2023.10.08
In 2023, ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”, stock code: A/H, 000063/763) successfully issued 70 tranches of super & short-term commercial papers (“SCPs”) (with a total amount of RMB 83 billion) at the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (the “Project”).
As one of the world’s leading listed manufacturers of integrated communication equipment and integrated communication information solution providers, ZTE provides customers with outstanding ICT products and solutions. It provides design, development, production, sales and service businesses to global telecom operators, government and enterprise customers, and consumers. ZTE believes in “customer focus and staying ahead” and leverages the opportunities provided by 5G, new infrastructure, intelligent digital transformation, the project of channeling computing resources from the east to the west, and the dual-carbon economy. ZTE is a road builder for the digital economy and helps operators and partners build digital and intelligent foundations. Its concept of “connection + computing power + capacity” is used to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of society. ZTE is one of the leading patent holders in the world, and has made great contributions to the global research and standards of 5G technology.
JunHe has been a legal service provider to ZTE for more than 20 years. It assisted ZTE in issuing multiple tranches of medium-term notes, perpetual medium-term notes, SCPs (including sci-tech innovation notes) and various debt financing instruments in 2015, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It advised ZTE on its private placement of A shares in 2020 and its purchase of Sanechips’ 5G assets through a share issuance in 2021. In the Project, JunHe served as the legal counsel to ZTE and conducted legal due diligence, drafted the relevant documents and prepared the application materials. JunHe’s team communicated and cooperated efficiently with the other intermediaries to promote the implementation of the Project and played an important role in its successful completion. With its delivery of efficient and rigorous legal services and professional expertise, JunHe’s team was again highly recognized by ZTE and the other intermediaries.
The JunHe team was led by partners WEI, Wei and HUANG, Wei. Partner CHEN, Guiyang provided great support for the internal review.
