Professional profile
Xilin ZHENG
Partner
Email: zhengxilin@grandall.com.cn
T: (+86)(10) 6589 0699 ext 516
D: (+86)(10) 6589 0516
F: (+86)(10) 6589 0799 / 6517 6800 / 6517 6801
M: (+86) 137 0114 1327
• Yale Law School, USA, LL.M
• Wuhan University, School of Law, LL.M
• Wuhan University, School of Law, LL.B
• Foreign Direct Investments
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity Investments
• Public Policy & Government Regulation
• Environment & Climate Change (including CDM projects)
• International Arbitration & Litigation
• China’s Land Policy Reform and Social Sustainable Development jointly conducted by World Bank and Development Research Center of State Council of China;
• Report on Merger and Acquisition in the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park
Produced blogs on China’s climate change regulatory developments;
• Lectured on China’s Employment Contract Law organized by Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China on May 27, 2011
Work Experience
• Partner, Grandall Law Firm, Beijing
• Partner, Gravitas & Partners
• Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld,
• Legal Counsel, Legal Department of World Bank
• Second Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC
Professional Associations
• China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Arbitrator
• All China Lawyers Association, Member
• Beijing Lawyers Association, Member
Representations
Foreign Direct Investments: Represented AIRIS, US aviation facility development company in negotiating joint venture contract with a major China airline company; represented Gold Horizon, a world major nursing home company in terms of choosing best investment vehicles in mainland China; represented a Singapore water treatment Company in choosing best investment vehicles in mainland China and advised on its merger and acquisitions in China; represented Gain Capital, a US leading foreign exchange online trading service providing company in relation to its business development in China.
Mergers & Acquisitions: Represented an international energy company in its acquisition of a Chinese energy development company, represented a Hong Kong investment company in its merger and acquisition activities in China, US and Africa in the mining area.
Private Equity Investments: Represented Beijing Alarm Networks in its overseas restructuring and financing; represented a Chinese aquaculture company in its reverse merger and acquisition activities in the US; represented Equinox Investment Company in its due diligence check and its investment into a major Chinese bar exam training company; represented major Chinese institutional investors in their investments in the public market and in private funds; represented Sinovo Venture Capital Investment Company in its due diligence check and its investment in a high tech railway equipment company; represented a private equity company in negotiating joint venture private equity fund with the Development and Reform Commission of Beijing Municipal government.
Environment and Climate Change (including CDM projects): Participated in the preparation of World Bank’s standard Certified Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement and its Chinese translation; participated in World Bank’s Bio Carbon Fund project in Guangxi China; Assisted Fengyuan Biochemical Group’s affiliated company in its negotiation of carbon emission reduction purchase agreement with a US carbon credit trading company.
Arbitration and Litigation: Represented Petro China, Super Eight China Cinda Asset Management Company and Ruihua Investment Holding Company in the Supreme Court, High Court and Beijing Arbitration Commission.