Jie Zhang

Jie Zhang’s practice focuses on advising corporate clients and investment banks on capital markets transactions, such as initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, convertible bond offerings and high-yield bond offerings. She also advises corporate and private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and privatization transactions. In addition, Jie represents US-listed corporate clients in regulatory compliance matters.

Jie is fluent in English and is a native Mandarin speaker. 

Representative Matters:

IPO and Other Capital Markets Transactions

• Gracell Biotechnologies in its acquisition by AstraZeneca for a transaction value of up to $1.2 billion
• Gracell Biotechnologies in its up to US$150 million private placement (PIPE) financing in the United States joined by syndicate of premier healthcare investors
• TI Cloud, a cloud-native customer contact solution provider, on its HK$559.4 million (US$71.7 million) IPO and listing on HKEX.
• Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Evercore and UBS in the De-SPAC of Grab, Uber-equivalent Southeast Asia’s leading superapp.
• Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and China Renaissance in the $150 million IPO of ADSs of Smart Share and listing on Nasdaq.
• Futu in its $1.2 billion follow-on offering.
• 21Vianet, in its $525 million offering of convertible senior note.
• Gracell Biotechnologies in its $209 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• Meituan in the IPO of Li Auto, an innovator in China's new energy vehicle market, and listing on Nasdaq.
• EHang, in its $40 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• Fangdd Network Technology, in its $78 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• HUYA Inc., in its US$441.6 million follow-on offering of ADSs.
• Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, in its US$44.3 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• 111, Inc., in its US$100.5 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• Aurora Mobile Limited, in its US$77 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• LexinFintech Holdings Ltd., in its US$108 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• PPDAI Holdings Ltd., in its US$221 million IPO of ADSs and listing on the NYSE and in the concurrent US$50 million private placement to Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited.
• Weibo Corporation, in its issuance of US$900 million convertible senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A and Reg S.
• Baidu, Inc. in its issuance of US$1.5 billion SEC registered senior unsecured notes.
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd., in its exchange of US$327.2 million convertible senior notes for ADSs plus cash.
• New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc., in the listing of its majority-owned subsidiary, Xuncheng Network Technology Co., Ltd., on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations in China.
• Yirendai Ltd., in its US$75 million IPO of ADSs and listing on the NYSE and in the concurrent US$10 million private placement to Baidu, Inc.
• Renren Inc., in its US$50 million Dutch auction tender offer to purchase ADSs for cash.
• Ourgame International Holdings Limited, a leading online card game and board game operator, in its US$107 million IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Weibo Corporation, in its US$328 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq, and in the concurrent US$438 million private placement to Alibaba Group Holding Limited (China) by Weibo and its parent company SINA Corporation.
• Leju Holdings Limited, a leading PRC-based online-to-offline real estate services provider, in its US$100 million IPO of ADSs and listing on the NYSE.
• Autohome Inc., in its US$144 million IPO of ADSs and listing on the NYSE.
• Sina Corporation, in its issuance of US$800 million convertible senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A.
• Sungy Mobile Limited, a leading provider of mobile internet products and services, in its US$90 million IPO of ADSs and listing on Nasdaq.
• 58.com Inc., in its US$200 million initial public offering and listing on the NYSE.
• ShangPharma Corporation, in its privatization.
• Goldman Sachs in the issuance of US$600 million 6.125% senior notes due 2022 by Zoomlion H.K. SPV CO., Limited.
• Baidu, Inc. in its issuance of US$1.5 billion SEC registered senior unsecured notes.
• BOCI, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs in the issuance of US$400 million 6.875% senior notes due 2017 by Zoomlion H.K. SPV CO., Limited.
• CSC, a quick service restaurant chain in China, in its Hong Kong IPO (on-going)

M&A and Private Equity

• Vietnam Sunergy Cell Company Limited (TOYO Solar), a Vietnam solar solution company originating from the Bloomberg Tier 1 listed solar module producer, Vietnam Sunergy Joint Stock Company (VSUN), in its proposed business combination with Blue World Acquisition Corporation (SPAC).
• Daojia Limited in its $86.8 million series C financing.
• 21Vianet in its $200 million convertible bond financing.
• Daojia Limited in its $110 million series B financing.
• 58.com in its strategic investment in Uxin.
• Yirendai Ltd., in its business realignment with CreditEase.
• LingoChamp Inc., a leading operator of a language-learning app, in its Series C equity financing.
• Buyer consortium, in the privatization of E-House (China) Holdings Limited.
• Bytedance Ltd., the operator of Jinritoutiao, in its offering of a convertible note.
• Special committee consisting of independent directors, in the privatization of Perfect World Co., Ltd.
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd., in its strategic transaction with Expedia in connection with Expedia’s exit sale of its equity interest in eLong, Inc.
• Innolight Technology Corporation, a provider of infrastructure for cloud data centers, in its US$25 million series C equity financing
• Hillhouse, in the series C equity financing of Meiliworks Limited

Advised the following companies on regulatory compliance matters