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Fangda Partners

Fangda Partners

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Corporate and M&A: PRC firms

Fangda Partners assembles a robust corporate and M&A practice, offering clients from the pharmaceuticals, tech, and the financial services sectors with a full service team capable of handling the financing, regulatory, and antitrust aspects of transactions. The team is jointly steered by Norman Zhong, who’s expertise is relied on by an array of clients from the tech, energy, and automotive sectors, and Miles Ma who acts for a number of financial institutions, multinational corporations, and listed companies. Jeffrey Ding has extensive expertise advising on cross-border acquisitions, while Patrick Li‘s portfolio of transactional work covers a variety of joint ventures, equity investment, and M&A’s.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Grace Yu, best sector expertise in the financial service sector and unrivalled experience in the sector.'
  • ‘The team is experienced and provided prompt response and advice throughout the transaction.’
  • ‘Zhang Yixin, a counsel of the firm, who was the key lawyer working on the transaction was exceptional, providing prompt and detailed advice, excellent drafting skills, with efficiency and attention to details. Norman Zhong, as the supervising partner, was also hands on and led the negotiations well.'
  • The law firm has outstanding service capabilities in the field of corporate mergers and acquisitions.’
  • ‘The team has deep knowledge of and extensive experience in the sector, excellent team working skills, closely followed client needs, and business development.’

Key clients

  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund XII, L.P.
  • Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI, “Johnson Controls”)
  • Laurels Capital Investments Limited |The investor consortium (including Warburg Pincus, Starwood, SSW, Qatar Holding LLC, the founders, etc)
  • KPS Fund
  • Apollo Group
  • TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
  • China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
  • Alibaba
  • ESR-managed fund
  • China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. (“IC Fund”)
  • Wingtech Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Airport Authority Hong Kong
  • HKIA Logistics Limited (the investing vehicle, a subsidiary of AAHK)
  • KraussMaffei Company Ltd. (currently known as Sinochem Equipment Technology (Qingdao) Company Limited after this deal)
  • Shanghai Hongtianyuan Investment Management Co., Ltd.
  • One Equity Partners
  • ASMPT Limited
  • Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Co., Ltd.
  • Lumileds, LLC

Lawyers

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Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Norman Zhong; Miles Ma; Chen Bao; Amanda Zhou

Other key lawyers

Jeffrey Ding; Leo Lou; Patrick Li; Yixin Zhang; Grace Yu; Siyuan Pan; Yixin Zhang