

    Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology

CV

Wenhao DING

Mr. Ding has a solid legal plus English education background. He acquired his Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of English Literature degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He acquired his Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University, USA. Thus, He is able to work fluently with both Chinese and English.
Mr. Ding is dedicated to provide a full scope and one-stop legal service in capital markets for his clients. His practice areas include corporate structuring, equity financing and investment, IPO in both Chinese mainland stock markets and Hong Kong & overseas stock markets, and acquisition, major assets reorganization or follow-on offering of listed companies. Especially for matters involving cross-border elements, Mr. Ding has tremendous experience in the areas of red-chip company restructuring, foreign investment, cross-border merger and acquisition, Hong Kong & overseas IPO, and red-chip company or sino-foreign joint venture company IPO in Chinese mainland stock markets. Mr. Ding is familiar with both domestic and cross boarder legal practice, and is able to provide legal solutions from a comprehensive point of view.

Representative Matters

IPO in Chinese Mainland Stock Markets

  • Innovita Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (688253.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market (2022)

  • Dizal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (688192.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market (2021)

  • GalaxyCore, Inc. (688728.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market (2021)

  • Beijing Novogene Co., Ltd. (688315.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market (2021)

  • Ninebot Limited (689009.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market (2020).  This is the first case that a red-chip company offers CDR to be listed on Chinese stock markets.

  • Taiho Photoelectricity Co. Ltd. (603656.SH) IPO on SSE Main Board (2017)

  • Jiangsu Riying Electronics Co., Ltd. (603286.SH) IPO on SSE Main Board (2017)


IPO in Hong Kong & Overseas Stock Markets

  • Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd. IPO on the Main Board of HKEX (2022) 

  • Jiangsu Recbio Technology Co., Ltd. (02179.HK) IPO on the Main Board of HKEX (2022)

  • Nano Labs Limited (NA) IPO on NASDAQ (2022)

  • SenseTime Group Inc. (0020.HK) IPO on the Main Board of HKEX (2021)

  • Antengene Corporation Limited (06996.HK) IPO on the Main Board of HKEX (2020)

  • Canaan Inc. (CAN) IPO on NASDAQ (2019)

  • Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) IPO on the Main Board of HKEX (2019)


M&A and Major Assets Reorganization

  • Acquisition of Le Belier (251 million Euro) by Guangdong Wencan (Stock Code: 603348.SH) (2020)

  • Acquisition of Cloos Group by Nanjing Estun (Stock Code: 002747.SZ) (2020)

  • Acquisition of Krauss Maffei Group by Qingdao Tianhua Institute (Stock Code: 600579.SH) (a subsidiary of ChemChina) (2019)

  • Strategic Cooperation of Barrick Gold and Shandong Gold Mining (Stock Code: 600574.SH) By Shandong Gold Mining’s Acquisition of 50% of Valadero Gold for 960 million USD (2018)

  • China Cinda Asset Management Co. and Hainan Airlines to Form Acquisition Fund (10 billion RMB) to Acquire Gategroup (2017)

  • Acquisition of Super Sports Media  by China Cinda Asset Management Co. and DDMC Group (600547.SH) (2017)

  • Acquisition of Biejing Liujie by Jiaxun (Stock Code:300213)(2017)


Equity Investment and Financing

  • Represented The Carlyle Group for its D Round Investment Into Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd.

  • Represented The Greater Bay Area Homeland Investment Fund for its C Round Investment Into Elpiscience Biopharma, Ltd.

  • Represented The PICC Equity Investment Fund for its B Round Investment Into Abogen Bio.

  • Represented Beijing Menlo Biotech Company for its VIE Set-up and Restructuring

  • Represented Haitong Capital, Efung Capital and Huarong Rongde for their B Round Investment Into Jiangsu Gensciences 

  • Represented BioTrack Capital for its A+ Round Investment Into Guangzhou Reforgene Medicine

  • Represented BioTrack Capital for its B+ Round Investment Into Beijing EdiGene Biotech Company

  • Represented Beijing Changmugu Medical Technology Co., Ltd. For its B round financing and B+ round financing

  • Represented Forecyte Bio for it’s a round financing

  • Represented APRINOIA Therapeutics for its ESOP

  • Represented Rinua Gene for its Establishment and Series Seed Round financing

  • Represented Rinua Gene for its VIE Set-up and Restructuring

  • Represented CMG-SDIC Capital for its B Round Investment Into Inceptio Technology Company

  • Represented Sequoia for its A+ Round Investment Into Orka Inc.

  • Represented CMG-SDIC Capital for its A Round Investment Into Suzhou Porton Advanced Solutions

  • Represented Asymchem Biotech Investment Fund, Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd. and Asymchem to Found an API CMO Joint Venture

  • Represented Gyee Capital for its D Round Investment Into SceneRay Medical Device Company

  • Represented Lapam Capital for its A+ Round Investment Into Shanton Pharma Holdings Limited

  • Represented Hongtai Aplus for its B Round Investment Into CGeneTech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

  • Represented Huagai Capital for its B Round Investment Into Immvira Bioscience Inc.

