Lan Jiangzhou is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s private equity transactions group and represents global and regional private equity sponsors, asset managers, investment banks, and other financial and institutional investors in various types of cross-border transactions, including buyouts, disposals, mergers and acquisitions, growth investments and co-investments. She has also assisted multinational and Chinese corporates with strategically important transactions requiring both local market knowledge and multijurisdictional experience, and has advised them throughout the full lifecycle of their investments, including joint ventures and strategic partnerships, fundraisings, outbound and inbound investments, and the related exits.
Her transaction experience spans a variety of sectors, including healthcare and life sciences, technology, consumer goods and retail, financial services, transport and logistics, real estate, and energy. She has managed deals across multiple regions, including the Asia-Pacific, the United States and Europe.
Lan also has in-house experience working as a secondee to a leading private capital investor overseeing various investments and post-investment portfolio management matters.
She is recognized as a leading lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
Experience
Lan’s experience includes advising:
- Baring Private Equity Asia, now EQT on (i) regulatory aspects related to its US$7.3 billion merger with EQT, creating BPEA EQT – a global leader in active ownership strategies; and (ii) the US$6.5 billion merger of its portfolios, Vistra and Tricor, creating a global fund and corporate services platform.
- MBK Partners on its US$1.5 billion auction sale of Apex Logistics to global logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel (named “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by the Asia Legal Awards).
- Alibaba on its (i) strategic partnership with Richemont, a Switzerland-based luxury goods group, and a related joint venture with YOOX Net-A-Porter Group, to bring its luxury retail offerings to Chinese consumers on Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion (named “TMT Deal of the Year” by the China Law & Practice Awards), and (ii) the related exit.
- Alibaba on its (i) US$1.15 billion investment (together with Richemont) in Farfetch Limited, a NYSE-listed global online luxury fashion retailer, and (ii) a related joint venture with Farfetch and Richemont, to provide luxury brands with enhanced access to China market.
- A leading global investment manager in connection with its investment in SK On (shortlisted for “Equity Market Deal of the Year” by the Asian Legal Business Korea Law Awards) and the related exit.
- Alibaba, China Resources Capital, DST Global and its affiliated investment platform, EQT, Goldman Sachs, HarbourVest, Sanofi and multiple Asian sovereign wealth funds (and their affiliated funds) on numerous investments, co-underwriting, co-investments, and secondary transactions across various regions and sectors, including life sciences and healthcare, technology, consumer goods and retail, financial services, transport and logistics, real estate, energy, and impact investments.
- Nexus Point Capital and its international logistics platform portfolio on the acquisition of a US-based international logistics company.
- Ares SSG Capital Management on its co-investment in Luckin Coffee, a China-based coffee chain operator, alongside Centurium Capital, and the related exit.
- NetEase on its multiple rounds of fundraising for its music streaming business.
- Didi Chuxing on its multiple rounds of fundraising for its autonomous driving business totaling more than US$1 billion.
- Ruentex Group (Taiwan-listed) on its US$2.88 billion sale of its interest in Hong Kong-listed Sun Art Retail Group Limited to Alibaba (named “M&A Deal of the Year” by the China Law & Practice Awards).*
- A Chinese investor in connection with its US$1.1 billion carve-out acquisition of certain Brazilian seed business from The Dow Chemical Company.*
*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray