Zhong Lun Law Firm has hired corporate finance specialist Victor Pang as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Previously a counsel in Reed Smith’s Beijing office, Pang focuses on corporate finance and M&A work. He also advises both Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies on their overseas listings, acquisitions and investments.
With the addition of Pang, Zhong Lun’s Hong Kong office now has 12 partners.
Latham & Watkins has advised French industrial group Seche Environnement on its S$605 million ($445 million) agreement to buy Singapore’s ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering from Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group.
Clifford Chance and Jingtian & Gongcheng are advising China Resources Beverages, the beverage division of the state-owned China Resources Enterprise, on its upcoming Hong Kong IPO, which is expected to raise up to $1 billion. Paul Hastings and Zhong Lun Law Firm are acting for the joint sponsors.
PRC IP firm Beijing East IP has merged with the Hong Kong-headquartered SIPS, and also welcomed aboard a team of 36 IP professionals from Zhong Lun Law Firm.