ALB released the list of China's Rising Lawyers 2015 on July 22, 2015. 15 ambitious young lawyers across China are spotlighted because of their potential to become the next power players in the legal industry. Their growing record of achievements, coupled with their expanding client portfolio, make a solid case for why they have what it takes to climb to the top. Han Kun Partner Ping (Evan) Zhang is included in this list.
In the last 10 years, Zhang Ping has been active in private equity fund, VC/PE investment, VC/PE financing, and M&A, assisting in the establishment of more than 100 private equity funds, such as Qiming Ventures, Shengjing 360, BlueFocus, Bona, China Everbright Limited and GE Ventures. He also provided legal service to various well-known PE funds, listed companies in their local and overseas equity investment, bond investment and mezzanine investment, among others. Additionally, he helped his clients with their domestic and foreign equity financing, debt financing, M&A deals, including successful investments in approximately two hundred VC/PE projects by Sequoia Capital, IDG and Qiming Ventures as well as ICBC Financial Leasing’s distribution of foreign bonds worth over $1 billion in 2014. Clients praise his “professionalism, business sense, and thoughtfulness”.
These 15 rising lawyers are selected from hundreds of application from law firms across China. And the list was chosen base on the following criteria:
1. significant achievements
2. important deals or cases
3. significant work in the last 12 months
4. clients the candidate has acted for
