Partner

Shanghai

+86 21-60613594

Notable practitioner

English
Mandarin
Shanghai Dialect and Ningbo Dialect


Bar admissions:

China
New York

Jurisdictions:

China

Practice areas:

M&A
Private equity

Industry sectors:

Real estate


Yun Zhou is a partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm's Shanghai Office and is a member of its management committee.  He is also head of the firm’s corporate M&A department. Since 2015, he is appointed as an officer at IBA’s Corporate and M&A Law Committee, being the first China lawyer in the history of the committee.

  • Advised Joyson in the $300 million equity financing project with Pacific Alliance Group for the acquisition of Takata’s global asset at $1.588 billion.
  • Meituan Dianping in its Hong Kong listing as the underwriters’ PRC counsel.
  • Advised Farfetch in the its acquisition of JD's luxury e-commerce platform Toplife through assets transfer and its strategic partnership with JD. (the underlying deal amount is restricted from disclosing according to requirement from Farfetch)

  • Capital markets: Equity
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Real estate finance

  • Automotive
  • Industrials
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms

  • New York State Bar
  • PRC Bar

  • EMBA - Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business - 2015
  • LL.M. - New York University School of Law - 2001
  • LL.B. - East China University of Political - Science & Law - 1999