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JunHe Wins Private Equity Deal of the Year at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2024

2024.03.21

JunHe was recently recognized by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) with the Private Equity Deal of the Year award at its Asia-Pacific Awards 2024. This accolade was bestowed in recognition of JunHe’s role in the financing of the take-private of Chindata Group Holdings Limited (Chindata Group). The awards ceremony was held in Hong Kong on March 20, 2024. Chindata Group’s take-private transaction has won two additional prestigious accolades, including the Private Equity Deal of the Year at The Asia Legal Awards 2024 and the Deal of the Year 2023 by China Business Law Journal. The JunHe team in this deal was led by partners ZHOU, Hui (Nelson) and YUAN, Yifeng (Vincent).

 

Chindata’s privatization is another large-scale listed company privatization that JunHe has undertaken in recent years, following the privatization of WUBA, China Biologic, SINA and JOBS. JunHe’s financial team advised the financing syndicate in structuring the privatization financing and negotiated and coordinated with the borrower and the investment consortium to advance the project and successfully conclude the closing process.

 

JunHe’s financial team has been reviewed by Chambers, a renowned international legal publication, as being “well regarded for its distinguished expertise in acquisition financing, project financing and syndicated loans”. JunHe’s financial team possesses a robust legal knowledge and solid practical foundation in project financing, trade financing, asset and aircraft financing, derivatives and structured finance, restructuring and insolvency, as well as banking and financial market regulation. With the increasing integration of the global economy, JunHe’s financial team, leveraging its international expertise and extensive local legal practice experience in China, has played a pivotal role in numerous landmark transactions in China's finance and banking sectors. Through its adept understanding of local regulations and its innovative approach to legal frameworks, JunHe's financial team creatively utilizes existing laws to overcome structural challenges and effectively address the diverse business needs of its clients.

JunHe is the only Chinese law firm to be admitted as a member of Lex Mundi and Multilaw, two international networks of independent law firms. JunHe and selected top law firms in major European and Asian jurisdictions are “best friends.” Through these connections, we provide high quality legal services to clients doing business throughout the world.
As the first carbon neutrality fund sponsored by a law firm in China, the BAF Carbon Neutrality Special Fund was jointly established by JunHe and the Beijing Afforestation Foundation (BAF) to promote carbon neutral initiatives, and encourage social collaboration based on the public fundraising platform to mobilize engagement in public welfare campaigns.