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Laurence zhang/Partner

T: (025) 8580 3866 F: (025) 8580 3680

zhangliu@grandwaylaw.com

Nanjing

  • Education background

    Nanjing Medical University, Clinical Medicine (Five-year Program)

    Nanjing Normal University, Law

    Nanjing University, Finance

  • Areas of expertise

    Initial Public Offerings (IPO) 

    Mergers, Acquisitions & Restructuring

    Private Equity Funds

    Permanent Legal Counsel

  • Honors & Awards

    Brand Star in the "Industrial Investment Fund Sector" in China by LawXin

    Provincial Young Lawyer Leading Talent

    Municipal Leading Talent in Corporate Law

  • Membership

    Independent Director, Jiangsu Yutian Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

  • Working Language

    Chinese, English

Since his admission to practice law, Mr.Laurence Zhang  has been deeply engaged in the full spectrum of financial securities and corporate commercial legal services. His practice focuses on core areas including capital markets, industrial investment and financing, private equity funds, and corporate compliance and governance. He provides enterprises with professional legal support covering the full life cycle and the entire value chain.

His clients span a wide range of industries, including finance, new materials, semiconductors, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, aerospace, information technology and more.

Served clients / Service performance

Mr. Laurence Zhang has extensive experience in capital market legal services. He has provided multi-dimensional professional legal services to numerous listed companies, pre-IPO enterprises and licensed financial institutions. Representative engagement experience includes but is not limited to:

  • Jujie Microfiber (300819): A leading segment player and one of the main standard-setters in China's ultra-fine composite fiber fabric industry, known in the industry as the "invisible champion in the ultra-fine fiber sector".

  • Chipown (688508): A leading enterprise in China's power management chip industry, ranking second globally and first domestically in the high-voltage AC-DC integrated chip segment, and a benchmark player in China's power semiconductor industry.

  • Lianjian Technology (301115): One of the leading enterprises in China's inspection and testing industry, now in an accelerated transformation phase from a regional construction testing institution to a global comprehensive technology service group.

  • Chuanyi Technology (002866): A leader in China's notebook input device industry, with annual notebook keyboard shipments and touchpad sales ranking first in China and top 3 globally for three consecutive years; a pioneer in sodium-ion battery / solid-state battery technologies.

  • Bank of Nanjing (601009): A first-tier city commercial bank in China, one of the 20 systemically important banks nationwide, and a leading bank in the Yangtze River Delta region.

  • Weisi Medical (688580): A leading enterprise in China's rehabilitation medical device industry, ranking first domestically in three core segments: pelvic floor rehabilitation, mental rehabilitation and neurological rehabilitation. It is the world's only manufacturer of pelvic floor magnetic stimulation devices with dual NMPA and FDA certifications, and a pioneer in brain-computer interface and exoskeleton robots.

  • Kanion Pharmaceutical (600557): An absolute leader and benchmark in China's innovative R&D of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), topping the "China TCM R&D Strength Ranking" for consecutive years. It has established a "one body, two wings" strategic framework — innovative TCM as the core, with chemical medicine and biopharmaceuticals as the two pillars — and strives to become an innovative pharmaceutical enterprise with global competitiveness.

  • Jinzhi Technology (002090): A leading enterprise in China's power automation industry, with domestically advanced technical strengths in segments including power plant electrical automation, intelligent substations and distribution network automation.

His service scope covers legal needs such as initial public offerings, refinancing of listed companies, control transfer of listed companies, bond issuance, NEEQ listing, mergers & acquisitions and restructuring, and permanent legal counsel.

With profound industry expertise and a strong professional reputation in industrial investment funds and government-guided funds, Mr. Zhang has long provided full-scope legal services to leading domestic investment platforms, top-tier venture capital institutions, industrial fund managers, and state-owned investment platforms at provincial, municipal and district levels. Representative clients include:

1. Jincai Investment

Jincai Investment Co., Ltd. is the manager of Jiangsu Provincial Government Investment Fund (L.P.). It has built deep and stable partnerships with multiple central SOEs, local SOEs, licensed financial institutions and leading domestic equity investment institutions, with a mother fund scale of tens of billions of yuan. Centered on mother fund management and underpinned by equity operations, the company has participated in the establishment of nearly 100 market-oriented private equity funds and made strategic investments in many leading fund management firms. It is a core provincial-level government investment fund operation platform in Jiangsu Province.

2. Jiangsu High-Tech Investment Group

Jiangsu High-Tech Investment Group is a provincial state-owned venture capital institution established by the Jiangsu Provincial Government. Its core business covers private equity investment and venture capital. With over 100 equity funds under its umbrella, it ranks among the top players in China's venture capital industry. The group has long been in the first tier of China's private equity and venture capital institution rankings, and has received prestigious honors including "Top 20 Institutions in 20 Years of China Venture Capital", "China's Competitive Venture Capital Institution", "China's Excellent Venture Capital Institution" and "Provincial Venture Capital Brand Leading Enterprise". It serves as Co-Chairman of the Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the China Investment Association and Chairman of the Jiangsu Investment Fund Association.

3. Coastal Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd.

Coastal Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd. is a fund management firm controlled by Jiangsu Coastal Development Group Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Coastal Development Group is directly and wholly owned by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government. As the main force for provincial coastal development and a key investment and financing platform, it closely aligns with the coastal development strategy of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, and deeply serves the national coastal development strategy and high-quality development of Jiangsu's coastal regions.

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