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  • Ethan ZHU

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3641

    Email ethanzhu@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Cross-border Investment/M&A, Debt Restructuring & Non-performing Assets, Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Industries

    Real Estate

CV

Ethan ZHU

Ethan’s area of expertise is in real estate acquisition, investment and cross-border finance. Out of the proficiency in Chinese real estate laws and regulations, he gains profound insight into the whole real estate industry, As a lawyer, he has provided comprehensive legal services for many real estate funds and multinational companies in acquisition, real estate development, project financing, leasing operation and property management, involving all common real estate business types such as residential buildings, office, hotel, commercial complex, long-leasing apartment, warehouse and logistics facilities and data center. Ethan is also well-experienced in the area of cross-border financing, debt restructuring and special opportunity investment. He is familiar with common collateral structures and relevant government approval/registration formalities involved in the cross-border financing and debt restructuring process, and has assisted a number of clients in completing many remarkable cross–border refinancing and debt restructuring projects successfully.

Representative Matters

  • Cross-Border M&A

  • Advised CBRE Global Investors in connection with its acquisition of a number of logistics projects in China

  • Advised Capital Land in connection with its sales of 100% equity interests and liabilities in 20 project companies holding shopping mall assets in China to non-affiliated third party

  • Advised NewEase China in connection with its joint venture platform with Warburg Pincus specialized in logistics properties around air-hubs

  • Advised Proprium Capital in connection with its acquisition of logistics assets in Tianjin, Ningbo, Suzhou, Taicang, Jiaxing and Nanjing

  • Advised Asia Green Real Estate, a Swiss real estate investment fund, in connection with its investment, acquisition, disposal, development and financing of real estate projects in Shanghai, Guiyang and Chengdu of China

  • Advised BentallGreenOak in connection with its investment and exit in mini-storage projects (self-storage projects) in Shanghai and Beijing

  • Advised BentallGreenOak in connection with its acquisition of Shanghai Jindu Tower, a commercial and office complex in central area of Xuhui District, Shanghai

  • Advised Metro Holdings and its partner in connection with the acquisition of Shanghai Plaza project with other partners

  • Advised Metro Holdings in connection with its investment, acquisition, disposal, development and financing of real estate projects in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Nanchang and Urmuqi

  • Advised BentallGreenOak in connection with its investment, acquisition and disposal of a number of residential, commercial and hotel projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu

  • Advised Vailog in connection with its joint venture with Gaw Capital specialized in portfolio investment in logistics projects in the PRC

  • Advised Macquarie Group in connection with its acquisition of a commercial project in Chongqing

  • Advised Guoco Land in connection with its sales of two office towers located in Shanghai to Future Holdings

  • Cross-border financing and debt restructuring

  • Advised PAG, Oaktree, BentallGreenOak in connection with their overseas US-dollar financing and debt restructuring project with underlying assets in Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, including but not limited to legal due diligence and advising the transaction structure

  • Advised a number of offshore lenders in debt recovering and settlement procedures after event of default of US bond or financing, including but not limited to negotiating with debtors about repayment plan, cross-border debt restructuring, acquiring the control of the collateral projects and enforcing the collateral via litigation

  • Advised OCP Asia in connection with its US-dollar financing to a real estate company for real-estate acquisition and debt swap

  • Advised a real estate fund in connection with its US-dollar financing to a China Top 100 real estate company for debt swap and topping up its working capital

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Admitted to practice in the PRC

  • Education

    University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, LL.M
    Fudan University, School of Law, LL.B

  • Professional Experience

    Non-Equity Partner, Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior Associate/Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English