Mr Xiaofeng Cheng > Jingtian & Gongcheng > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile

Jingtian & Gongcheng
34/F, TOWER 3, CHINA CENTRAL PLACE
77 JIANGUO ROAD
BEIJING 100025
China

Work Department

M&A/PE/VC/Antitrust/FDI

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Cheng graduated from Peking University and received two bachelor degrees, respectively, in law and economics. Subsequently, he also received LLMs from Columbia University Law School and MA from the University of South Florida. He has been an adjunct professor at Peking University Law School since September 2011.

Mr. Cheng is specializes on foreign direct investments, and corporate M&A. He has worked for over 10 years with top US and UK –based international law firms and has handled large-scale matters in the consume products, medical and hospital, finance, rail, oil, power, new energy, mining and manufacturing sectors, among others. Mr. Cheng has extensive experience in domestic and offshore corporate matters, acquisitions and restructurings, offshore listings for Chinese companies, PE fund investments, antitrust reviews, foreign direct investments and financial derivative products.

Mr. Cheng was licensed to practice as a PRC lawyer in 2000 and as a New York State attorney in 2004.

Languages

Mandarin, English

Memberships

  • Passed PRC Bar exam in 1999
  • Admitted in New York in 2004
  • Adjunct Professor in Peking University Law School

Education

LLM  Columbia University Law School, 2003
MA 
on Criminology, University of South Florida, 2002
LLB, Peking University, School of Law, 1999
B
A on Economics, Peking University, China Center for Economic Research, 1999

Leisure

reading, jogging and playing go-game

Lawyer Rankings

China > TMT: PRC firms

The TMT expertise of Jingtian & Gongcheng spans the Internet industry encompassing e-commerce, AI, big data, and virtual reality, to the world of media and entertainment, including video platforms and movie companies. The group advises on investments, M&A, data protection, IP, regulatory compliance and more. The firm’s leadership is steered by co-heads Zhenhua Xiang and Yongqing Huang, who are backed by a team of capital market, private equity, and M&A specialists like Zhengzheng Hu and Xiaofeng Cheng. Yang Zhou hones his focus on cybersecurity, data compliance and e-commerce, while Jinjin Chen provides support to venture capital firms for their TMT investments, and to TMT clients for navigating data security, compliance, and IPOs.