Commerce & Finance Law Offices

Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity New Economy

Partner

Mr. ZHANG Xinyang has been working at Commerce & Finance Law Offices since 2007.

Shandong University, Bachelor of Laws;

China Academy of Social Sciences, Master of Laws

Mr. ZHANG Xinyang specializes in the fields of New Economy Industry, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions as well as Capital Markets. Over the decades, Mr. Zhang has been dedicated to China's New Economy Industry and accumulated extensive experience in multiple areas, including but not limited to, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, IoT, sharing economy, new retail, cultural entertainment, intelligent hardware, knowledge economy and internet healthcare. Mr. Zhang is widely recognized as a leading PRC lawyer in China's New Economy Industry, and he has been involved in numerous landmark deals that have had deeply influential impacts on the relevant markets and changed and shaped the layout of the market in New Economy Industry.

Capital Markets

InnoCare Pharma Limited in its listing on the HKEX

Archosaur Games Inc. in its listing on the HKEX

China Renaissance Holdings Limited in its listing on the HKEX

Maoyan Entertainment in its listing on the HKEX

Sogou Inc. in its listing on the NYSE

E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. in its delisting from the NYSE

Bestsun Gas in its A-Share backdoor listing

Digital China in its A-Share backdoor listing

Mergers & Acquisitions

Maoyan Entertainment in its strategic merger with Weiying Times

Huochebang in its strategic merger with Yunmanman

Yidao Yongche in its trade sale and financing

Tencent in its strategic investment in Sogou Inc.

iQIYI in its US$370 million acquisition of PPstream

WH Group in its US$7.1 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods Inc.

Master Kong in its acquisition of China beverage business of Pepsi Co Inc.

Chinalco in its US$19.1 billion acquisition of Rio Tinto Group

China Minmetals in its acquisition of Hunan Nonferrous Metals

China Eastern Airlines in its acquisition of Shanghai Airlines

Inke Limited in its acquisition of interest-based social app Jimu

Private Equity 

A number of investment projects by Meituan Dianping

A number of investment projects by Huaxing New Economy Fund

A number of investment projects by Matrix Partners China

A number of investment projects by GSR Ventures

A number of investment projects by Source Code Capital

Private equity financing by InnoCare Pharma Limited

Several rounds of private financings by Keep

Several rounds of private financings by Yijiupi

Several rounds of private financings by Kuaikan World

Several rounds of private financings by UCloud

Several rounds of private financings by Flightmanager

Several rounds of private financings by Synyi.Ai

Lead investor’s investment into Missfresh

Lead investor’s investment into Focus Media

Hornor

ALB Dealmakers of Asia 2022

ALB China Top 15 TMT Lawyers 2019, 2020 and 2021 (the only lawyer awarded for three consecutive years)

Named by China Business Law Journal among the A-List Elite Lawyers for 4 consecutive years (2018-2021)

Named by LEGALBAND among TMT Versatile Practitioners of Top PRC Lawyers for 4 consecutive years (2019-2022)

Recognized by International Finance Law Review 1000 (IFLR1000) as a highly-recommended capital market and private equity lawyer in China for 4 consecutive years (2020-2023)

Named by The Legal 500 as a Leading Private Equity Lawyer for 5 consecutive years (2019-2023)

LEGALBAND China Top 15 Recommended Lawyers (2020-2021)—New Economy, Hi-tech & AI

Named by DAWKINS as Top Lawyer in China (2022) on Venture Capital, Hi-tech & New Economy