Business Expertise
Investment and financing and capital operation arrangements, merger and reorganization and bankruptcy reorganization planning, fiscal and tax planning and compliance management, corporate governance and risk control management, equity structure arrangements and equity control.
Work Experience
2000 Zhuoxin Law Firm, Guangdong
Working Language
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Personal Profile
Mr. Zhang has rich experience in team organization and operation experience in large-scale legal projects. He has successively provided comprehensive legal services of counsel and corporation lawyer to some large international companies and international financial institutions, including the world's top 500.
◆ Financial Innovation
Mr. Zhang has years of professional work experience in financial legal affairs, including PPP projects, financial leasing (financial leasing legal structure design, financial leasing trust and financial leasing asset securitization), bonds (financial bonds, corporate bonds and convertible bonds) issuance and listing, funds (fund establishment and registration, listing and investment business), new third board listing, etc.
◆ Tax Planning
Mr. Zhang has many years of professional work experience in tax law, and has provided a wide range of tax consulting services for various multinational companies and domestic and foreign companies, including tax risks analysis, tax planning related to M&A and corporate equity structure, and foreign investment tax planning related to domestic investment, tax planning related to equity and transaction mode of overseas investment by domestic residents and enterprises, etc.
◆ Service of State-owned Enterprises
Mr. Zhang has made great achievements in the legal services for state-owned enterprises such as China Credit Insurance, Guangdong Transportation Group and its subsidiaries, Yuexiu Transportation, Yuehai Group and its subsidiaries, Panyu Second Light Group, Nansha Assets and its subsidiaries, Nansha Investment and its subsidiaries. Full legal services include but not limited to restructuring and reorganization, equity transfer, bankruptcy and liquidation, external acquisition and investment and financing. He has rich experience in state-owned enterprise restructuring, asset and business restructuring, equity transfer, merger and financing, bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation.
◆ Investment and Financing
Mr. Zhang has years of professional work experience in investment and financing. He has represented domestic and foreign investors in legal affairs related to the investments in China. He has also completed various acquisitions, investment and financing in industries such as infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, transportation, retail, chemical industry and high technology. Representative enterprises including but not limited to Guangzhou Dongta syndicated loan, Guangzhou Donghaitang Bakery franchise chain, Guangdong Transportation Group, etc. Mr. Zhang provides clients with constructive and innovative financing and capital operation solutions.
◆ Merger and Reorganization
Mr. Zhang has made great achievements in M&A. He has provided full-process legal services for various large domestic and foreign companies involved in M&A, asset and business reorganization. Enterprises served including Humen Bridge, Panyu Bridge, Bay Bridge, Guangdong Expressway, East Second Ring Road, North Second Ring Road, West Second Ring Road, Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway, Guangzhou-Shantou Highway, Qinglian Highway, Dongliuxi Secondary Hydropower Station, Liaozhuwan and Chuandongxia Hydropower Station, etc. He not only fully understands the considerations of the parties in M&A, but is also familiar with the legal issues in all aspects of the implementation. Thus, he is expert at designing the best M&A plan according to the situations of different projects and the different needs of clients.
◆ Infrastructure and Real Estate
Mr. Zhang has represented a number of transportation infrastructure companies and real estate developers with entire legal services. Relays on his rich experience, he fully understands the characteristics of real estate and construction engineering business and the different needs of clients.
◆ Corporate Governance and Risk Control Management.
Mr. Zhang has rich experience in refined corporate legal risk management services, and has serviced for various large enterprises. He broke through the previous services based on "post-event relief", while actively explores the combination of "pre-prevention" and "post-event relief", where pre-prevention is more critical. Besides, he fully assists clients in identifying and evaluating risks according to the specific needs of them, in order to provide better solutions. Mr. Zhang provides customers with the best design and layout of strategies, and draws up specific operational plans to help customers implement them in place.
Mr. Zhang's representative legal risk prevention projects include but are not limited to Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Project (a national key project), Guangzhou Road Engineering Research Institute, a Foshan chemical company, a Shenzhen petrochemical company, Guangxi Agricultural Market Investment and Financing Construction, etc.
Serious Civil and Commercial Litigation/Arbitration
Mr. Zhang has represented in more than 100 litigation and arbitration cases. These cases involve the Supreme People's Court, courts at all levels in Guangdong Province (mainly the courts in the Pearl River Delta region), courts at all levels in other provinces and cities, and some arbitration institutions.
Representative Projects
◆ Supervision project of Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Project (National Key Project).
