Qier Tang

Practice Areas

MS. TANG HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE EQUITY, M&A AND OVERSEAS LISTINGS AND SPECIALIZES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY.

Career

Ms. Tang has over 15 years of practice experience in corporate finance. Ms. Tang is ranked among the Top 15 Female Lawyers in China by Asia Legal Business and ranked as a leading lawyer in overseas capital markets and TMT by Chambers and Partners.

Experience

-Represented Alibaba Group Holding Limited in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 and its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019.

-Represented Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Limited in its initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

-Represented the sponsor in the initial public offering of Activation Group on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

-Represented Liulishuo.com, a leading AI education service provider, in its initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018.

-Represented J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Citi and other underwriters in the US IPO of GDS, a leading IDC service provider, in its initial public offering as well as in various follow-on offerings.

-Represented the underwriters in the initial public offering of Zai Lab Limited and its listing on the NASDAQ.

-Represented Nomura in the initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited of Nissin Foods, a leading Japanese instant noodle manufacturer.

-Represented Baozun Inc., a leading e-commerce solution provider, in its initial public offering on the NASDAQ in 2015 as well as in its daily legal matters and acquisition projects.

-Represented Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited, a leading live social video services provider in China, in its financing, as well as in its initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

-Represented Morgan Stanley in the secondary offering and listing of Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

-Represented Credit Suisse and China Renaissance in the capacity as underwriters’ PRC counsel in the initial public offering of the online gaming service provider Boyaa Interactive International Limited on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

-Represented Alibaba Group in over 30 venture capital and private equity projects in which Alibaba invested in companies in telecommunications and related industries.

-Represented Kanghui China Holdings, a China-based medical implant device manufacturer, in its various rounds of private financing, its initial public offering and listing on the NYSE and its daily legal matters.

-Acted for Tudou.com as its PRC counsel for its initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ, and its merger with Youku.com and advised on daily corporate matters.

-Represented investors led by Baring in the delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and privatization of Giant Interactive Group Inc.

-Advised City Development Limited in its investment in mamahome.com, an online platform for serviced apartment booking.

-Represented Idealsee, a leading VR developer in China, in its reorganization.

-Represented the joint sponsors and joint bookrunners for the IPO of Sateri Holdings Limited on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Sateri is one of the largest specialty cellulose producers in the world.

-Represented Morgan Stanley and UBS as underwriters’ counsel in Uni-president China Holdings Limited’s initial public offering and listing on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

-Represented Alibaba.com Limited as issuer’s PRC counsel in its initial public offering on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

-Represented Publicis Groupe in its acquisition of Razorfish from Microsoft.

-Represented Allyes, a leading online advertising services provider, and the seller in Silverlake’s acquisition of Allyes.

-Represented Focus Media and acted as the issuer’s counsel in the initial public offering and follow-on offering of Focus Media Holding Limited on the NASDAQ.

-Provided daily legal services to clients, such as Alibaba, Ubisoft, Phillip, Tata Telecommunications, etc., in various industries, especially in TMT sectors.