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Billy ZHANG
PRC Lawyer
Practices: Corporate, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Capital Markets, Financing.
Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications:
PRC Bar, 2009
Working Languages:
Chinese, English
Social Activities
● Member of the Cross-border Investment Legal Professional Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association
● Member of the Pioneer Talent Pool for Foreign Related Lawyers in Guangdong Province
● Member of the Leading Talents for Foreign Related Lawyers in Guangzhou
Representative Cases
CORPORATE/FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Advised on the Joint Venture Project – Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center –between Guangzhou Yuexiu Group Corporation and GL events SA (France);
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on incorporating Guangzhou COSCOCS-DEME New Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. with GEOSEA NV, which is the subsidiary of DEME group (Belgium);
Advised Giorgio Armani (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd to merge the assets from Shenzhen Hemei Group Co., Ltd;
Advised Henderson Land on a project related to the old urban area transformation in Shenzhen;
Advised Hong Kong Jockey Club on the establishment of the joint venture;
Advised Dell (China) Co., Ltd. on the equity transfer project of its Zhuhai Subsidiary;
Advised Gemdale Group on the establishment of Gemdale Love Fund;
Advised Giorgio Armani on its general operations;
Advised CO-RO Food (China) Ltd. on its general operations;
Advised Jinkuiding (Tianjin) Trading Co., Ltd. on its general operations;
Advised California Innovations Inc. on its general operations;
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) as its perennial legal counsel;
Advised Guangzhou Poly Microcredit Co., Ltd. as its perennial legal counsel;
Advised ITS PARTNER OUTSOURCING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, S.L. on its general operations.
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on incorporating Guangzhou COSCOCS-DEME New Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. with GEOSEA NV, which is the subsidiary of DEME group (Belgium);
Advised Giorgio Armani (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd to merge the assets from Shenzhen Hemei Group Co., Ltd;
Advised Henderson Land on a project related to the old urban area transformation in Shenzhen;
Advised Hong Kong Jockey Club on the establishment of the joint venture;
Advised Dell (China) Co., Ltd. on the equity transfer project of its Zhuhai Subsidiary;
Advised Gemdale Group on the establishment of Gemdale Love Fund;
Advised Giorgio Armani on its general operations;
Advised CO-RO Food (China) Ltd. on its general operations;
Advised Jinkuiding (Tianjin) Trading Co., Ltd. on its general operations;
Advised California Innovations Inc. on its general operations;
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) as its perennial legal counsel;
Advised Guangzhou Poly Microcredit Co., Ltd. as its perennial legal counsel;
Advised ITS PARTNER OUTSOURCING BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, S.L. on its general operations.
M&A AND CAPITAL MARKETS
Advised Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the acquisition of Guangzhou International Finance Center for CNY 8.85 billion;
Advised Dongguan Communications Investment Group Co., Ltd. to acquire 50.995% shares of Happy Life Insurance Co., Ltd. jointly with Champion Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. from China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.;
As the legal counsel of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) advising Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) upon the acquisition of a high-quality commercial project from Yuexiu Property Company Limited (00123.HK) in the central downtown area of Wuhan. The value of the project transaction was RMB 2.28 billion, and the Transaction was approved by fund holders with a high favorable rate of 99.98% at the fund shareholders’ special meeting held by Yuexiu REIT;
Advised the famous American private equity fund, Platinum Equity, on acquiring Chinese Manufacturing Businesses from Broadway Industrial Group Limited, which covers 11 PRC entities separately located in the Mainland of PRC and Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions (“HK SAR”);
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on Non-public Offering of A Shares, and acted as legal counsel for the issuer COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd., successfully raising RMB 2.499 billionAdvised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of the shares of one foreign invested company;
Advised the subsidiary of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the potential
bidding of the equities of one real estate group from Southern United Assets & Equity Exchange;
Advised Guangzhou Development Zone Caihui Venture Service Co., Ltd. as the subsidiary to Guangzhou Development Zone Talent Working Group on the acquisition of the new issued shares of Guangzhou Sailong Additive Manufacturing Co., Ltd.;
Advised Poly Group Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project in Chengdu;
Advised Guangdong Junfeng spectrum Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project.
