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Jessica LI
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2059
Email liyanli@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Private Equity & Investment Funds
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Industries
Real Estate, Energy & Power, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
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
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Deals Related
Zhong Lun Served Huakang Biomedical Holdings Company Limited’s Listing on GEM of HKEX
On December 13, 2018, HUAKANG BIOMED (stock code: 08622.HK) listed on GEM of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and Zhong Lun Law Firm had provided legal services in this offering.
2018-12-14
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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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