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Work History
Education
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Jieru Zhang

Jieru Zhang

Hangzhou

Summary

Results-driven Senior Legal Counsel with a robust background in delivering strategic legal guidance and resolving complex legal challenges. Proven track record in managing high-stakes cases while providing sound legal advice to senior management, ensuring informed decision-making and risk mitigation. Expertise in corporate governance and risk management enhances the ability to navigate intricate regulatory landscapes and safeguard organizational interests. Committed to fostering collaborative relationships and driving successful outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Legal Counsel

Alibaba International (AliExpress)
11.2024 - Current
  • Responsible for cross-border e-commerce business hosting model compliance, including identifying platform roles and responsibilities in key countries (such as Japan and Australia), implementing compliance measures for business launches, drafting platform agreements, and reviewing platform rules.
  • Responsible for merchant and industry compliance: providing legal advises and implementing compliance measures for new products, merchant governance, marketing, anti-unfair competition, and antitrust issues.
  • Responsible for legal risk assessments related to AI product applications.

Investment Legal Counsel

Guoquan Food (02517. HK)
05.2024 - 11.2024
  • Responsible for M&A and investments projects, including conducting legal due diligence, negotiating transaction structures, drafting and reviewing M&A and investment related agreements.

Associate

Jingtian & Gongcheng
03.2018 - 07.2022
  • Oversaw M&A, investment, and financing projects; conducted related due diligence; built transaction structures with clients and investors; negotiated, drafted, and revised merger agreements and/or financing agreements; assisted clients to get related government approvals or file with governments.
  • Led pre-IPO financing project and domestic IPO projects; conducted due diligence; negotiated and drafted term sheet, shareholder agreement and other financing agreements; consulted government agencies; drafted attorney work reports and legal opinions.
  • Supervised Hong Kong IPO projects; designed restructuring plans; conducted due diligence; identified material legal issues; facilitated government compliance; drafted legal opinions and memos; revised prospectuses.
  • Represented clients in Asset-Based Securities, midterm notes and other debts issued in domestic stock exchange; reviewed base assets; built transaction structures; drafted agreements and legal opinion.
  • Managed overseas bond issuance projects; conducted due diligence; facilitated governments’ approvals; coordinated creditor’s consents; reviewed offering circular and subscription agreements; drafted legal opinion.
  • Provided training to junior lawyers and supported standardizing internal teamwork procedures.

Assistant Legal Researcher

China Center for Information Industry Development
06.2016 - 02.2018
  • Drafted regulations for governments. Conducted legal research and provided legal advice regarding self-driving vehicles to companies such as Intel and Didi. Researched and compiled Internet and data related laws and regulations. Seconded to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology between January 2017 and June 2017.

Analyst

Hitachi Consulting
05.2015 - 05.2016

Education

Master of Laws - Corporation Law

New York University School of Law
New York, NY
05.2023

Master of Public Administration - undefined

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
12.2014

Bachelor of Laws - International Law

China Foreign Affairs University
Beijing
07.2013

Certification

  • Admitted to New York State Bar, November 2024
  • Passed the PRC Bar Exam, November 2020

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages: English (full professional proficiency); Japanese (intermediate proficiency); Mandarin (native)

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Cross-border e-commerce project experience
  • Overseas hosting project launches (Japan, Australia, the EU, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, etc.)
  • Vehicle sales projects in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
  • Merchant entity change projects
  • Research projects on personalized recommendations for specialized categories in major countries around the world (15 countries)
  • EU regulatory inquiries and responses (DSA compliance projects)
  • M&A and Investment projects
  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation in its acquisition of Chinese real-estate companies;
  • KWG Living Group Holdings Limited in its CNY1.32 billion (US$206 million) acquisition of 80% of equity of Xuesong Zhilian Technology Group Co., Ltd;
  • Agile Environment in its CNY63 million (US$88 million) acquisition of 50% of equity of a subsidiary of CT Environmental Group Limited;
  • An asset management corporation in its CNY20 billion (US$2.7 billion) acquisition of 18% of equity of a furniture corporation and its real-estate business;
  • A GPS chip corporation in its pre-IPO A-series, A+serious and B-series financing from venture capital investors;
  • An investment corporation in its around 30 investments projects in residential and commercial property, hotels, resorts, and property management industries, with different structures of funds, trusts or loans;
  • KWG Group Holdings and its subsidiaries in their multiple M&A and joint venture projects, and multiple acquisition of other companies in the industrial chains (including property management, garden design, engineering design);
  • JY Grandmark in their multiple M&A projects.
  • Capital Market projects
  • JY Grandmark Holdings Ltd in its HK$1.18 billion (US$151.75 million) IPO on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX);
  • KWG Living Group Holdings Limited in its HK$453.7 million (US$58.44 million) IPO on the HKEX;
  • One chemical industrial company in its IPO on the HKEX (on-going)
  • One chip manufacture company in its IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (on-going)
  • One manufacture company in its IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (pending)
  • One manufacture company in its IPO on the HKEX (pending)
  • One landscaping company in its IPO on the HKEX (pending)
  • KWG Group’s subsidiary in its multiple issuances of Asset-Based Securities on Shanghai Stock Exchange
  • Country Garden’s subsidiary in its multiple issuances of Asset-Based Notes on National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (“NAFMII”)
  • Beijing Capital Development Co., Ltd. in its issuance of Asset-Backed Medium-term Notes on NAFMII
  • Agile Group’s subsidiary in its targeted issuance of debt financing instrument on NAFMII
  • Xinxing Cathay International Group in its multiple issuances of Medium-term notes listed on NAFMII
  • Agile Group Holdings Limited in its multiple issuances of US dollar bonds/senior notes/exchangeable bonds/convertible bonds (raised US$300-500 million in each issuance);
  • Country Garden in its multiple issuances of US dollar bonds/senior notes (raised US$500-800 million in each issuance);
  • KWG Group Holdings in its multiple issuances of US dollar bonds/senior notes
  • JY Grandmark Holdings Ltd in its multiple issuances of US dollar bonds/senior notes

Timeline

Senior Legal Counsel

Alibaba International (AliExpress)
11.2024 - Current

Investment Legal Counsel

Guoquan Food (02517. HK)
05.2024 - 11.2024

Associate

Jingtian & Gongcheng
03.2018 - 07.2022

Assistant Legal Researcher

China Center for Information Industry Development
06.2016 - 02.2018

Analyst

Hitachi Consulting
05.2015 - 05.2016

Master of Public Administration - undefined

University of Southern California

Master of Laws - Corporation Law

New York University School of Law

Bachelor of Laws - International Law

China Foreign Affairs University
Jieru Zhang