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Yun ZHOU
Equity Partner / Shanghai
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Tel +86-21-6061-3666
Email zhouyun@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Cross-border Investment/M&A, Private Equity & Investment Funds, Taxation & Wealth Planning
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Industries
Real Estate, Media-Sports & Entertainment
Yun ZHOU
Mr. Yun Zhou specializes in cross-border M&A, foreign direct investment, corporate financing, capital markets and real estate M&A and financing. Mr. Zhou has represented a number of Fortune 500 multinational companies in a series of cross-border transactions, as well as scores of Chinese companies in their outbound transactions. His services include designing cross-border M&A transaction structures, analyzing business models, negotiating core terms, advising on implementation of transactions, etc. Mr. Zhou is also adept in tax planning and structural design for real estate transactions, and is highly capable of negotiating and implementing transactions, especially cross-border real estate transactions. Mr. Zhou excels in helping clients achieve reasonable tax savings through the design of investment and financing structures. With extensive experience in global identity planning and wealth inheritance for entrepreneurs, he has provided a full range of wealth inheritance planning for many entrepreneurs.
Representative Matters
Represented Kersia Group, a well-known French group in the biosecurity and food safety industry, in its acquisition of a majority share in Klenzan Co., Limited at a price of about RMB 200 million
Represented Bank of China Group Investment Limited in its acquisition of Kailong Jinling Building, a Hong Kong project company of Matsunichi Dingsheng Building, Xingguangyao Office Building, Jinqiao Wanchuang Center, Central Xiexin Tiandi Office Building, etc.
Represented DHL Logistics (China) Co., Ltd.in its acquisition of Wuhan Shunluo Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. and the logistics estate of DHL Logistics Park
Represented publicly-listed Tianqi Lithium in its joint purchase with strategic investor CIC of a 100% equity stake in Australia’s Talison Co., which is currently the world’s largest owner and supplier of lithium, and provided strategic consulting and domestic and international legal services (including advising on domestic and international equity and debt financing and overseeing Australian and Canadian counsels) throughout the course of the transaction, whose total value exceeded RMB 4 billion
Represented Ansaldo Energia S.P.A., Italy’s largest electric resource company, and its controlling shareholder, Fondo Strategico Italiano, throughout the course of their strategic cooperation with Shanghai Electric, a leading Chinese electric company listed on both the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and provided legal services for Shanghai Electric’s acquisition of a 40% equity stake in Ansaldo Energia from Fondo Strategico Italiano, the establishment of two joint ventures by Shanhai Electric and Ansaldo Energia for the production of gas turbines and gas turbine components, as well as the development of new gas turbine technologies. This transaction is a milestone collaboration in the global resource design and development industry
Advised 3i Group plc (3i), a well-known British investment manager, on its sale of Hilite International, a leading global supplier of automotive components, to AVIC Electromechanical Systems Co., Ltd. (AVICEM), a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), one of the largest industrial conglomerates in China. The value of the target in this transaction is approximately EUR 473 million
Represented the shareholders of Punch Powertrain, a full system supplier of fuel efficient powertrains, in selling all shares in Punch Powertrain with a total value amounting to approximately EUR 1 billion to Yinyi Group
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Distinguished recommendations in the fields of corporate and M&A, Chambers and Partners, 2008-2020
China Leading Business Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal, 2020
Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000, 2018-2021
Asia Leading Lawyer, Asia Legal Business, 2007-2017
Recommended real estate lawyer in the PRC, Practical Law Company, 2009-2012
Top 10 Young Lawyers in Pudong New Area, 2011
Memberships & Affiliations
Committee Member, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Certified Dealmaker, China Mergers & Acquisitions Association
Vice Chairman, Beilun Branch of Ningbo Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman, China Venture Capital Promotion Association
Off-campus Instructor, NYU Law Alumni Shanghai Association
Adjunct Professor, East China University of Politics and Law
Related
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Deals Related
Zhong Lun assists Farfetch in its Merger of Toplife and Strategic Partnership with JD
In this transaction, Zhong Lun Law Firm, acting as PRC legal counsel of Farfetch, fully participated in the whole process of the project, including rendering legal advises on the transaction structure, conducting legal due diligence on JD’s Toplife business, drafting and revising all transaction documents, and being deeply involved in the whole negotiation process of the project.
2019-03-07 -
Events Related
Zhong Lun Attended the IBA Seoul Conference and Successfully Held a Reception
As an IBA Group Member, Zhong Lun Law Firm sent over 20 Partners and lawyers to attend the conference.
2019-09-29 -
Awards Related
Zhong Lun Has Nine Areas and 41 Lawyers Ranked on the 2023/24 IFLR1000 List
Zhong Lun was recommended in all nine areas for domestic firms.
2023-08-18
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
New York State Bar -
Education
EMBA, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, 2015
LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2001
LL.B. in International Economic Law, East China University of Political Science & Law, 1999 -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2004 to Present
Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP Shanghai Office, 2001-2004
Visiting Counsel, Greater China, GE Silicones
Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Shanghai Office -
Languages
Chinese
English