Kangda Law Firm

Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Securities and Capital Markets

Partner

ZHONG Yu has been practiced in law as a lawyer for over 15 years. Before that, Ms. ZHONG served as a legal counsel at a large international trading comapany. Her in-house experience help her better understand the needs and strategies of her clients. ZHONG Yu has extensive experience in corporate and commercial matters including initial public offerings, restructurings, secondary offerings, strategic investments,cross-boarded M&A deals, employee trusts and other corporate work.

Ms. ZHONG has represented issuers and some of the world's leading investment banks in dealing with many debt capital market transactions covering a variety of sectors such as manufacturing, real estate and infrastructure.

She gained extensive exposure while advising various clients such as PRC state-owned enterprises, financial institutions and PRC government authorities in matters both in and outside of China, including M&As, financing and outbound investment.

Chinese, English

Committee Member of Guangzhou Lawyers Association

Chairman of the Securities Law Professional Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association

Committee Member of the Financial Law Research Association of Guangdong Law Society

Deputy Chairman of the First Legal Professional Committee of the Guangdong-ong Kong-acao Cooperation Promotion Association

Consulting member of The Supreme People's Procuratorate's civil administration

Expert of Capital Market Expert Database of Guangzhou Local Finance Bureau

Deputy Chairman of Guangzhou International Trade and Commercial Mediation Center

Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Committee, China

Committee Member of the Law Society of Guangdong

Arbitrator of Hainan International Arbitration Committee

Deputy Chairman of Guangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Leading Enterprise Financing and M&A Alliance

Tutor of Guangzhou Science and Technology Finance  Service Center.

Supervisor of the New Third Board Development Promotion Association of Guangzhou Science and Technology Enterprises;

Vice President of Guangzhou Price Association; etc.

Master of Laws, Sun Yat-en University

Bachelor of Laws, Sun Yat-en University

Honors and Awards:

2020, Recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 as a leading lawyer in Company/Commercial at Eastern Coast (Guangdong)

2018 and 2017, Awarded "Excellent Committee Director" of Guangdong Lawyers Association

2018, Recognized by the Ministry of Justice as one of the "Thousand Elite Lawyers in foreign practice"

2018, Recognized by Guangdong Ministry of Justice as one of the "Leading Lawyers in foreign practice in Guangdong"

2018, Awarded "Theoretical Achievement Award" and "Business Achievement Award" by Guangzhou Lawyers Association

2018, Awarded the title of "Public Welfare Lawyer" by Guangdong Lawyers Association

2018, Awarded the title of "Public Charity Award" by Guangzhou Lawyers Association

2012-2016, Recognized by Guangdong Ministry of Justice as "Excellent Lawyer of Guangdong Province"etc.

Publications:

Coauthor of Capital Market Dispute Resolution-Analysis of High-Profile Cases (Social Sciences Academic Press, 2019.09)

Leader of the research on the "Guangdong-ong Kong-acao Greater Bay Area Lawyers' Legal Services Cooperation Research", which was completed in October 2019

"Guangdong-ong Kong-acao Greater Bay Area Lawyers' Legal Services Cooperation Research" was published in "Guangdong Lawyers" (No. 3, 2019)

"Development and Suggestions for Joint Operation of Mainland and Hong Kong Law Firms", was published in Chinese Lawyers (2015 Issue 7)

"Analysis of the Legal Framework of Guangdong Free Trade Zone", was published in Chinese Lawyers (2014 Issue 12)