Dr. Zhang is a partner of Global Law Office. He specializes in corporate and M&A, merger control filing, issuing of bonds in and outside China markets, private funds and private equity.
Since joining private practice in 2006, Dr. Zhang has provided services to a wide range of well-known multinationals and Chinese clients, including those of Fortune 500 and SMEs in such industries as manufacturing, real estate, retail, energy and education. Most of his clients are leaders of their businesses in China or international markets.
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Zhang successfully counseled on more than 300 investment projects (such as FDI and M&A), over 20 merger control filings, and the issuing of corporate bonds of more than RMB100 billions (or its equivalency in other currencies). In addition, as long term outside counsel to his clients, he has successfully dealt with many legal issues in connection with the corporate restructuring and liquidation, compliance, commercial agreements and employment matters. Notably, Dr. Zhang represented GLP in its landmark agreement with China Merchants Group which allowed GLP to acquire 50% of China Merchants Group’s private equity arm China Merchants Capital. This strategic project was awarded “Deal of the Year (Asia) 2019” by Private Equity Real Estate (“PERE”).
Dr. Zhang joined Global Law Office in 2021. He was partner at two other Chinese law firms from 2006 to 2020 and served as General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Greater China for three Swiss multinationals (i.e. Ciba-Geigy, Novartis and Ciba Specialty Chemicals) from 1993 to 2006. Prior to that he worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and at a law firm in Geneva.
Admitted in the P.R. China (2006)
Wuhan University (L.L. B.)
University of Geneva, Switzerland (L.L.M. and Ph.D. in law)
Leading Lawyer in M&A and General Corporate Practice from 2008 to 2020 by Asialaw Profiles;
Asia’s Best 75 Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (“ALB”) in 2013;
The A-List: Top 100 lawyers for China-related business, by China Business Law Journal in 2017 and 2018;
China’s leading business lawyers for M&A, by Who's Who Legal in 2020.
Mergers and Acquisitions – Legal Issues and Contractual Arrangements, Law Press, First Edition, November 2023, Chinese.
