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  • Shiwei ZHANG

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2288

    Email zhangshiwei@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Industries

    Energy & Power, Intelligence Technology & Application

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Shiwei ZHANG

Attorney Shiwei Zhang has been practicing law since 1999. His practice primarily focuses on domestic and international IPOs, as well as related investment, financing, restructuring, and M&A transactions, covering strategic emerging industries and traditional sectors, including chips and semiconductors, high-end manufacturing, embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, large-model AIGC agents, commercial aerospace, new energy, new materials, and biopharmaceuticals.

Representative Matters

  • Acted as lead counsel to Wanrun New Energy (the issuer) on its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") STAR Market

  • Acted as co-lead counsel to China Railway Signal & Communication Co., Ltd. (the issuer) on its IPO on the SSE STAR Market

Honors and Awards

Deals of the Year, CBLJ 2019 - China Business Law

Private equity deal of the year, IFLR (International Financial Law Review)

Best M&A lawyer of the year, ALB (Asia Legal Business)

Top 15 M&A lawyer of the year, ALB

M&A Deal of the year, ALB

M&A Lawyer of the Year, The Asia Law

Partner of the year, M&A Today

Dealmaker of the year, Finance Monthly

Lawyer of Special Recommendation, The Legal 500

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Academic Advisory Committee, China Association of Listed Companies

Expert Member, China Securities Investors Service Center of China Securities Regulatory Commission (1st, 2nd, and 3rd sessions)

The first Secretary-General, Financial and Securities Commission of All China Lawyers Association

The first Tutor, CEO Training Camp for Science and Technology Innovation Entrepreneurs

Mediator, Shenzhen Securities and Futures Dispute Resolution CentreThe first Tutor, Columbia University-Zhongguancun Startup Accelerator

Tutor, Zero2IPO Investment College

Executive Director, China and Globalization Think Tank

Master of Laws Tutor, Law School, Renmin University of China

Listed Companies Independent Director Qualification, Shanghai Stock Exchange/Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Publications

"Model Legal Documentations for Venture Capital" (Chinese translation), Law Press China, 2007

"Off-shore Company Law", Law Press China, 2004

"China New Company Law" (series), Law Press China, 2006

"On the Failure in the Suit"

"Commercial Law and the Legal environment (Chinese translation)",China Machinery Press, 2022

"The Third Anniversary of SSE STAR MARKET| Legal Practice Analysis of Core Technical Personnel and Their Identification"

"Compliance Guide for Listing Data of Technology Enterprises in the Digital Economy Era——Based on the Analysis of the Latest Cases in 2021"

"The Next Cayman Islands——Thinking of System Design of Off-Shore Finance and Off-Shore Company in Hainan Free Trade Port" "Don't Fight a War Unprepared——How to Deal with Intellectual Property Litigation Disputes Before Listing" (domestic edition)

"Legal Practice Report on Market-Oriented Debt-to-Equity Swap of Listed Company"

"Tax Law Analysis of Private Fund Natural Person LP"

"The China Chapter for Global Legal Insights' Annual Report on Global IPO"

"Reevaluate The Articles of Association of Companies Seeking a Listing Outside the PRC Prerequisite Clauses and the Modification of Chinese Companies H-share Listing Rules"

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., China University of Political Science and Law, 2003
    LL.B., Southwest University of Political Science & Law, 1998

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Partner, Guofeng Kaiwen Law Firm
    Associate, Junhe Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English