Zhang, Z. Alex

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Chinese
• English

Lawyer Overview

Alex Zhang has more than 19 years of experience advising Fortune 500 and other PRC and Asia-based companies on China-related matters. Alex's practice focuses on corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital/private equity financing, Asia distressed asset transactions, corporate finance, real estate financing, international joint ventures and licensing, and various types of inbound and outbound investments relating to China. He is coordinator of the Firm's China Investments Practice.

Alex's recent experience includes representing American, European, and Asian multinational corporate clients, private equity/venture capital funds, and investment banks on direct investments, equity and debt financing, acquisitions, and other corporate and commercial transactions relating to China. Alex also has represented a large number of Chinese state-owned enterprises and other PRC and Asia-based companies in their outbound investments, acquisitions, public offerings and other corporate financings, commercial transactions, and dispute resolutions in Hong Kong, the U.S., and Europe.

Alex is a frequent speaker on legal matters relating to China. He is a member of the American Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Labor & Employment
• M&A
• Buyouts
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Alcatel and Lucent merger receives competition law clearance in China
• Amber Energy completes IPO on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Banian Technology places shares with IDG Technology
• Banpu PLC acquires Hebi Zhong Tai Mining Co
• Chinacars issues Series B Preferred shares
• CQS Convertible and Quantitative Strategies Master Fund and CQS Asia Master Fund invest in Dynamic Energy Holdings
• DT Capital invests in China Biologic , (2009)
• Huaxia Bank Co. forms strategic alliance with Deutsche Bank
• Mahle GmbH acquires Siemens VDO Automotive's air intake module and air filtration business
• MOBI Development completes IPO of HK$593 million of Ordinary Shares on Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited , (2009)
• Pamplona Capital acquires business unit from Johnson Matthey , (2009)
• Sinochem prevails in U.S. Supreme Court in dispute involving jurisdictional rules that apply in U.S. federal courts
• Sinopec Sonangol obtains financing for deep-water oil block project named PFI 2007 Deal of the Year , (2009)
• Softbank Asia invests in Alchip Technologies
• Unifisoft Holdings raises $20 million in private placement

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota

Education

• China U Poly Sci & Law - China
• Institute of Intnt'l Relations
• U of Minnesota - Main Campus

Published Works

• The Climate Report, 2010
• Legal Considerations for Managing Restructurings in China, 2009
• Mergers and Acquisitions in China, 2006
• China's New Foreign Exchange Control Rules Offer Improved Regulatory Transparency for Equity Financing Deals, reprinted in International Finance & Treasury, World Trade Executive, January 15, 2006, 2005
• How Chinese corporations should handle M&A, Chinese edition of Newsweek, 2005
• Subsidiaries of Publicly Listed Chinese Companies Going Public Overseas, Counsel to Counsel, 2004
• Subsidiaries of Domestically Listed Chinese Companies Going Public Overseas, 2004
• Investment in the People's Republic of China, 2004

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1515 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 20004, China

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