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  • Jessica LI

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2059

    Email liyanli@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

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

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Energy & Power, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

CV

Jessica LI

Tapping into her more than 20 years of legal practice experience, Jessica Li has been providing legal services to dozens of companies for restructuring, listing, and bond financing in domestic and overseas capital markets. She has also represented listed companies, large state-owned companies, and private enterprises in hundreds of domestic and overseas M&A projects. Moreover, her full-process legal services cover the whole spectrum of fundraising, investment, management, and withdrawal of various fund managers and managed funds. Jessica is adept in designing and optimizing transaction plans that capture clients' commercial demands and safeguarding clients' rights and interests to the greatest extent through meticulous legal advice and contract design, thereby assisting clients in solving legal problems as well as facilitating smooth implementation of commercial projects. In addition, Jessica has been deeply engaged in automobile and new energy legal services for more than 20 years, by virtue of which she has gained extensive industry experience and excellent business capabilities, winning the recognition and trust from clients.

Representative Matters

New Energy Vehicles

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited on the establishment of China-based JV Spotlight Automotive Ltd. with BMW

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited (601633.SH) on its H-share listing

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited (601633.SH) on its A-share listing

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited on its indirect acquisition of shares in Pilbara Minerals Limited in Australia

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited (601633.SH+02333.HK) on the issuance of CNY 3.5 billion convertible corporate bonds

  • Advised Great Wall Motor Company Limited on the acquisition of an automobile company

  • Provided legal due diligence services for Huafa Group's acquisition of Borgward new energy vehicle project

  • Provided legal consulting services to Spotlight Automotive

  • Advised SVOLT Energy Technology Co., Ltd. on its CNY 3.5 billion Series A financing

  • Advised FTXT Energy Technology Co., Ltd. on its CNY 900 million Series A financing

  • Advised FTXT Energy Technology Co., Ltd. on its CNY 550 million Series B financing

  • Advised the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on its investment in IOSILION

  • Acting as retainer-based legal counsel for a number of new energy vehicle companies


Securities

  • Advised Xiamen International Port Co., Ltd. (03378.HK) on its restructuring and H-share initial public offering 

  • Advised Sinotrans Limited (00598.HK) on its restructuring and H-share initial public offering 

  • Advised Greentown China Holdings Limited (03900.HK) on its reorganization and red-chip initial public offering 

  • Advised Xinyi Solar Holdings Limited (00968.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Hembly International Holdings Limited (03989.HK) on its restructuring and red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Inspur Electronic (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (00596.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Vincent Medical Holdings Limited (01612.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised ELL Environmental Holdings Limited (01395.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Sunlink International Holdings Limited (02336.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised ZMFY Automobile Glass Services Limited (08135.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Huakang Biomedical Holdings Company Limited (08622.HK) on its red-chip initial public offering

  • Advised Creative China Holdings Limited (08368.HK) on its initial public offering (VIE)

  • Advised Hainan Pearl River Holdings Co., Ltd. (000505.SZ) on its asset acquisition by issuance of shares, fundraising, connected transaction, and major asset restructuring

  • Advised Kyland Technology Co., Ltd. (300353.SZ) on its asset acquisition by issuance of shares and fundraising

  • Advised Beijing State-owned Capital Operation and Management Company Limited on its shelf offering in two tranches

  • Advised Hebei Expressway Group Limited on its DFI shelf offering

  • Advised HBISl Group on its non-public issuance of up to CNY10 billion corporate bonds

  • Advised Hainan Jingliang Holdings Co Ltd. (000505.SZ) on its issuance of corporate bonds and ultra-short-term financing bonds

  • Advised Tianjin Tianhai Investment Co., Ltd. (600751.SH) on its issuance of public corporate bonds


Private Equity and Funds

  • Advised on the establishment of Beijing Science & Innovation Fund (LP) (with a scale of CNY 20 billion)

  • Advised on the establishment and filing of Beijing Advanced Industry & Innovation Investment Group and Beijing Advanced Industry & Innovation Investment Fund

  • Advised on the establishment and filing of Beijing First Development Huaxia Longying Relay Technology Investment Fund (LP)

  • Advised on the establishment and filing of Beijing Shoufa Tianshu Venture Capital Center (LP)

  • Advised Beijing Shounong Beixin Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd. on the registration of its privately offered fund management institutions

  • Advised BSTIG on the registration of its privately offered fund management institutions

  • Acts as the legal counsel of Beijing Jingguorui State-owned Enterprise Reformation and Development Fund (LP) (with a scale of CNY 20 billion) and several investment projects

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Top 15 Lawyers in Automobile and New Energy, Legal Band, 2021

Leading Individual in Capital Markets and Securities, Legal Band, 2016

For Deal

Deals of the Year 2018: Establishment of Spotlight Automotive (JV of Great Wall Motor Company Limited and BMW Group), China Business Law Journal, 2018

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.B., Shandong University
    LL.M., Peking University
    LL.M., Northwestern University
    Certificate in Business Administration, Kellogg, Northwestern University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2008 to present
    Legal Counsel, Hong Kong Anthony Chiang Partners, 2005-2008
    Associate, King & Wood Mallesons, 2002-2005

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English