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JACK LI
Beijing
PROFILE REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES OTHER INFORMATION Further Reading
JACK WORKS AT FANGDA BEIJING OFFICE. HE IS QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE IN BOTH CHINA AND AMERICA. HE SPECIALIZES IN OUTBOUND AND INBOUND MERGER AND ACQUISITION, RESTRUCTURING, PE/VC INVESTMENT, CORPORATE FINANCING, JOINT VENTURE AND GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF FINANCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY, INDUSTRY, ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION AND PHARMACEUTICALS. HE USED TO REPRESENT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS IN LARGE AND COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS.
Education
National University of Defense Technology, LL.B.
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D.
Professional Qualification
Admitted to practice in the PRC
Admitted to practice in Ohio
Work Language
Chinese
English
PROFILE
A number of Jack’s representative transactions have been nominated as “deal of year” by majoir ranking institutions. In addition, Jack has been highly recognized internationally, including being chosen as the winner of the 2024 Corporate INTL Magazine Global Award “Cross-border M&A Lawyer of the Year in China 2024”, “Venture Capital Investment Lawyer of the Year in China 2024” and “Joint Ventures Lawyer of the Year in China 2024”. Jack has also regularly published legal articles in major magazines, including International Comparative Legal Guides from the UK and the Chinese core periodical “Technology and Law”. Prior to joining Fangda in 2016, Jack had worked at leading law firms in both China and America.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES
- Represented state-owned investment company Central Huijin Investment in subscribing for 60 billion newly issued shares of Heng Feng Bank for RMB60 billion
- Represented Central Huijin Investment in the establishment of Zhonghui Life Insurance Co., Ltd. with China Insurance Security Fund Co., Ltd., with the registered capital of RMB 33.2 billion, and the following restructuring of TianAn Life
- Represented Huida AMC in its subscription of 5.27 billion ordinary shares of Jinzhou Bank for RMB 10.2765 billion and its purchase of RMB 150 billion worth of distressed assets at a total price of RMB 45 billion from Jinzhou. Advised on the RMB 75 billion private placement note.
- Represented Huaxin Trust in its restructuring
- Represented MAN Energy Solutions in its sale of its gas turbine business located in multiple jurisdictions to CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co., Ltd.
- Represented PingAn Health in its sale to Softbank of 50% equity interests in HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES Corp., a joint venture company established in Japan with Softbank, with the consideration amount of JPY 7.9 billion
- Represented VIPTHINK in its US$1.5 billion merger with Hua La La, and a simultaneous US$110 million series D equity financing
- Represented musical.ly in its merger into Bytedance for US$1 billion
- Represented Didi in its acquisition of Uber’s China business for US$7 billion
- Represented a Chinese consortium led by Kunlun, Qihoo 360 and Golden Brick Capital in its US$575 million acquisition of the core assets of Opera, a listed Norwegian internet company
- Represented HK-listed Yixin Group in its spin-off of its used auto business
- Represented a Chinese consortium led by GL Capital in its US$600 million acquisition and privatization of the US-listed company SciClone Pharmaceuticals
- Represented Primavera Capital and Ant Financial in their US$460 million investment in Yum China
- Represented XIO Group in its sale of Lumenis for over US$1 billion
- Represented Taikang Group in participating in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power project in the UK, which has a total investment of more than £20 billion
- Represented Huaneng in its acquisition of solar power assets from Xiexin for RMB 2.457 billion
- Represented CNIC in its investment in a Hungarian solar power project
- Represented Shenhua Guohua in its acquisition of three wind farms in Australia
- Represented ESSVP IV Silenos Zerfree GmbH in its EUR 150 million purchase of Tokyo-listed NIDEC Corporation's global compressor businesses
- Represented Swiss flight catering group Gategroup in its proposed acquisition of the flight catering assets of a PRC aviation group for over US$300 million
- Represented a Korean PE fund in its proposed acquisition of a clothing group for US$1 billion
- Represented a Chinese PE fund in its proposed acquisition of Indigo Park in France for over EUR 4 billion
- Represented a US auto part supplier in its proposed acquisition of a PRCauto part manufacturer for over US$500 million
- Represented Beijing Gas in its proposed acquisition of Petrobras’s gas distribution assets in Brazil in the total amount of over US$600 million
- Represented Haier Group in its proposed acquisition of a Brazilian company under bankruptcy
- Represented PingAn in its RMB 500 million acquisition of the majority stake in Lenovo Medical Technology
- Represented Affinity Equity in its acquisition of a hospital group
- Represented the foreign shareholders of Acotec in their sale of shares to CITIC Capital
- Represented Taoche in its corporate financing from A round to C round, as well as its various equity investments in the automobile sector
- Represented VIPTHINK in its corporate financing from seed round to D round, as well as its various equity investments in the education sector
- Represented Nasdaq-listed Huya in its various equity investments in the technology and entertainment sectors (including game, live broadcast and metauniverse)
- Represented a number of technology in completing their corporate financing transactions, including STARY, Realdream, FOVA Energy, NEONEXUS, Yuguang Technology, Hexin Technology, Qinglei Technology, Innovusion etc.
- Represented 3E Bioventures Capital in its investment in iTAb
- Represented Zhen Fund in its equity investment in a cross-border financing company
- Represented 360 International in its equity investment in the US short video company Clipclaps
- Represented the Bank of East Asia in its RMB 180 million equity investment in Ctrip Financial
- Represented Hillhouse in its investment in Yitu, a leading AI company
- Represented NIO Capital in its various equity investments in the automobile sector
- Represented Yunfeng Capital in a number of transactions in the pharmaceutical sector, including its series B investment in Curegenix, its series B investment in Birdie Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Represented Yunfeng Capital in a number of transactions in the entertainment sector, including its acquisition of Enova and investment in Linghe Wenxin
- Represented CITIC Capital in its PE investments in the consumer goods sector.
- Represented Rohinni LLC in its joint venture with BOE in the area of micro/mini LED in China, with a total investment amount of over US$140 million
- Represented Navinfo in its joint venture project in the mapping and navigation sector
- Represented VIPTHINK in its joint venture project in the education sector
- Represented a PRC SOE in its proposed US$ 1 billion potash joint venture project with an ASX-listed company in Laos
- Represented Hunan Dali in its proposed joint venture in Sudan
- Represented Danish state-owned company DONG Energy in its comprehensive investments in China in the area of new energy
- Represented New Zealand-listed Comvita in its joint venture in China, with a total investment amount of over US$60 million
- Represented CGNPC in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power joint venture project in the UK, which has a total investment of more than £20 billion
- Represented Huya in its proposed joint venture project in the metauniverse sector
- CIC, Central Huijin, PingAn Technology, Huya, FOVA Energy, NEONEXUS, Rohinni Inc. etc.
