Roy Zhu is a partner of Global Law Office based in Shanghai. He concentrates in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other complex cross-border corporate/commercial transactions for multinational corporations, private equity funds and Chinese enterprises. He also focuses his practice on global corporate reorganizations, assisting multinational clients prepare for future strategic transactions and in their post-acquisition integrations from a Chinese law perspective.

Roy has led transactions in a wide range of sectors, including automotive, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and scientific instruments, chemicals, food and beverage, semiconductor equipment, telecommunications, consumer products, hotel and hospitality, and real estate. He assists clients with their business transactions, such as structuring investments, conducting due diligence, drafting definitive agreements, and negotiating commercial agreements. He also routinely represents start-up and emerging companies, corporate venture investors and venture capital funds in equity financings. Representative deals include Evonik’s $3.8 billion acquisition of the performance materials division of Air Products & Chemicals, Bekaert’s €255 million acquisition of the steel cord business of Pirelli Tyre, Autoliv’s various joint venture projects in China, Intuitive Surgical’s joint venture with Fosun Pharma, Sime Darby’s joint venture projects in Shandong, China. By leveraging his solid corporate/commercial transaction experiences, Roy also counsels international clients in complex shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, and lease disputes in China. 

Roy was ranked on the list of Top 15 M&A Lawyers - Client Choice published by LEGALBAND in 2025, and was also named among the list of Top 15 Innovation Lawyers published by LEGALBAND in 2023. In 2018, Roy was designated by Shanghai Bureau of Justice as an expert on cross-border legal practice.

Roy is admitted to practice in the People’s Republic of China and the State of New York.

Roy Zhu joined Global Law Office in 2021. Before joining Global Law Office, Roy worked at MWE China Law Offices (strategic alliance with McDermott Will & Emery LLP) and Zhong Lun Law Firm in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, and foreign direct investment.

People’s Republic of China (2006)

New York (2014)

Northwestern University School of Law, LL.M., 2011

East China University of Political Science and Law, LL.M., 2005

Nanjing Institute of Political Science, LL.B., 2002