Advised Dongguan Communications Investment Group Co., Ltd. to acquire 50.995% shares of Happy Life Insurance Co., Ltd. jointly with Champion Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. from China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.;
As the legal counsel of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) advising Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) upon the acquisition of a high-quality commercial project from Yuexiu Property Company Limited (00123.HK) in the central downtown area of Wuhan. The value of the project transaction was RMB 2.28 billion, and the Transaction was approved by fund holders with a high favorable rate of 99.98% at the fund shareholders’ special meeting held by Yuexiu REIT;
Advised the famous American private equity fund, Platinum Equity, on acquiring Chinese Manufacturing Businesses from Broadway Industrial Group Limited, which covers 11 PRC entities separately located in the Mainland of PRC and Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions (“HK SAR”);
Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on Non-public Offering of A Shares, and acted as legal counsel for the issuer COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd., successfully raising RMB 2.499 billionAdvised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of the shares of one foreign invested company;
Advised the subsidiary of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the potential
bidding of the equities of one real estate group from Southern United Assets & Equity Exchange;
Advised Guangzhou Development Zone Caihui Venture Service Co., Ltd. as the subsidiary to Guangzhou Development Zone Talent Working Group on the acquisition of the new issued shares of Guangzhou Sailong Additive Manufacturing Co., Ltd.;
Advised Poly Group Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project in Chengdu;
Advised Guangdong Junfeng spectrum Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES
Advised Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, and have handeld more than 100 cases;
Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration as its perennial legal adviser;
Advised Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation on the compilation of laws and regulations in the fields of quality supervision, industrial and commercial administration, food and drug supervision and intellectual property rights;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the selection of typical cases of administrative review and administrative litigation;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of industrial and commercial administrative regulations;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of the list of rights and responsibilities for administrative punishments;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the guideline for the preparation of evidence guidance for execution connection between the administration and criminal;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the amendments to the registration and the cooperation execution matters;
Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration on giving a legal lecture with the topic as “discuss relevant issues of administrative punishment from the perspective of administrative litigation”;
Advised Guangdong Provincial Highway Management Bureau as its perennial legal adviser.
Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration as its perennial legal adviser;
Advised Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation on the compilation of laws and regulations in the fields of quality supervision, industrial and commercial administration, food and drug supervision and intellectual property rights;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the selection of typical cases of administrative review and administrative litigation;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of industrial and commercial administrative regulations;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of the list of rights and responsibilities for administrative punishments;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the guideline for the preparation of evidence guidance for execution connection between the administration and criminal;
Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the amendments to the registration and the cooperation execution matters;
Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration on giving a legal lecture with the topic as “discuss relevant issues of administrative punishment from the perspective of administrative litigation”;
Advised Guangdong Provincial Highway Management Bureau as its perennial legal adviser.
BOND ISSUES AND FINANCING
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on the interbank medium term notes worth a total of RMB 8.8 billion and the ultra-short-term financing notes worth a total of RMB 20 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on interbank short-term financing bonds worth a total of RMB 18 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on the corporate bonds worth a total of RMB 5.5 billion and the renewable corporate bonds worth a total of RMB 10 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on outbound USD bond issues worth a total of USD 1.5 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on perpetual bond issues worth a total of RMB15 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on Green Medium-term Note issues worth a total of RMB 4 billion;
Assisted Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited to successfully register RMB 10 billion medium-term notes and RMB 10 billion ultra-short-term financing notes in the inter-bank dealer association;
Advised Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Limited (01052.HK) on Medium Term Notes issues worth a total of USD 1 billion;
Advised the management office of Guangzhongjiang expressway (“Management Office”) on the syndicated loan between Management Office and National Development Bank, participated in the negotiation, and drafted Syndicated Loan Contracts and related supplementary contracts valued at over RMB 10 billion. This project was honored as “China Business Law Journal’s 2013 Deals of the Year award” by China Business Law Journal;
Advised on the syndicated loan between Guangzhou Provincial Road Administration Bureau and 11 banks, participated in the negotiation, and drafted Syndicated Loan Contracts. The syndicated loan was valued at RMB 21 billion.
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on interbank short-term financing bonds worth a total of RMB 18 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on the corporate bonds worth a total of RMB 5.5 billion and the renewable corporate bonds worth a total of RMB 10 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on outbound USD bond issues worth a total of USD 1.5 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on perpetual bond issues worth a total of RMB15 billion;
Advised Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited on Green Medium-term Note issues worth a total of RMB 4 billion;
Assisted Yuexiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited to successfully register RMB 10 billion medium-term notes and RMB 10 billion ultra-short-term financing notes in the inter-bank dealer association;
Advised Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Limited (01052.HK) on Medium Term Notes issues worth a total of USD 1 billion;
Advised the management office of Guangzhongjiang expressway (“Management Office”) on the syndicated loan between Management Office and National Development Bank, participated in the negotiation, and drafted Syndicated Loan Contracts and related supplementary contracts valued at over RMB 10 billion. This project was honored as “China Business Law Journal’s 2013 Deals of the Year award” by China Business Law Journal;
Advised on the syndicated loan between Guangzhou Provincial Road Administration Bureau and 11 banks, participated in the negotiation, and drafted Syndicated Loan Contracts. The syndicated loan was valued at RMB 21 billion.
INCORPORATION AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Advised Hang Lung Properties on the life insurance dispute of the employee;
Advised one life insurance company on an incorporation project;
Advised one online life insurance company on an incorporation project.
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