About

General counsel Zhe Song has founded and recruited a legal department of 89 professionals to work for internet company Meituan Dianping over the past three years, and under his strong leadership the legal department has achieved an impressive list of accomplishments. It has established the company’s business compliance assessment, dealt with thousands of law suits, conducted patent reserve and operations, presided over the construction of an electronic contract signing system and intellectual property management system, and supported the most important corporate deals of the company as well. These include the US$12bn merger between Meituan and Dianping, the US$3.7bn acquisition of Mobike (both receiving M&A deal of the year recognition from industry press awards) and the US$5bn initial public offering of the company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Nominating sources had extremely positive comments to offer on the team’s performance: ‘Through organisation and effective communication, the continued expansion of the legal department has been assured, while the construction of cultural values has ensured the stability of the department while the organisation adjusts to new business realities. Actively serving the legal community is also one of the goals of the legal department’.