  • Represented Starquest Capital for its C Round and D Round Investment into Miaoshou.net

  • SDIC Fund, Chinalifepe, Ping’an and Taikang 260 million USD Series D Investment in Innovent (Red-Chip Structure)

  • CIIFUND Investment in Kuaishou Technology (Red-Chip Structure)

  • SDIC Fund Series B Investment in Ascentage Pharma

  • Huagai Capital Investment in Shanghai Haihe Parma (Red-Chip Structure)

  • Antengene Corporation Red-Chip Restructure and Series B Financing (Red-Chip Structure)  

  • Antengene Corporation Series C Financing (Red-Chip Structure)

  • Huagai Capital Series B Investment in Immvira 

  • Exegenesis Series B and B+ Financing (Red-Chip Structure)

  • Antengene Corporation ESOP Project

  • New Horizon Fund Investment in Connect Biopharma (Red-Chip Structure)

  • New Alliance Capital Investment in CF Pharmtech

  • Taikang Insurance investment in Viva Biotech

  • SDIC Fund and AstraZeneca Joint Venture of Dizal Jiangsu

  • Dizal Jiangsu Series A Financing

  • SDIC Fund Investment in Bright-Gene

  • CMG-SDIC Capital  Investment in Omni Pharma (Red-Chip Structure)

  • Lapam Capital Investment in Surefire Medical,Inc.

  • SDIC Fund Investment in Novogene

  • China Life PE Investment in Soyoung (On-line Commerce of Aesthetic Medicine)

  • Starquest Capital Series C and D Investment in Miaoshou.com (On-line OTC and Internet Hospital)

  • Lapam Capital Investment in Asieris Pharmaceuticals

  • CMS China Investment in Kingsoft Cloud (Red-Chip Structure)

  • CMS China Investment in To8To.com (Red-Chip Structure)

  • CMS China Investment in Qing Cloud (Red-Chip Structure)

  • China Merchants Jintai Capital Investment in Mobike (Red-Chip Structure)

  • China Merchants Jintai Capital Investment in Meituan.com (Red-Chip Structure)

  • China MobileFund Management Investment in Liepin.com (Red-Chip Structure)


Honors and Awards

For Deal

Ninebot Limited (689009.SH) IPO on SSE STAR Market: Best Deal of the Year, China Business Law Journal 2020

Ascentage Pharma IPO on HKEX: Best Deal of the Year, China Business Law Journal 2019

Publications

Issues and Structures on Overseas M&A by A-Share Listed Company, China Foreign Exchange Journal, January 2016

Structures and Legal Issues on Reorganization of A-Share Listed Company that Involves Red-Chip Company, Capital Operations: Rules, Risks and Innovations, June 2018

Structures and Legal Issues on RMB Fund Dual Structure Investment into Red-Chip Company, Capital Operations: Rules, Risks and Innovations, June 2018

New Rules on Internet Medical Service (Part I), Zhonglun Vision, September 2018

New Rules on Internet Medical Service (Part II), Zhonglun Vision, September 2018

IPO Q&A vs Star Market IPO Q&A, Zhonglun Vision, March 2019

Legal Issues on Aesthetic Medicine, Zhonglun Vision, June 2019

Legal Issues on Laboratory Animal Industry, Zhonglun Vision, August 2019

Intellectual Property Related Issues on Biotech Company (Part I), Zhonglun Vision, January 2020

Intellectual Property Related Issues on Biotech Company (Part II), Zhonglun Vision, January 2020

Legal Issues on COVID-19, Zhonglun Vision, February 2020

Emergency Approval Procedures for Medical Devices, Zhonglun Vision, February 2020

Red-Chip Company IPO on STAR Market (Part I): Listing Criteria, CDR vs Shares and VIE Related Issues, Zhonglun Vision, October 2020

Red-Chip Company IPO on STAR Market (Part II):Trading of Existing Shares, Cross-Border Use of Raised Funds and ESOP Issues, Zhonglun Vision, October 2020

Red-Chip Company IPO on STAR Market (Part III):Protection of Shareholders Rights and Tax Issues, Zhonglun Vision, October 2020

IPO Related Issues For Biotech Companies (Part I), Zhonglun Vision, February 2022

IPO Related Issues For Biotech Companies (Part II), Zhonglun Vision, February 2022

HKEX's new policy on Specialist Technology Company Listing in Hong Kong, Zhonglun Vision, October 2022

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    New York State Bar

  • Education

    J.D., Case Western Reserve University
    LL.B.and Bachelor of English Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University

  • Professional Experience

    Non-Equity Partner & Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English