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John JIANG

Mr. John Jiang has counselled multinational companies and private equity funds on cross-border and global transactions and compliance. For the past decade, his expertise has been sought after by clients on antitrust issues in connection with complex cross-border transactions and business models; he also advises clients on digital transformation and contract lifecycle management matters.

Leveraging his experiences as a corporate counsel in the telecom/IT industry in both China and the United States during the 1990s and 2000s, John advised on numerous digital transformation projects involving cross-border IT components and data flows, including post-acquisition integration. With his understanding of business context and digital tech stack, John has contributed to the successful design and implementation of strategic transactions and compliance projects involving various layers of the Cloud stack; his latest focus is on transactional and compliance issues related to Functions as a Service, such as large language models embedded in AI-enabled digital offerings.

Representative Matters

Digital Transformation/Cloud Service

  • Advised a large telecom and cloud service company on assessment of supply chain contract management system and paths to digital transformation in end-to-end contract lifecycle management

  • Designed full value chain contract management system for a multinational telecom quipment and enterprise IT hardware and software supplier, including contract templates and a negotiation playbook

  • Designed and implemented cross-border data transfer management and compliance system for a multinational company, services including cross-border data transfer agreement templates and compliance guide

  • Advised on compliance and commercial risks relating to various layers of the Cloud stack, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and FaaS


Antitrust/Competition

  • Conducted merger filing for Schneider Electric's joint acquisition (with Alstom) of Areva T&D and its acquisition of Leader & Harvest

  • Conducted merger filing for Rengo Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of approximately 29.9% issued shares in Hung Hing Printing Group Limited (listed in Hong Kong)

  • Conducted merger filing for SK Networks Inc.'s its cross-border acquisition of shares in North Copper Company Limited

  • Conducted merger filing for AIG Investments in connection with its cross-border acquisition of equity interests in Chongqing Lifan Group

  • Conducted merger filing for a global logistics company's partial acquisition of a PRC company

  • Acted for two leading multinational companies in pre-filing consultations with MOFCOM in connection with buy-out deals and successfully obtained rulings of no-filing obligation

  • Advised two leading private equity funds on PRC merger control issues in connection with the “take private” transaction of a US listed company

  • Conducted merger filing for a leading private equity fund in connection with its contemplated acquisition of a business division of a leading PRC high-tech company

  • Advised a European multinational company on competition compliance in connection with its PRC operations

  • Advised a US based multinational company on PRC channel management policy

  • Advised a number of multinational companies on PRC authority's AML enforcements and private antitrust lawsuits in ICT and automobile industries

  • Assisted a leading multinational company in response to PRC authority's antitrust investigation concerning unilateral conduct

  • Advised a multinational company on its training series on unilateral conduct

  • Advised a leading multinational company on unilateral conduct compliance matters

  • Advised two Japanese corporations on PRC antitrust compliance issues in connection with their global business reorganization


Corporate and M&A

  • Advised a US venture capital firm on its investment in Chinese high-tech companies

  • Acted as lead counsel for a multi-billion US private equity fund in its acquisition of a controlling shareholding in a PRC financial services company

  • Acted as lead counsel for China Construction Bank in its establishment of China's first financial leasing joint venture with Bank of America Corp.

  • Acted as lead PRC counsel for Emerson Electric in two of its global reorganization projects

  • Acted as PRC counsel for UBS/Gemdale in the establishment of UBS/Gemdale China Real Estate Fund I, L.P.

  • Acted as lead PRC counsel for Wabtec on PRC group structure and four joint ventures

  • Acted as PRC counsel for two of the largest global companies in their PRC acquisition/restructuring projects

  • Acted as lead counsel for a multi-billion US private equity fund in its acquisition of a controlling shareholding in a PRC financial services company

  • Advised SK Telecom in connection with its investment in Magic Tech (which owns a major PRC online games operator)

  • Acted as PRC counsel for the Chinese subsidiary of a South African company in connection with its divestiture of a business division to a European private equity house

  • Advised as PRC counsel for one of China's major telecommunication value-added operators as the target company in bringing the foreign investment by a multinational telecommunication company

  • Acted as PRC counsel for a world leading transportation equipment company in the acquisition of a controlling interest in a PRC private enterprise and its joint venture project with a state-owned enterprises

  • Advised a major international IT company on its establishment of a joint venture with a major Chinese IT company

  • Advised on the sale of a joint venture technology company to a strategic investor's SPV, involving the conversion of the joint venture into a wholly-foreign owned enterprise

  • Advised a US manufacturer on the sale of its equity in a joint venture in China, involving transfer of control and security for deferred payment

  • Advised a joint venture technology service company on its restructuring effort, involving change of equity positions of the respective joint venture partners and associated change in management control

  • Advised the subsidiary of a major state-owned company on its acquisition of assets of a joint venture pharmaceutical company, and subsequent conversion of itself into a joint venture through injection of additional capital by new foreign investors

  • Advised a US manufacturer on its divestiture of majority interest in a joint venture to its Chinese partner, involving cash payment and promissory notes, X`escrow arrangement, and equity pledge



Memberships & Affiliations

Chief Lecturer (for its longest-running national training series), All China Lawyers’ Association (ACLA), 2003-2012 (which covered legal drafting, mergers & acquisition, international negotiation, commercial dispute resolution, and legal department management, with a record attendance of over 3,500 legal professionals)

Member (on a four-member panel), China Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel (the world’s largest corporate counsel organization)

Publications

“Q&A with Zhong Lun Law Firm discussing Digital Transformation in China” (co-author), Lexology GTDT, 2022

“Managing the China Competition Aspects of Global M&A” (co-author), Lexology GTDT, 2020

“The Art of Legal Drafting” (co-author), Legal Press China, 2007

Related

  • Articles Related

    Highlights on China's New IPR Antitrust Related Rules/Guidelines

    In June 2023, significant regulatory developments occurred in the TMT sector, most significantly the new regulations and guidelines rolled out by various authorities. The CAC issued regulations on short-range self-organizing network services and published the first record list for deep synthesis service algorithms in China. The MIIT expanded the scope of and procedures for administrative penalties. The SCA issued security evaluation measures for commercial cryptography. The SAMR issued antitrust guidelines for mergers and acquisitions and compliance rules for blind box business. The SPC, SPP, and MPS jointly veiled guidelines to address cyber violence. The NISSTC established standards for classifying cybersecurity incidents. Enforcement highlights included a joint report by the CSAC and CNCERT/CC on data collection by video streaming apps and a data breach case under the Data Security Law that resulted in significant penalties. These updates underscore the intensified regulatory focus on data security, network service management, antitrust compliance, and cybercrime, signaling the need for enhanced compliance measures across the TMT sector.

    2023-07-24
  • Events Related

    Zhong Lun Partner Invited to 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards Ceremony and Received Award

    Recently, Zhong Lun Partner, Frank JIANG has been invited to attend the 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards Ceremony organized by Concurrences (a globally respected antitrust publisher) and George Washington University Competition Law Center in Washington DC, U.S.A.

    2024-04-30
  • Awards Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar, 1995

  • Education

    LL.M. in Business Law, Peking University
    B.A. in English Literature & Economics (summa cum laude), Wabash College
    LL.B. (Robert Winter Scholar), Peking University

  • Professional Experience

    Zhong Lun Law Firm, October 2006 to present
    Domestic and international law firms and multinational corporate legal department, 1995 to October 2006

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English