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  • Roy ZHENG

    Non-equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3653

    Email zhengzekun@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Private Equity & Investment Funds, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance

  • Industries

    Financial Innovation & Fintech, Information & Intelligence Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Media-Sports & Entertainment

CV

Roy ZHENG

Roy Zheng focuses on the legal practices of private equity/venture capital investment, overseas capital market, corporate financing and structuring, and M&A, primarily in the fields of TMT, biotech and healthcare, media and entertainment, fintech and high-end manufacturing, etc. Mr. Zheng holds PRC bar and New York State bar.
Mr. Zheng is recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as “Rising Stars” in capital market since 2021 and recommended as “Key Lawyers” since 2020. Per Legal 500’s remarks, “Roy Zheng is dual-qualified in New York and China, making him an ideal person to advise Chinese companies looking to list overseas” and “Roy Zheng is developing a strong overseas capital markets practice, with a focus on the TMT and healthcare sectors.”

Representative Matters

  • Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Represented Geely’s Farizon Auto on its series pre-A financing, red-chip restructuring and share incentive plan

  • Acted as Blackstone’s PRC legal counsel in its acquisition of Interplex

  • Acted as Bain Capital’s PRC legal counsel in its investment to Youran Diary in form of convertible note

  • Acted as PRC legal counsel for BC European Capital X in its sale of CeramTec

  • Represented Warburg Pincus and Vertex in their respective investment to Mobike

  • Represented China Taiping in its investment to JD Finance

  • Represented China’s Social Security Fund (SSF) in its investment to Ant Financial Group

  • Represented Khazanah Nasional Berhadin its investment to Cainiao Network

  • Represented CRCI on its investment to Dida Pinche

  • Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets

  • Acted as the joint bookrunners’ PRC legal advisor in Lufax’s IPO on NYSE

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Zai Lab’s IPO on Nasdaq as well as follow-on offerings, and secondary listing in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Tongcheng-Elong’s IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Noah Holding’s secondary listing in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Qeeka’s IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in OcuMension’s IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Everest Medicines’ IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Transcenta’s IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the joint sponsor’s PRC legal advisor in CARsgen Therapeutics’ IPO in Hong Kong

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in LianBio’s IPO on Nasdaq

  • Acted as the joint bookrunners’ PRC legal advisor in Gracell Biotechnologies’ IPO on Nasdaq

  • Acted as the issuer’s PRC legal advisor in Anpac’s IPO on Nasdaq

  • M&A

  • Represented Tongcheng Network in its merger with E-Dragon, and Tencent’s strategic investment to the post-merger group

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Rising Stars(capital market), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021, 2022

Key Lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2020 & 2021 & 2022

For Deal

Deals of the Year(Lufax’s IPO on NYSE), China Business Law Journal, 2020

Deals of the Year(Lufax’s IPO on NYSE), IFLR1000 China Awards, 2021

Editor’s Choice Impact Deal and Case Awards of asialaw Profiles, asialaw Awards, 2021

Equity Securities Deal of the Yea(rLianBio’s IPO on Nasdaq), China Law & Practice Awards, 2022

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Lawyer’s License of People’s Republic of China
    New York State Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law
    LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law, School of Law

  • Professional Experience

    Associate & non-equity partne, Zhong Lun Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English