◆ Nansha Qingsheng Hub Block Comprehensive Development Project (Dawan District Large PPP Project, concerning more than 30 billion yuan).
◆ The construction of Guangzhou East Tower invested and financed by Chow Tai Fook Group (the tallest building in Guangzhou).
◆ The project of Guangdong Communications Group (the largest enterprise with the largest asset scale in Guangdong Province) and its subordinate state-owned enterprises to acquire Guangdong Panyu Bridge; Trusteeship M&A of Guangdong's vast international logistics projects; Transfer of Maoming Zhanjiang Expressway; Reorganization of Xinguang Logistics; Equity transfer of Sandstone Company, equity transfer of Xinruan Company, etc.
◆ The shareholders' investment recovery project between Guangdong Expressway Company (the third largest enterprise in Guangdong Province in terms of asset scale, and the investor and business party of Gaole Expressway, the longest expressway in China) and the company established by Li Ka-Shing; Land ownership and compensation recovery disputes in the east section of Shenzhen Shantou Expressway.
◆ Investment and financing construction of Humen Bridge, Gulf Bridge, Shenzhen Shantou Expressway, North Second Ring Road and other projects, as well as the development of Guangdong Road and Bridge Card ("E-Serve Card") system (major infrastructure construction in Guangdong Province).
◆ Mortgage legal services for real estate of Donlink Group.
◆ Several non litigation and litigation recovery projects of China Sinosure.
◆ A number of large bankruptcy reorganization projects in Zhuhai, Maoming and other places (the amount involved exceeds 500 million yuan and the reorganization has been successful; these cases have been reported by the Supreme Court and many well-known media).
◆ The successful filing of the private fund manager of Guangzhou Chang Chang Ming Company (Note: the first one in Guangzhou) and the special change filing of several private fund managers.
◆ Bankruptcy reorganization project of 34 companies including Zhanjiang Jiayue Group (the group with the most assets in Zhanjiang city);
◆ Asset M&A and equity M&A projects in Asian financial centers.
Awards and Research
◆ Mr. Zhang's Building the “Rule of Law First” in the Market-oriented International Business Environment in Guangzhou to Help Improve the International Competitiveness of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area was awarded the Excellent Thesis Award of the 2018 NLD Rule of Law Forum by the Department of Political Affairs of the Central Committee of the NLD (only two thesis in Guangdong Province won the award).
◆ Mr. Zhang's Give Full Play to the Strategic Support Role of the Intellectual Property Protection System: Comprehensively Improve the International Competitiveness of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area was awarded the Excellent Thesis Award of the 2019 NLD Rule of Law Forum by the Ministry of Political Affairs of the NLD Central Committee (only two thesis were awarded in Guangdong Province).
◆ Mr. Zhang's Seize the Opportunity of Nansha Free Trade Zone and Make Full Efforts to Create a New Business Card for Guangzhou Merchants won the Excellent Achievement Award in the essay solicitation activity of "Offer a Strategy for Guangzhou city" of the Guangzhou Democratic League.
◆ Mr. Zhang won the 2019 Outstanding Contribution Award of the primary committee members of Nansha District of the Democratic League; the 2019 Advanced Individual in Political Participation and Discussion of the primary committee of Nansha District of the Democratic League; and the 2016 Excellent Alliance Member of the primary committee of Nansha District of the Democratic League.
◆ Mr. Zhang's Seize the Policy Opportunity of "the 15 Financial Regulations in Nansha District"and Create the" Nansha Standard "of China's Financial Leasing written for the Nansha Democratic League was selected as the excellent proposal of the Guangzhou CPPCC and the Nansha CPPCC. In addition, several proposals written by Mr. Zhang for the Nansha Democratic League and CPPCC have also been taken as key proposals (including but not limited to Suggestions on Building a Legalized Business Environment in the Nansha Free Trade Zone, Suggestions on Building a Legalized Business Environment in the Nansha Free Trade Zone, and the “Rule of Law First” Business Environment, to Build a Comprehensive Cooperation Demonstration Zone between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in Nansha, Guangzhou).
◆ At the invitation of the Company Legal Professional Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association, Mr. Zhang wrote a case write-up about company law: Whether Employees Can Keep Their Company Equity After Resignation, which was published in the book Company Law Cases compiled by Guangzhou Lawyers Association and published by China Legal Publishing House in 2016.
Honors
◆ Member of the Third Committee of Nansha District, Guangzhou City, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
◆ Member of the Federation of New Social Classes in Guangdong Province
◆ Specially Invited Mediator of the Guangzhou Baiyun District People's Court
