Fangda Partners is a popular choice for highly complex private equity M&A and commercial transactions for clients in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, financial services, and technology. Norman Zhong splits his time between Shanghai and Hong Kong; he recently advised FFH on its joint acquisition (with Bank of China) of the village bank portfolio from a major PRC bank, and fifteen village banks from China Development Bank. Zhong jointly leads the Shanghai team with Miles Ma, who recently advised Blackstone on its acquisition of Shya Hsin’s cosmetics packaging business. Zhong and Ma are supported by a strong team including Beijing-based Jeffrey Ding and Michael Han who also has notable experience in Chinese competition matters relating to M&A and joint ventures.
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- ‘The Fangda M&A team shows excellent teamwork, professionalism, quality of work.’
Key clients
- PCCW Limited
- Gaolin Capital
- China Mobile Capital Holding Co., Ltd.
- Thematic Bridge Investment Pte. Ltd
- Swire Beverage
- JD Zhixing Fund L.P.; Inner Mongolia Yuxinsheng Technology Co., Ltd. (内蒙古宇鑫盛科技有限公司)
- China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited
- Philips (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- PCCW Enterprise Resources Limited
- Nayuki Holdings Limited
- Atlas Copco (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- China Baowu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd.
- Yida Express Elevator Co Ltd
- Atlas Copco (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- Black stone
Work highlights
- Advising Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, as a foreign strategic investor, on purchasing 10% plus one share of the listed company, Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for RMB24.6 billion.
- Acted for Gaolin Capital in its RMB8 billion acquisition of Suzhou Hongtian Medical Investment Co., Ltd., which is a holding company for a stomatological hospital group.
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Norman Zhong, Miles Ma