YUE ZHANG
Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York, USA)·Hong Kong
YUE ZHANG
Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York, USA)·Hong Kong
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YUE ZHANG
Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York, USA)·Hong Kong
PROFILE REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES OTHER INFORMATION Further Reading
MR. ZHANG SPECIALIZES IN PRIVATE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, FOCUSING ON USD- DENOMINATED FUND FORMATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS.
Education
Peking University, School of Economics, B.A. in Economics
University of Pennsylvania, M.A. in Economics
Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor
Professional Qualification
Admitted to practice in New York
Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong SAR
Professional Background
Prior to joining Fangda Partnes, Mr. Zhang was a partner of Kirkland & Ellis in its Hong Kong office. He also worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s New York office for over six years prior to returning to Asia.
PROFILE
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS AND CASES
- Acted for CICC Capital and TPG in connection with the establishment of the China Synergy Platform as a USD/RMB dual-currency structure to target investment opportunities both in China and overseas
- Represented Legend Capital in the formation of an investment fund
- Represented Blackstone in the formation of a series of separately managed accounts and commingled funds as part of its opportunistic investing platform with over $15 billion commitments
- Represented Carlyle in the formation of a managed account focused on investments in power assets
- Represented Ocean Link in the formation of an investment fund focusing on investments in travel and leisure industries
- Represented Eastern Bell Venture Capital in the formation of an investment fund focusing on investments in logistics and supply chain sectors
- Represented Jeneration Capital in the formation of an investment fund focusing on investments in technology and technology-enabled companies
- Represented Bioventure in the formation of an investment fund focusing on investments in early/growth stage start-ups in life-science and healthcare industries
- Represented MSA Capital in the formation of an investment fund focusing on investments in TMT, artificial-intelligence, technology and healthcare industries
- Represented Blackstone in the formation of a number of commingled drawdown funds and separately managed accounts totaling over $10 billion investing in real estate related debt products
- Represented First Reserve, a U.S. private equity fund sponsor, in the formation of a $2.5 billion global energy and infrastructure fund
- Represented A&M Capital, a U.S. private equity fund sponsor associated with Alvarez & Marsal, a global professional services firm, in the formation of its first buyouts fund, which raised $600 million and invests in middle market buyouts in North America and its second buyouts fund principally investing in growth- oriented businesses
- Represented New Mountain Capital in the formation of its fourth private equity fund with $4 billion commitments
- Represented Corsair Capital in connection with the formation of its fourth financial services-focused fund with over $775 million commitments
- Represented Blackstone in connection with the formation of managed accounts and fundraising of two hedge funds investing in CMBS
- Represented Aquiline Capital in connection with the formation of its second financial services-focused fund with over $740 million commitments
- Represented Blackstone Property Partners in the formation of a number of co- investment vehicles and supplemental capital vehicles in connection with investments in core-plus real estate assets
- Other GP sponsor clients include HOPU Investments, IDG Capital, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, etc
- Represented CPPIB in its investments in number of private equity and venture capital funds
- Acted for China Taiping in connection with its proposed investment in a private equity fund
- Represented Hong Kong Monetary Authority in its investments in number of private equity and real estate funds
- Represented Ligang Zhang, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: KANG) (“iKang”), as a member of the buyer consortium in the US$1.5 billion going private transaction of iKang. Other members of the buyer consortium included affiliates of Yunfeng Capital, Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Boyu Capital
- Represented CBRE in acquiring real estate investment management business in Europe and Asia from ING
- Represented Blackstone in connection with acquisition of assets of GE Capital Real Estate in a transaction valued at approximately $23 billion
- Represented New Mountain Capital in its $1.3 billion recapitalization of AmWINS
- Represented Corsair Capital as a member of the buyer consortium along with funds sponsored by Blackstone in their majority investment in First Eagle Investment Management reflecting a total enterprise value of approximately $4 billion
- Represented New Mountain Capital in the syndication of co-investment in JDA Software
- Represented Corsair Capital in acquiring management rights from Citigroup with respect to its global infrastructure investment fund
- Represented Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BXMT) in connection with its public offerings of 11.5 million shares of class A common stock
- Acted for Lightyear Capital on ongoing fund operation and investment activities
* Include matters completed prior to joining Fangda
