Jane Zhang Senior Partner
Chengdu
028-87039931
zhangying.1@dentons.cn
  • Capital Markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Criminal Law
  • Working Language:
  • Chinese
  • English

Introduction

Business areas:
private equity&investment fund/capital market

education background:
Zhang Ying, graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Sichuan University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, obtained a master's degree in law and business administration.

work experience:
She has more than 23 years of experience as a practicing lawyer and more than 20 years of experience in equity investment, corporate governance, real estate investment and financing, asset restructuring business.

Ms. Zhang Ying enjoys high professional influence in the field of investment fund industry in the southwest region. At the same time, Ms. Zhang Ying has also served as an external expert of the investment review or risk control committee of several funds.

In the past ten years, Ms. Zhang Ying has been experienced in the field of private equity and investment fund business, serving as the legal consultant of several large-scale private equity fund management institutions, and has been advising many large-scale state-owned enterprises in multiple cases regarding the registration of private equity fund managers and she also participated in the establishment, formation and filing of dozens of private equity fund products, including the formation of Chengdu Ziguang Integrated Circuit Industrial Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) and Chengdu Phase I Equity Investment Fund of Major Industrialization Projects Co., Ltd, etc.

Zhang Ying serves as the deputy director of the working committee of female lawyers of Chengdu Lawyers Association and other social positions. She has committed to gathered the strength of outstanding female lawyers and undertaken social responsibilities with great initiative. She is an outstanding and advanced female partner.

major projects:
Zhang Ying played the lead role on the significant deal “Chengdu Ziguang Integrated Circuit Industry Fund formed” which was listed as Deals of the Year 2019 by China Business Law Journal; the Fund has a total size of RMB 58 billion. Zhang Ying also led on the deal that her team provided full legal services to the establishment of Phase I equity investment fund of Major Industrialization Projects in Chengdu in 2020; the Fund has a total size of RMB 40 billion. In addition, Zhang Ying took the lead in handling several Capital Market projects with a target value of billions of RMB as the principal lawyer in charge of the project.

published work:
She launched her first publishment as chief editor in 2021, i.e. the book "Private Equity Fund Industry Compliance Management Practices - Operational Guidelines and Practice Models". She also published several essays related to the formation of investment funds.

Admissions and Qualifications

  • Legal Professional Qualification Certificate
  • PRC Licensed Lawyer

Honors and Awards

  • Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan: Non-contentious (PRC Firms)-Band 3 Lawyer(2024), Chambers and Partners
  • CHINA > REGIONAL COVERAGE: SICHUAN PROVINCE: CHENGDU INCLUDING CHONGQING- Leading Individuals(2024), The Legal 500
  • Ms. Zhang Ying was awarded the key recommended lawyer in Chambers and Partners' 2023 Chambers Greater China Legal Guide (Corporate/Commercial: Sichuan);(2023), Chambers and Partners
  • Ms. Zhang Ying was awarded as a Specially Recommended Lawyer in Sichuan (including Chongqing) by The Legal 500 (The Legal 500) Asia Pacific list;(2023), The Legal 500
  • 2. the significant deal led by Zhang Ying “Chengdu Ziguang Integrated Circuit Industry Fund formed” was listed as Deals of the Year 2019 by China Business Law Journal(2020), China Business Law Journal
  • 1.listed on the 2021 Asia Pacific list of the Legal 500 and was recommended as key lawyers in REGIONAL COVERAGE: SICHUAN PROVINCE: CHENGDU INCLUDING CHONGQING(2021), The Legal 500
  • Zhang Ying was listed for the 2022 IFLR1000 China Awards by IFLR1000, the leading international financial law media, and was nominated for Lawyer of the Year (Sichuan - Finance and Corporate)(2022), IFLR1000 China Awards

Representative Projects/Matters

Advised Chengdu Phase I Equity Investment Fund of Major Industrialization Projects Co., Ltd and Chengdu Loong Chance Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd on equity investment of a Li-ion Power Batteries company as pre-IPO investors

Advised Chengdu Xianjin Investment Development Co.,Sichuan Xingchuan Key Project Equity Investment Fund Management Co.Chengdu Industrial Functional Area Investment and Operation Group Co.,Chengdu Loong Chance Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd,Chengdu Phase I Equity Investment Fund of Major Industrialization Projects Co., Ltd on the formation of Kibo (Chengdu) New Energy Industry Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) ("Kibo New Energy Fund")

Advised Chengdu Huaxi Shanjian Equity Investment Fund Management Co. on the formation of Nanjing Huaneng Intelligent Supply Chain Investment Management Partnership (Limited Partnership)(Fund Size:2 billion yuan)

Advised Chengdu High-tech New Economy Venture Capital Co. on formation of multiple Sub-Funds of High-tech Industrial Fund

Activities and Affiliations

  • the National Association of Law Finance and Taxation Committee, , member
  • the Women Lawyers Working Committee of Chengdu Association of Law , deputy director
  • the Finance and Securities Committee of Sichuan Association of Law , member
  • the Securities and Capital Market Committee of Chengdu Association of Law Professional social positions , member
  • the Investment Review Committee of Shu Dao Investment Group Co., Ltd , external member
  • Sichuan Academician Science and Technology Innovation Investment Guidance Fund , external member
  • CHENGDU ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY INVESTMENT CO., LTD , expert advisor on risk control
  • Chengdu High-Tech Investment Group Co., Ltd , external experts
  • hengdu High-Tech New Economy Venture Capital Co , external experts
  • government-guided funds such as Industrial Guidance Fund and other expert evaluation committees , external experts

Academic Achievements

  • Private Equity Fund Industry Compliance Management Practices - Operational Guidelines and Practice Models

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