Mingming Jin

Practice Areas

Capital Markets Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity

Career

Joined Commerce and Finance in 2008 and is currently a Partner

Personal

Mr. Jin Mingming joined Commerce & Finance in 2008. He devotes himself to capital market and serves clients in the industries such as energy and powers, real estate, cultural media and finance.

Mr. Jin has extensive experience in handling domestic and overseas M&As, material assets restructuring, and IPOs. He is good at designing transaction structure therefor and has comprehensive understanding of related laws and regulations. Mr. Jin has rich experience of legal service in FMCG industry.

Mr. Jin has involved as a legal counsel in a number of significant cases, such as the acquisition of Orient Overseas (International) Limited by COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd., (601919.SH) the merger of China Shipping (Group) Company and China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, WH Group Limited’s (00288.HK) acquisition of Smithfield Foods, Inc., ICBC International’s investment in Midea Group Co., Ltd., the establishment of a large scale industrial fund by Henan Investment Group and China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), and the listing of WH Group Limited on HKEX (00288.HK).

A number of Mr. Jin’s representative cases are awarded by domestic and International legal rating agencies and publications. The merger of CSR Corporation?Limited (01766.HK, 601766.SH) and CNR Corporation?Limited (06199.HK, 601299.SH) was awarded as the M&A Deal of the Year 2015 by Asian Legal Business (ALB). The acquisition of Smithfield Foods, Inc. by WH Group Limited (00288.HK) was awarded as the M&A Deal of the Year, the PRC Deal of the Year and the Deal of the Year by FinanceAsia, Asian Legal Business (ALB), and China Business Law in 2013. The acquisition of Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., Ltd. (000895.SZ) was awarded as the M&A Deal of the Year by China Business Law in 2011 in 2012; The strategic alliance of Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. (0322.HK) with Pepsico Inc. was awarded as the Joint Venture Deal of the Year by China Business Law in 2011.

Work Highlights

I. Domestic and Overseas Capital Market

1. A-Share IPO of BYD Company Limited (002594.SZ) in 2011;

2. Issuance of A-Shares of SDIC Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (600886.SH) in 2011;

3. Issuance of A and H-Shares by China Merchant Bank (600036.SH, 03968.HK);

4. Issuance of Convertibles of SDIC Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (600886.SH) in 2011;

5. Issuance of Corporate Bonds of SDIC Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (600886.SH) in 2014;

6. Issuance of Corporate Bonds of Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd. (900948.SH) in 2017;

7. Issuance of Preferred Shares of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (601668.SH);

8. Issuance of A-Shares by Daqin Railway Co., Ltd (601006.SH);

9. H-Share IPO of Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (06869.HK) in 2014;

10. Issuance of H-Shares of Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company (06869.HK) in 2015;

11. Listing of WH Group Limited (00288.HK) on HKEX in 2014;

12. Listing of Forgame Holdings Limited (00484.HK) on HKEX;

13. Listing of Asiaray Media Group Ltd. (01993.HK) on HKEX;

14. Listing of Trony Solar Holdings Co., Ltd (02468.HK) on HKEX;

15. Listing of Yuanda China Holdings (02789.HK) on HKEX;

16. Listing of Man Wah Holdings (01999.HK) on HKEX;

17. Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe Company Limited (00839.HK) Transfer Listing from GEM to Main Board of HKEX;

18. Listing of IFM Investment Limited (NYSE: CTC) on NYSE;

19. Listing of iSoftstone Holdings Limited (NYSE: ISS) on NYSE;

20. Listing of Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) on NASDAQ in 2009.

II. M&A and Material Asset Restructuring

1. Acquisition of Orient Overseas (International) Limited by COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (601919.SH);

2. Acquisition of Smithfield Foods, Inc. by WH Group Limited (00288.HK);

3. Acquisition of Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (000895.SZ) by Hefei Xintai Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd;

4. Merger of China Shipping (Group) Company and China Ocean Shipping(Group) Company;

5. Merger of CSR Corporation?Limited (01766.HK, 601766.SH) and CNR Corporation?Limited (06199.HK, 601299.SH);

6. Material Asset Restructuring of SDIC Power Holdings Co., Ltd (600886.SH);

7. Material Asset Restructuring of Yunnan Yuntianhua Co., Ltd (600096.SH);

8. Material Asset Restructuring of Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., Ltd. (000895.SZ);

9. Strategic Alliance of Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. (0322.HK) with Pepsico Inc.

III. PE/VC

1. Investment of Green Tea Restaurant Group by Partners Group AG;

2. Investment of ICBC International Holdings Limited in Midea Group Co., Ltd.;

3. Formation of Industrial Fund by China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) and Henan Investment Group.

IV. Cross-border Transaction

1. Acquisition of Orient Overseas (International) Limited by COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (601919.SH, 01919.HK);

2. Acquisition of Smithfield Foods, Inc. by WH Group Limited (00288.HK);

3. Acquisition of Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (000895.SZ)by Hefei Xintai Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd.

V. General Legal Counsel

1. COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd. (601919.SH, 01919.HK);

2. Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co., Ltd. (000895.SZ);

3. Green Tea Restaurant Group.