Jingtian & Gongcheng assists a wide range of companies within the TMT sector, including clients across the e-commerce, big data, AI, mobile, internet, games, and media spaces. In addition to its regulatory and transactional expertise, the team is noted for its experience in assisting clients with IPOs and M&A within the TMT sector. The team is co-led from Beijing by Zhenhua Xiang and Yongqing Huang. Danning Shao is well-versed in assisting TMT clients, PE/VC funds, and investment banks with M&A and IPO listings. Shao also advises artists, producers, and songwriters with music-related transactions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Danning Shao’s legal team is a professional team of lawyers who have been providing us with financing and perennial legal advisory services. They are very trusted partners of our company. Shao’s team has excellent professional capabilities and business insights in the field of legal services. The customised legal services they provide fully consider our company's business characteristics and needs. The team’s deep understanding and support for cross-border legal services provides a solid legal guarantee for our global business expansion.’

  • ‘Danning Shao has great advantages in legal service awareness and communication with clients. He is enthusiastic and professional, good at listening to demands, can provide feedback in a timely manner, and use approachable language to transform complex legal issues into easy-to-understand concepts, which makes us full of confidence in legal services. In addition, his ability to handle complex legal affairs is also excellent. Lawyer Shao has a solid professional foundation and a rigorous work attitude.'

  • ‘Danning Shao's team focuses on private equity investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. We will widely seek the advice of Shao's team in corporate and transaction matters. The varied background of the team enables it to handle more complex and professional legal issues, which also shows its diversity, fairness and inclusiveness.'

  • ‘Danning Shao's team provided due diligence and financing services for us. The team had keen insight into market trends and business environment, can foresee potential legal risks and business opportunities, and provide us with strategic legal advice. They can understand our business model and operating characteristics, so as to provide legal services that are more in line with our business needs.'

Key clients

  • Zhongke Era Group
  • Akso Biotechnology
  • AutoAgents.ai
  • Fenbi
  • Xiaomi Corporation
  • NaaS Technology
  • iQIYI
  • GS1 China
  • WuXi XDC Cayman
  • Qiniu Limited
  • Genecast Group
  • ContiOcean Environment Tech Group
  • Google
  • IReader TEchnology
  • Aha Entertain (Shanghai)
  • ByteDance
  • Universal Music Publishing Group China
  • Kakao SM Entertainment (Shanghai)
  • Perfect Youth OST
  • Wynn Resorts (Macau)
  • Scity Films
  • Iris Creative
  • TR. Movie
  • Fuzhou Xiaoyangshangshan Culture

Work highlights

  • Advised iQIYI on completing a second offering of 76.5 millions American depositary shares.
  • Represented PopMart in its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Zhenhua Xiang, Yongqing Huang

Other key lawyers

Danning Shao, Wei Quan, Mingzi Tian, Ye Zhao, Yimin Chen, Xiaofeng Cheng