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Shan Huang is counsel in the private equity transactions group of Ropes & Gray and a registered foreign lawyer in the Hong Kong office.
Shan has extensive experience in advising major private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions and joint ventures across a broad range of sectors, particularly those with a China nexus.
Shan has also spent time on secondment to Baring Private Equity Asia (currently known as BPEA EQT following combination with EQT) in Hong Kong.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Shan worked at a leading international law firm in its Hong Kong office, and a leading Chinese law firm in its Beijing office.
Experience
- Alibaba in its strategic partnership with Richemont and joint venture with YOOX Net-A-Porter Group
- Alibaba in various acquisitions and investments across technology and consumer sectors
- Baring Private Equity Asia (currently known as BPEA EQT following combination with EQT) in its US$1 billion take-private acquisition of Ginko International
- Baring Private Equity Asia (currently known as BPEA EQT following combination with EQT) in various acquisition and investments across multiple sectors including technology, education, health care/pharmaceutical and consumer products
- Ares SSG Capital Management in its co-investment in Luckin Coffee, a China-based coffee chain operator, alongside Centurium Capital, a Chinese private equity firm
- Manulife Investment Management in its strategic partnership with real estate private equity investment manager ARCH Capital through a significant minority equity acquisition
- Leading global asset managers, DST Global, CMC Capital Partners and Yonghe Investments in their growth capital and minority investments in APAC
- CAA (China) in its acquisition of a China-based sports agency business
Transactions completed before joining Ropes & Gray:
- Bank of China (Hong Kong) in its HK$68 billion sale to Cinda Financial of 100% of the shares in Nanyang Commercial Bank, a Hong Kong licensed bank
- Bank of China (Hong Kong) in its HK$7.685 billion sale to Xiamen International Bank of a controlling stake in Chiyu Bank, a Hong Kong licensed bank
- Tencent in the merger of its portfolio companies, eLong and Tongcheng, both leading travel service providers in China
- An American multinational chocolate manufacturer in its chocolate confectionary joint venture with Lotte in China and Hong Kong
- NWS in its RMB30 billion waste-to-energy joint venture with Suez and Chongqing Water Group in Chongqing, China
- Bank of China Group Investment Limited, the PE arm of Bank of China group, in its participation in the US$11.6 billion privatisation of Global Logistic Properties, a Singapore-listed company and Asia's biggest warehouse operator and real estate fund manager
- Bank of East Asia in its sale of consumer finance businesses in China and Hong Kong
- SenseTime, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, in its Series B financing