In April 2023, LEGALBAND unveiled the winners of its 2023 China Top 15 Capital Markets Lawyers. With solid professional knowledge, outstanding practice performance and innovation spirit in the practice area of capital markets, Llinks partner Ms. Zhengyi Zhang makes her mark on the list.

Zhengyi Zhang, Partner

As a partner at Llinks Law Offices, Ms. Zhengyi Zhang's practice focuses on domestic and foreign securities issuance (IPO and refinancing, etc.), M&A and restructuring, acquisition of listed companies and transfer of control, pre-IPO investment and financing, employee equity incentive, etc. Ms. Zhang has rich pragmatic experience and keen business insight. She is skilled in providing clients with personalised and constructive advice and solutions. Ms. Zhang always focuses on the cutting edge of market development, covering industries such as upstream and downstream of the new energy industry chain, medical and healthcare, high-end smart manufacturing, culture and media, etc. She provides a wide array of legal services to enterprises at different stages of development and helps her clients to maximize their returns in the capital market. Ms. Zhang was highly acknowledged in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Capital Markets Recommended list in 2023, and was awarded the 8th 'Top 10 Outstanding Young Lawyers in Pudong New Area' in 2020 and the CLECSS 'Top 10 Young Elite Lawyers' in 2017. Many of her projects have also been recognised as 'Deal of the Year' by various media and rankings for years.

Remarks' from LEGALBAND

In recent years, Ms. Zhang has served many leading companies in the industry, such as Duoli, China Sonavox, Synergy Pharmaceutical, China Molybdenum, Ganfeng Lithium, Shanghai Electric and Fosun Pharmaceutical, etc. She specializes in domestic and overseas listings, equity financing of listed companies, bond financing, M&A and restructuring of listed companies, acquisition of listed companies and transfer of control, and is able to meet the business needs of corporates at different stages. Ms. Zhang recently acted as the Chinese legal counsel to Unifrax Asia-Pacific Holding Ltd. in the tender offer for the acquisition of Luyang Energy-Saving Materials Co., Ltd., providing legal support for the entire process of proposal design, feasibility analysis, negotiation, agreement drafting and closing. The transaction is a benchmark as it is the most high-profile A-share partial tender offer in 2022 and the largest single foreign investment project in the specialty chemicals sector in the domestic A-share market to date.

Clients' Testimonials

'Ms. Zhang always prioritises the interests of her clients and commits to solving problems for her clients. She is down-to-earth, astute, and is able to create value for her clients.'

'Ms. Zhang is an honest and upright person with good communication and team management skills. She is well-versed in laws and regulations relating to corporate restructuring and IPOs, and is very committed and efficient in her work.'