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  • Julia ZHU

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3080

    Email juliazhu@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

CV

Julia ZHU

Ms. Julia Ying Zhu is an equity partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm. She has been practicing in the area of capital markets for decades, with a focus on M&A, securities and private equity investment, mainly in the sectors of healthcare, pharmaceuticals & life sciences, energy & power, environmental protection, real estate, urban infrastructure, logistics industry and Information and intelligent technology. Ms. Zhu is conscientious and rigorous and has a strong commitment to efficiency and execution. She is adept at handling large-scale and complex M&A deals. Moreover, she has developed an enviable reputation for effectively coordinating the firm’s resources and giving full play to teamwork to best serve clients’ business objectives. She is especially skilled in advising State-owned listed companies and large enterprise groups.

The transactions of Shanghai Pharmaceutical’s acquisition of Cardinal Health China and Sinotrans’s merger of Sinoair for listing through share swap advised on by Ms. Zhu were awarded Deals of the Year (2018) and Deals of the Year (2019) by China Business Law Journal. Her involvement in Shanghai Pharma Health’s acquisition of KDL Pharmacy and Baiji Pharmacy earned her the recognition by 2021 IFLR1000 China Awards.

Representative Matters

Securities Offering and Listing

  • Assisted with an allotment of shares by Shanghai Shenda Company Ltd.

  • Assisted with an allotment of shares by Shanghai Join Buy Co., Ltd.

  • Assisted with the listing of Henan Zhongfu Industry Co., Ltd. on the main board of SSE

  • Assisted with the listing of Goldenmars Technology Holdings Limited on the growth enterprise market of HKEX

  • Assisted SIIC Environment in its listing on the main board of the HKEX

  • Assisted Mabpharm in its listing on the main board of the HKEX

  • Assisted Tigermed in its listing on the main board of the HKEX

  • Assisted Biocytogen in its listing on the main board of the HKEX

M&A in Real Estate Area

  • Advised Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (0363.HK), subsidiary of SIIC, on its acquisition of Shanghai Urban Development (Group) Limited, a transaction worth CNY 3.7 billion. This case was listed as the largest foreign M&A case in Shanghai for the year of 2007 by ALB

  • Advised Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (0363.HK) on its acquisition of Neo-China Land (Holdings) Group Limited (0563.HK, renamed as Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Limited after the acquisition, “SIUD"), a transaction worth HKD 2.7 billion. This case was listed as one of the top 10 M&A cases for the year of 2010 by ALB

  • Advised SIUD on its acquisition of Shanghai Urban Development (Group) Co., Ltd., a transaction worth HKD 6.11 billion. This case was regarded as a typical case by HKEX for it constituted a very substantial acquisition and reverse takeover involving a new listing

  • Advised SIUD on its acquisition of Shanghai World Trade Center Co., Ltd., a transaction worth USD 579.3 million

  • Advised Taiping Insurance on its acquisition of a commercial real estate, a transaction worth CNY 1.8 billion

M&A in Pharmaceutical Area

  • Assisted Sinopharm Group in its acquisition of 60% of the equity in CSIMC through issuance of domestic shares

  • Advised Shanghai Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition of Cardinal China (this transaction was awarded Deals of the Year 2018 by China Business Law Journal)

  • Assisted Shanghai Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of Techpool of Takeda China

Legal Services in Industrial Area

  • Assisted with the business reorganization and integration of AkzoNobel, a World Top 500 Company, after its acquisition of ICI Group

  • Acted as PRC counsel for the coating business system of Axalta

M&A in Infrastructure Area

  • Advised Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. on its acquisition of Shanghai-Kunming highway (Shanghai section), a transaction worth about HKD 4.2 billion

  • Advised Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. on its acquisition of ShenYu highway (Shanghai section, G50, previously named as Huqingping highway), a transaction worth CNY 1.222 billion

  • Advised SIIC Shanghai Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of a 23.0584% equity stake in Hangzhou Bay Bridge Development Co., Ltd. from Sino-Steel, a transaction worth CNY 1.466 billion

M&A in Environment Protection and New Energy Areas

  • Advised a JV established by Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. and HT-SAAE, an A-share listed company, on the JV’s acquisition of several photovoltaic power plants, with the transactions involving CNY 2.3 billion

  • Advised China Smarter Energy Group Holdings Limited (1004.HK) on its acquisition of several photovoltaic power plants in China

  • Advised SIIC Environment Holdings Ltd. on its acquisition of 50% shares in Shanghai Pucheng Thermal Power Co., Ltd., a transaction worth about CNY 530 million

  • Advised SIIC Environment Holdings Ltd. on its acquisition of a garbage power plant located in Dazhou, Sichuan, a transaction a worth about CNY 145 million

  • Advised SIIC and SIIC Environment on its acquisition of Longjiang Environmental Protection Group Co., LTD, which has more than a dozen sewage treatment and water project companies, a transaction worth RMB 620 million"

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Listed in the Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide for nine consecutive years from 2016 to 2024 and recommended as “Leaders in Their Field” in corporate M&A practice by Chambers Global 2018, Chambers Global 2019, Chambers Global 2020, Chambers Global 2021,Chambers Global 2022, Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2022, Chambers Global 2023, Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2023, Chambers Global 2024, and Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2024

“Specially Recommended Lawyer” in Asia-Pacific Region, The Legal 500, 2019 and 2020

“Recommended Lawyer” in Asia Pacific - Greater China, The Legal 500, 2024

Distinguished Practitioner, in asialaw Profiles’ 2021, asialaw Profiles’ 2022, asialaw Profiles’ 2023 and asialaw Profiles’ 2024 Guide to China Law Market for Corporate and M&A Rankings, from 2020 to 2023 in succession

ALB China Top 15 Female Lawyers, Asia Legal Business, 2020

Leading Lawyer in capital market, asialaw Profiles, from 2014 to 2020 in succession

Distinguished Practitioner, asialaw Profiles’ 2020 Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Corporate and M&A Rankings in 2019

Leading Lawyer, asialaw Profiles, 2018 and 2019

Leading Lawyer in capital market, China Law and Practice, 2014 and 2015

For Deal

Acquisition of Shanghai Urban Development (Group) Limited by Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (0363.HK), a subsidiary of SIIC, a transaction worth CNY 3.7 billion, the largest foreign M&A case in Shanghai for the year of 2007 by ALB

Acquisition of Neo-China Land (Holdings) Group Limited (0563.HK, renamed as Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Limited after the acquisition) by Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (0363.HK), a transaction worth HKD 2.7 billion, one of the top 10 M&A cases for the year of 2010 by ALB

Acquisition of Cardinal China by Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, Deals of the Year 2018 by China Business Law Journal

Sinotrans’ merger of Sinoair for listing through share swap, Deals of the Year 2019 by China Business Law Journal

Shanghai Pharma Health’s acquisition of KDL Pharmacy and Baiji Pharmacy, the first large-scale equity financing deal in the medical and health industry in China, 2021 IFLR1000 China Awards

Memberships & Affiliations

Vice President of the Second Council, Zhong Lun Charity Foundation

President of the Third Council, East China University of Political Science and Law Education Development Foundation

Publications

“Negotiable Instrument Law”, Henan University Press, 1993

“Practice Guide for Securities Lawyers”,China Financial Publishing House, 2001

“200 Questions for Securities Lawyers”, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press, 2003

“New Energy Law Collection of Zhong Lun Law Firm”, Research Institute of Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2021

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    EMBA in finance, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Master, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
    LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior partner and management member and director of the Professional Committee of M&A, Shanghai AllBright Law Offices

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English