Mr Norman Zhong > Fangda Partners > Shanghai, China > Lawyer Profile

Fangda Partners
24/F, HKRI CENTRE TWO, HKRI TAIKOO HUI
288 SHI MEN YI ROAD
SHANGHAI 200041
China
Norman Zhong photo

Work Department

Corporate and M&A

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Zhong has extensive experience in M&A, private equity, outbound investment, foreign direct investment, fund formation and corporate finance.

Norman has extensive experience in fund formation and was the main coordinator for a Shanghai-based fund practice. Fund clients include TPG, AMP, Darby Private 4 Equity, Fosun, Golden Brick Capital, Guohe, Guosheng and CLSA, ICBCI, Oriza, VKC, and Yunfeng.

Norman worked with the firm’s Shanghai office before going to Columbia University. After his studies Norman worked as an associate in the M&A and Corporate Finance departments of Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden Arps (both in New York). Norman rejoined Fangda Partners as counsel in 2009.

After becoming a partner, Norman was the hiring partner mainly responsible for hiring in the Shanghai and Hong Kong offices from 2012 to 2018. Norman is currently the head of the firm’s General Industries Group, with around 90 fee earners.

Norman has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in China in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity/Venture Capital by the IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms for every year since 2011 and in Mergers & Acquisitions by Chambers for every year since 2017. Norman also authored the China chapter of the 10th edition of the Mergers & Acquisitions Review.

Languages

English, Chinese

Memberships

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Admitted to practice in New York

Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong SAR

Education

Columbia University School of Law, JD
Fudan University School of Law, LLM
University of International Business & Economics, LLB

Personal

Honors and Awards

Norman has been recognized as Band 1 M&A lawyer by Chambers Global and Chambers Greater China Region, as one of the most renowned Leading Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer in China by the Legal 500 (under the “Hall of Fame Lawyer” category in recent years), by IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms (for every year since 2011).

Lawyer Rankings

China > Corporate and M&A: PRC firms

(Hall of Fame)

Norman ZhongFangda Partners

Fangda Partners‘excels in managing complex transactions and structures’, including cross-border M&A, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, and the privatisation of listed companies. Alongside its transactional advice, the firm also provides regulatory, data compliance, employment, and IP services to sellers, strategic buyers, and financial investors. The department is led by Norman Zhong, who has extensive experience advising multinational investors on acquisitions and joint ventures in China, and Miles Ma, who brings expertise in various China-related corporate matters. Other key corporate lawyers include Jeffrey Ding, Patrick Li, and Leo Lou.