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Rose W. Zhu

Partner
Beijing
+86.10.5817.6110
Fax +86.10.8518.9299

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Stanford Law School, 1997, (Stanford Journal of International Law, Managing Editor; Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, Lead Editor)
  • M.A., Duquesne University, 1992
  • LL.B., Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1990

Admissions

  • Bar of New York

Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Rose Zhu is a partner in the Beijing office. Her practice concentrates in the areas of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and financings. She has practiced in the United States, Hong Kong, and China, and is included in Strathmore’s Who’s Who Directory.

Professional Background

Ms. Zhu gathered extensive experience in cross-border transactions, some of which are high-profile, ground-breaking transactions. For mergers and acquisitions, she has led outbound and inbound transactions, including stock and asset, private and public, hostile and friendly and private equity transactions. Within capital markets, she has led debt and equity offerings for both underwriters and issuers in relation to a wide range of industries, including public offerings on the NYSE, NASDAQ and HKSE. Ms. Zhu’s bank financing experience includes leading a variety of secured and syndicated lending transactions. Her general corporate work also includes restructurings and U.S. securities law counseling.

Her clients include corporations such China Construction Bank, Sinochem, Bank of China, Chongqing Machinery & Electric Corp and TravelSky, and investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, China International Capital Corporation, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Macquarie and BOCI, among others.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Member of Strathmore’s Who’s Who Directory
M&A Transactions
  • Sinochem’s proposed acquisition of Nufarm, a company listed on the Australia Stock Exchange;
  • Bank of China’s proposed purchase of shares of a French bank;
  • Multi-billion dollar strategic investments in China Construction Bank made by Bank of America and Temasek;
  • Proposed acquisition of shares and establishment of a joint venture between two companies listed on two different stock exchanges in the cement industry;
  • Proposed billon-dollar acquisition of a reinsurance company;
  • Wolters Kluwer’s acquisitions of PRC companies;
  • Sage’s acquisitions of PRC companies;
  • The proposed merger between Alcatel and Lucent;
  • The separation of Marathon Oil and U.S. Steel; and
  • IBM’s acquisition of Informix’s assets.

Capital Markets Transactions
  • Proposed offering of RMB bonds by a company in the oil and gas sector;
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$20 billion dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai by Agricultural Bank of China;
  • Chongqing Machinery & Electrical Co. in connection with its US$168 million IPO on the HKSE;
  • The underwriters in connection with the IPO of China National Materials Company on the HKSE;
  • The underwriters in connection with IPO by Shui On Land on the HKSE;
  • China Construction Bank in connection with its US$9 billion IPO on the HKSE;
  • The underwriters in connection with the IPO by TravelSky on the HKSE;
  • The underwriters in connection with the offering of convertible debt by SINA Corporation;
  • The underwriters in connection with the offering of convertible securities by KGI Securities;
  • Mandra Forestry in connection with its offering of convertible bonds;
  • The underwriters in connection with the offering of convertible bonds by Chi Mei;
  • The underwriters in connection with the offering of convertible bonds by Human Genome Sciences;
  • Globe Telecom in connection with its offering of high yield debt and its consent solicitations;
  • The underwriters in connection with debt and equity offerings registered on the NASDAQ by Loral Space & Communications;
  • The underwriters in connection with debt and equity offerings by Globalstar Company;
  • The underwriters in connection with the IPO of CyberShop on the NASDAQ;
  • The underwriters in connection with the debt or equity offerings made by BMJ, IntraLinks, Arima and Orient Semiconductor Electronics; and
  • Securities work for Chalco and Guangshen Railways, both listed on the NYSE.
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