Xiangfa Zhang Senior Partner,Member of the Board,Guangzhou office
E-mail： xiangfa.zhang@dentons.cnTel： +86 20-85277000
Faxes： +86 20-85277002
Working language： English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka.
Practice Areas
Initial Public Offering, Mergers and Acquisitions, Cross-border Transactions, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance and Corporate Compliance
Profile
Wincent is a Senior Partner of Dentons Guangzhou office. He chairs Dentons’ Global Capital Market practice which is responsible for the firm’s strategic growth and development in global capital market.
Wincent’s comprehensive experience covers the full spectrum of legal services from Security, Corporate Finance and Capital Market, with a particular focus on IPO in Nasdaq, NYSE and HKEX, as well as aspects of Cross-border M&A and Financing, Corporate Governance and Corporate Compliance. He has advised on a number of major complex transactions and provided solutions to simplify the complexities inherent in corporate deals.
Wincent is based in Guangzhou, China，and he also works in HKSAR as a Registered Foreign Lawyer of WPCL& Co.
Admissions and Qulifications
-Practicing as Lawyer in the PRC since 2008;
-Practicing as Foreign Registered Lawyer of WPCL & Co. in HKSAR since 2008.
Education
-Sun Yat-sen University, 2004, Master of Law (International Law);
-South China Normal University, 1999, Bachelor of English.
Professional Experience
Cases
1.Advising clients on overseas IPO activities
-Dragon Victory International (Nasdaq symbol: LYL) ;
-Asia Times International Finance (Nasdaq symbol: ATIF) ;
-Sino Gas (HKEX code:1759 ) ;
-Qilian International (Nasdaq symbol:QLI ) ;
-Baosheng Media (Nasdaq symbol:Baos ) ;
-Icon Culture Global (HKEX code:8500 ) .
2.Advising clients on cross-border M&A activities:
-Sunshine Industrial Development (SZSE code:000671) on a CNY 4 billion M&A project with Han Kowk Land Investment (HKEX code:0160);
-500.com Group (NYSE symbol: WBAI) on acquiring a game company Israel Inplay;
-Guangdong Sino Synergy Power Technology Co., Ltd on a M&A project of establishing a joint venture in the PRC with Canada Ballard Power Systems (Nasdaq symbol: BLDP);
-Oriental Gas Holdings Limited on transferring its assets in Mainland China to Shenzhen Gas (Hong Kong) International Co., Limited;
-Global Logistic Properties Limited on acquiring a Wuhan company;
-Guangdong Shaoguan Iron and Steal (SZSE code: 000717) on acquiring a Malaysian iron ore project though Prosperity International (HKEX code: 0803);
-Guangdong Navigation Co., Ltd on acquiring STS Group, an Australian vessel design company.
3.Advising domestic listed clients on M&A activities:
-Fenda Technology (SZSE code: 002681) on the CNY 1.118 billion acquisition of Shenzhen OPD;
-Taier Heavy Industry (SZSE code: 002347) on acquiring Shenzhen Zhongmai Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
4.Advising clients on finance activities:
-China Development Bank Guangdong Branch on a finance lease project of aircraft “Perfect Fourteen” ;
-China Development Bank on providing credit extension loans to a Philippine bank;
-Guangdong Yuedian Group on a ship finance lease project with Hongkong Chaokang.
-On The Belt and Road Initiative syndicated finance project.
