Zhong Lun Law Firm houses a heavyweight capital markets practice that is highly regarded for its breadth of expertise, including IPOs, the refinancing of listed companies, and other securities-related work. The firm maintains a solid track record on both debt and equity mandates, including in Hong Kong and overseas. The department is jointly led by Mingjun Chang and William Jia, both recently co-led MIXUE Group’s IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Kefeng Li, Roy Zheng, and Jingli Mu have extensive experience handling offerings for both issuers and underwriters. Based in the Chengdu office, Yunfan He is well versed in bond issuances, while share issuances and public offerings are key aspects of Zhoujun Tang’s practice. Mingyuan Zhang covers the full gamut of capital markets matters, including stock issuances and listings. Shanghai-based Anthony Zhao assists state-owned and private companies with A-share and H-share listings. Cynthia Yuan assists with a broad range of issuance mandates.
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Testimonials
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- 'Highly responsive, comprehensive and professional, meticulous and considerate, able to solve problems, strong internal teamwork, and reasonable fees.'
- 'John (Jin) Shen won me over with his character.'
- 'The Zhong Lun capital markets team provides brilliant IPO advisory and private equity financing services.'
- 'Zhong Lun’s capital markets services are among the leading ones in mainland China, with a wealth of cases and experience. The team is very familiar with the legal concerns of the capital markets, solutions for various complex issues, and also provided us with industry best practices.'
- 'The team partners are Lawyer John (Jin) Shen and Lawyer Xiaoming Song, and non-partner member Liu Xin. The team as a whole is very reliable — and ‘reliable’ is an extremely high compliment.'
- 'The service team are always able to provide professional opinions, cross-team collaboration or support with various challenging or trivial matters in a highly professional manner with timely feedback.'
Key clients
- Ascendent Capital Partners
- L Catterton Asia
- Mixue Group
- Fangzhou Inc.
- Autostreets
- Xerox Holdings
- Goertek Microelectronics Inc.
- Vlinker
- Chaos Investment
- Guangdong Shunkong Development Co.,Ltd.
- Guangdong LeapFive Technology Limited
- Hygon Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Work highlights
Advised China National Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. on its private offering in the A-share capital market.
Advised Mixue Group on its HK IPO.
Advised the joint sponsors on CR Beverage’s HK IPO.
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Kefeng Li
Jingli Mu
Roy Zheng
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Cynthia Yuan
Practice head
Mingjun Chang; William Jia
Other key lawyers
Kefeng Li; Roy Zheng; Jingli Mu; Yunfan He; Zhoujun Tang; Mingyuan Zhang; Anthony Zhao; Cynthia Yuan; John (Jin) Shen; Xiaoming Song; Liu Xin