Steve Zhao

Steve Zhao is specialized in M&A, FDI, securities, PE/VC investment, structured financing and other types of corporate investments and financing transactions relating to the PRC.  He is knowledgeable in both traditional industries and booming new industries and is crafty in handling and managing complex domestic and cross-border transactions.

• Advised Meituan Dianping in its IPO raising $4.2 Billion at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as the underwriters’ PRC counsel;
• Advised Wuxi PharmaTech in its privatization and delisting from the NYSE, the total consideration for privatization being approximately US$ 3.3 billion;
• Advised 3Com Corporation on PRC-related issues in its US$882 million acquisition of the 49% shares in the Hong Kong incorporated Huawei-3Com Co., Limited from Huawei;
• Advised Hewlett-Packard in the over RMB 900 million acquisition of minority shareholding in Hewlett-Packard China from a Chinese State-owned shareholder;
• Advised Ticketmaster in winning the bid for the ticketing exclusive sponsor status of the Beijing 2008 Olympics and in forming a joint venture with its Chinese partners in Beijing, China to supply ticketing services to the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Structured finance/securitisation

• Automotive
• Energy
• Industrials
• Pharma and life sciences
• Tech and telecoms

• International Bar Association
• New York Bar Association
• PRC Bar Association

• TRIUM EMBA by LSE, NYU and HEC (2018)
• EMBA, China Europe International Business School (2015)
• J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City (2004)
• B.A., Bachelor of Economics, Peking University (2000)