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Zhiwei HOU

Partner
Locations:Beijing
Title:Partner
Tel:+86 10 5268 2888
Fax:+86 10 5268 2999
Email:houzw@dehenglaw.com
Working Language: Chinese/ English
Mr. Hou's main practice areas are state-owned enterprise mixed reform/ reform for listing/ material assets reorganization, domestic and overseas listing, domestic and overseas bonds issuance, cross-border financing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, foreign investment and overseas investment. His experience covers a wide variety of industries, including culture, logistics, real estate, insurance, TMT, advertising, healthcare& pharmaceuticals, medical devices, aircraft finance leasing, mineral resources, traditional industries, etc. Mr. Hou has over 14 years of professional experience.
Representative Matters
  • Legal Services for Overseas listing, Overseas Investment and Cross-Border Capital Operation
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for Sichuan Development International Holding Company Limited. in the acquisition of Tianyun International Holdings Limited (HK. 06836)
  • Acting as the issuer's domestic legal counsel for Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. (SH. 601099) to established a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) overseas to inject domestic assets, and list on NASDAQ (PAACU)
  • Acting as the leading legal counsel for Top Glory Trading Group on restructuring of assets in Mainland China and the U.S, setting up ownership structure in Cayman, and relevant round-trip investment
  • Legal Services for Issuance Overseas Bonds
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for underwriters of the USD 800 million bonds issued by Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. in April 2021
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for the issuer of the bonds with a 5-year maturity of USD 400 million and 10-year maturity of USD 400 million issued by CMB Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. in February 2021
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for the issuer of the bonds with a 5-year maturity of USD 500 million and 10-year maturity of USD 500 million issued by China Three Gorges Corporation in September 2020
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for underwriters of the USD 800 million bonds issued by ABC International Holdings Limited in August 2020
  • Acting as domestic legal counsel for the arrangers and dealers of Hong Kong Branch of Huaxia Bank on Launching the Deposit Certificate Scheme of USD 2 Billion Overseas in May 2020
  • Legal Services for Issurance of Domestic Bonds
  • Acting as the legal counsel for the public issuance of the corporate bonds of CNY 15 billion by Kweichow Moutai Group in 2020
  • Acting as the legal counsel for the issuance of 2020 privately placed corporate bonds by China Railway Materials Company Limited
  • Acting as the legal counsel for the issuance of the 6th, 7th and 8th SCP in 2020 by China Aluminum International Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Legal Services for Domestic Listing and Reorganization of Listed Companies
  • Acting as the legal counsel for Shandong Kaer Electric Co., Ltd. GEM listing project (filed)
  • Acting as the legal counsel for the reorganization of Hubei Huaqiang High-tech Co., Ltd. and listing on SCB project (filed)
  • Acting as the legal counsel of Sichuan Development Mining Group Co., Ltd.for the shares acquisition of Santai Holding Group Co., Ltd. (SZ. 002312)
  • Acting as the legal counsel of National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co., Ltd. for the shares acquisition of Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (SZ. 002156) by issuing shares to purchase assets, raising the supporting funds and transferring by agreement project
  • Acting as the legal counsel for major assets reorganization project of Hunan Sunshine Group Company Limited’s (SZ. 000863) Issuance of Shares and Cash Payment to Acquire Impression Wonders Art Development Company Limited project
  • Legal Services for Fund, Private Equity and Merger and Acquisition
  • Represented China Internet Investment Fund in its investment in the Guangzhou Cloud Walk Information Technology Co., Ltd. Project
  • Represented Beijing Huagai Xincheng Ocean Voyage Medical Industry Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) in its investment in the Mengke Pharmaceutical Project (Return of Small Red Chips)
  • Represented Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. in its investment in the Shanghai Jusheng Wanhe Information Technology Co., Ltd. (involving VIE structure)
  • Represented Beijing Science & Technology Innovation Fund in its investment in the Cash Capital's RMB Growth Phase III Fund (with the scale of the fund of CNY1.5 billion)
  • Represented the Sichuan Capital Market Bail-Out and Development Fund in its establishment and registration project of its the bail-out fund approved by the Sichuan Provincial Government( the scale of the fund is CNY5 billion)
  • Represented BHR Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. in its project to uses structured financing to establish a fund to invest in SINOPEC Sales Company (with limited partners including insurance funds, trust funds and asset management channel funds, etc., of a scale of CNY6 billion)
Education Background
  • Certificate of the training class "International Investment and Cross-border Dispute Resolution" granted by Georgetown University (2019)
  • Master of Law, Peking University Law School (July 2007)
Professional Qualifications
  • Bar admission in P. R. China
Recognitions and Affiliations
  • Recognized in the field of capital markets and debt and equity by Chambers and Partners in their "2020 Asia-Pacific Guide, 2021 Asia-Pacific Guide and 2021 Global Guide "
  • Recommended by the Legal 500 in the field of private equity funds in their 2021 Asia-Pacific region list
  • Named for China Law Grand Award by the SSQ TR ALB in 2016: 1. Transaction Award in the Bond Market of the Year; 2. Transaction Lawyers of the Year–China Group
  • Named as a leading lawyer in 2017 and a leading lawyer in the field of Corporate and M&A in 2016 by Asialaw Profiles
  • Selected among the "List of Nationwide Thousand Foreign-related Lawyers Talents" by Ministry of Justice of China in 2018 in the field of finance, capital market and cross-border investment
  • Enterprise mentor of Business Administration (MBA) program of Beijing Foreign Studies University (November 2020 to October 2022)
  • Tutor for professional master of finance of international Business School of Beijing Foreign Studies University
  • Experts committee member of Beijing CNP Development Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)
  • Review Expert of Dongcheng District Intelligent Financial Industry Development Fund
  • Deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Minhe International Exchange Foundation
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