Halent Zhang's practice focuses on corporate finance and commercial transactions, including various listing projects in Hong Kong, Germany, and South Korea. She has extensive experience advising clients on public and private M&A, open offer, bond issues, and other general corporate and commercial matters. She also assists listed companies in their day-to-day legal regulatory and compliance matters.
Halent's experience includes advising: underwriters on the US$1.7 billion initial public offering of a joint stock commercial bank; a hair goods manufacturer on its HK$304 million initial public offering; a listed company in its US$118 million acquisition of an e-commerce technology solutions provider in the United States by way of merger; and a Chinese pharmaceutical company on its US$50 million investment and acquisition of an Israeli medical device developer.
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2015, Halent represented a listed company in its HK$2 billion acquisition of a dedicated oolong tea producer and advised a listed company on its issue of RMB491 million convertible bonds.
Experience
- City University of Hong Kong (P.C.LL. 2010; J.D. 2009); East China University of Science and Technology (B.Eng. 2007)
- Hong Kong
- Mandarin, English, and Cantonese