The Beijing office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes W. Rose Zhu as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice. Zhu joins K&L Gates from Allen & Overy LLP, where she led the team that recently advised on the world’s largest initial public offering of 2010 – the global offering of common shares by the Agricultural Bank of China Limited.
A native of the People’s Republic of China and a top graduate of Stanford Law School, Zhu has practiced in the United States, Hong Kong, and China for more than a decade. She has advised both international and Chinese companies in the areas of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and financings, and has led many groundbreaking and high-profile transactions. Zhu has extensive experience in debt and equity offerings, cross-border M&A transactions, and private equity transactions.
In addition to representing large, blue-chip companies in the region, she also regularly counsels a number of leading PRC institutions and regulators, drawing on her transactional experience and insights into the comparative legal frameworks. Zhu’s clients include China Construction Bank, Sinochem, Bank of China, Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co., Wolters Kluwer and several investment banks, among others.
“Rose’s demonstrated talent, deal experience, credentials, and relationships with market leaders in both the China and global markets put her in a unique position among the practice leaders in Asia. We are delighted that she is now our partner,” commented David Tang, K&L Gates’ Managing Partner, Asia.
“I am excited to be a part of K&L Gates’ strong platform, with access to the firm’s global reach and extensive client base,” Zhu stated. “With the growth of Chinese enterprises, I believe that K&L Gates is well-positioned to welcome many of the opportunities brought on by an enlarged market. I see a continued need of Chinese clients in raising capital and in acquiring assets overseas, leveraging the strengths of the PRC economy. There is also a need in the regional markets in demanding top-tier legal talent with a broad platform to deliver sophisticated transactional expertise.”
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