Zhonglun W&D has an excellent team of lawyers specializing in the areas of corporate and capital markets. Most of the partner lawyers have master's or doctoral degrees obtained at home or abroad. This team is engaged in corporate investment, financing, listing, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and other projects covering industries such as media, advertising, telecommunications, information technology, medicine, aviation, securities, energy, e-commerce, manufacturing and accumulates a wealth of experience. Some of the lawyers in this team had studied in Europe and the United States, and worked or did internship in foreign law firms. They are proficient in English, Japanese and other languages, and have legal experience in foreign companies and capital markets. Over the years, we have established good relationship with relevant regulatory agencies and many intermediary agencies at home and abroad with our expertise and efforts, which helps to provide quality and efficient legal services. Zhonglun W&D systematically guarantees that every project team can receive professional support and research results from all other colleagues at any time. On major and difficult issues, it can promptly start relevant procedures to involve senior lawyers and experts. The firm is committed to providing customers with a full range of legal solutions. Lawyers in the company and capital market business (including overseas securities business) will consult, if necessary, include other professional lawyers in the company in their cases. The firm has a wide customer base, ranging from the Fortune 500 multinational companies to medium-sized enterprises; from traditional manufacturing companies to well-known commercial banks, investment banks, investment funds, insurance companies, real estate developers, and companies in telecommunications, tourism, and logistics. In addition, it provides Chinese legal services for government agencies, foreign embassies (consulates), chambers of commerce, etc. The company and capital market business is at a relatively junior stage in China, which will come with new trading modes, restructuring and M&A as well as legal innovation with China’s characteristics as the marketization and supervision develop. The firm can always manage new and complex issues based on its strong research abilities. The firm has a wide customer base, ranging from the Fortune 500 multinational companies to medium-sized enterprises; from traditional manufacturing companies to well-known commercial banks, investment banks, investment funds, insurance companies, real estate developers, and companies in telecommunications, tourism, and logistics. In addition, it provides Chinese legal services for government agencies, foreign embassies (consulates), chambers of commerce, etc. The senior M&A lawyers have a good command of financial accounting knowledge, auditing and valuation standards and tax regulations, which allows them to provide full and comprehensive legal services when designing the legal structure of transactions.
The legal services provided in the company M&A field mainly include:
Domestic and overseas issuance and listing of securities such as stocks, bonds and depositary receipts
Listed company refinancing, acquisition and major asset restructuring
New three board listing, private placement
Bond issuance, convertible bonds and debt-to-equity swaps
Venture capital, private equity investment
Foreign direct investment, foreign capital M&A
Overseas investment and M&A
Enterprise restructuring and reforming (including tax structure design and optimization in the process of restructuring)
Corporate acquisitions (including management buyouts), mergers, equity swaps
Company separation, capital reduction, asset and business divestiture
Bankruptcy, restructuring, liquidation
Trusts, funds, asset securitization, asset management (including non-performing asset management)
Design of management incentive plan and employee stock ownership plan
General legal affairs in the establishment and operation of the company