Jeffrey Ding

Practice Areas

MR. DING IS A PARTNER IN THE BEIJING OFFICE OF THE FIRM. MR. DING SPECIALIZES IN GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS, M&A, PRIVATE EQUITY AND CAPITAL MARKETS. HE HAS ALSO ADVISED ON MANY CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITIONS, PUBLIC OFFERINGS, PRIVATE PLACEMENTS, AND JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTIONS.

Career

Before joining Fangda Partners, Mr. Ding worked as legal counsel for a Fortune 500 company. He has been named a leading lawyer by Chambers and Partners, International Financial Law Review, China Law and Practice and other professional journals in the areas of Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets every year since 2007.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to practice in the PRC

Personal

Mr. Ding has more than 20 years of experience practicing law. He has represented numerous international clients, including multinational corporations, financial institutions and private equity funds, in their investment projects in China. He has also represented clients in many US and HK IPOs and A-share deals.

Education

Experience

M&A:

-Represented Zoomlion Heavy Industry, in its acquisition of the controlling stake in ShenZhen RoadRover Technology.

-Advised China National Chemical Corporation as PRC counsel on its tender offer for Syngenta’s 100% outstanding shares at the price of USD 465 per share, with an aggregate valuation over USD 43 billion.

-Represented Kingsoft Cloud in its strategic acquisition of a controlling interest in Camelot, a China-based IT service and solution provider.

-Represented MBK Partners in its acquisition and privatization of CAR Inc. (HK Stock Code: 00699), the largest car rental company in China.

-Advised the investor group consisting of ANTA, FountainVest and others in their proposed acquisition of Amer Sports Corporation, a sporting goods company with internationally recognized brands.

-Acted for HP in its RMB 18.85 billion sale of 51% of the total share capital of H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. to Unisplendour Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

-Represented the investor consortium led by MBK Partners in its privatization of eHi Car Services Limited, a leading car rental and car services company in China.

-Represented BeiGene in Amgen Inc. in its USD 2.7 billion strategic investment in BeiGene.

-Represented TPV Technology Limited, a world-renowned leader in smart display manufacturing, in Nanjing Huadong Electronic Information & Technology’s RMB 13.1 billion acquisition of TPV Technology.

-Represented Ant Financial in its RMB 3.3 billion acquisition of Hundsun Technologies Inc.

-Represented BeiGene in Celgene’s strategic investment in BeiGene.

-Represented China Music Corporation Music in its strategic merger with Tencent Music.

Private Equity and venture capital investment:

-Represented China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd. in its strategic investment in China Orient Asset Management Co., Ltd.

-Represented Alibaba and Aspex Master Fund in the pre-IPO investments of Xpeng, one of China’s leading smart electric vehicle companies.

-Represented Primavera Capital and Ant Financial Services in their announced investment of USD 460 million in Yum! China Holdings Inc.

-Represented Delta Airlines in its HKD 3.48 billion subscription of 465,910,000 H shares issued by China Eastern Airlines Corporation

-Represented Goldman Sachs in its strategic investment in China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.

-Represented UBS AG in its pre-IPO investment in China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.

-Represented Goldman Sachs in its strategic acquisition of 12.02% equity of Taikang Insurance Group.

-Represented a number of private equity firms active in China, including PAG, Hillhouse, TPG, DST, Primavera Capital, MBK, and CDH Investments, in participating in investment and financing transactions in Greater China.

Onshore and offshore issuance:

-Advised nearly 30 companies in listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including Alibaba Group (stock code: 9988), BeiGene (stock code: 6160), Xpeng (stock code: 9868), New Horizon Health (stock code: 6606), SITC (stock code: 1697), China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., (stock code: 1606), CIIC (stock code: 6819), Hanhua Finance (stock code: 3903), Zoomlion (stock code: 1157), Huahong Group (stock code: 1347), HKBN (stock code: 1310), Linekong Interactive Group (stock code: 8267), Kingsoft (stock code: 3888), Shimao Group (stock code: 0813), PRADA Group (stock code: 1913), Samsonite (stock code: 1910), Hsin Chong Group (stock code: 0404), Fast Retailing (stock code: 6288), and O-Net (stock code: 0877).

-Advised nearly 40 companies in listing on NYSE/NASDAQ, including Alibaba Group (stock code: BABA), Xpeng (stock code: XPEV), Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd (stock code: KC), BeiGene (stock code: BGNE), Zepp Health (stock code: ZEPP), Rise Education (stock code: REDU), iClick Interactive (stock code: ICLK), GDS (stock code: GDS), Xunlei Limited (stock code: XNET), AutoNavi Holdings (stock code: AMAP), Jumei International (stock code: JMEI), Tuniu (stock code: TOUR), Autohome Inc. (stock code: ATHM), JOYY (stock code: YY), Beyond Spring (stock code: BYSI), Focus Media (stock code: FMCN), Vipshop (stock code: VIPS), Sofang (stock code: SFUN), Mingyang Smart Energy (stock code: MY), Pactera EDGE (stock code: PACT), and Yingli Group (stock code: YGE).

-Advised leading companies in listing A Shares or in refinancing transactions, including: BeiGene (stock code: 688235.SH); Bank of Chongqing (stock code: 601963.SH); Megvii; InnoCare Pharma Limited; COWealth Medical (stock code: 603122.SH); PICC; COSCO Shipping; GAC Group; Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.; Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd. (stock code: 600096.SH); ZTT (stock code: 600522.SH); Zoomlion (stock code: 000157.SZ); Focus Media (stock code: 002027.SZ); Shiji Group (stock code: 002153.SZ); and Huayi Brothers Media Group (stock code: 300027.SZ).