Morgan Lewis

Ning Zhang

Partner

Ning is a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and also a registered foreign lawyer at Luk & Partners in association with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Ning Zhang advises clients on transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and capital markets, including in the United States and Hong Kong. Ning has experience handling a wide range of complex cross-border transactions involving both private and public companies. In addition, he represents international financial institutions, private equity funds, and multinational corporations in investments, acquisitions, and divestments throughout the Greater China region. Ning is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong and is admitted to practice in New York.

Extended Profile

Ning also focuses on emerging business matters, counseling Chinese companies through all stages of their life cycle. He advises clients on restructuring, debt and equity financings, outbound investments and acquisitions, and public offerings in Hong Kong and the United States, as well as trade sales and going-private transactions.

Ning works with diverse clients across a wide range of industries, including internet and mobile, technology, media and entertainment, healthcare, retail, education, financial services, real estate, mining, and manufacturing. He is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Education

  • Peking University Law School, China, 2005, LL.M., International Economic Law
  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2004, LL.M., International and Comparative Law
  • Peking University, China, 2001, LL.B., magna cum laude
  • Peking University, China, 2001, B.A., Economics

Admissions

  • New York

Awards and Affiliations

Notable Practitioner, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2019) 

Ranked, Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms), China, Chambers Global (2018)

Recommended, Capital Markets: Equity, Hong Kong; Corporate (including M&A), Hong Kong; Private Equity, Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2019) 

Recommended, Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms; Private Equity/Venture Capital: Foreign Firms; China, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2018, 2019)

Recommended, Corporate (including M&A), Hong Kong, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2018)

Ranked, Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms), China, Chambers Asia-Pacific (2018, 2019)

Ranked, Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms), China, Chambers Global (2017)

Editor, Peking University, Maritime Law Review

Publications

Issue 10 | January - May 2018 - Morgan Lewis Asia Chronicle

News

4/30/2019 - Morgan Lewis Advises on Asian Legal Business M&A Deal of the Year

3/2/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises ATA in Sale of ATA Online

8/3/2017 - Morgan Lewis Gains Approval from Law Society to Operate in Hong Kong

2/13/2017 - Morgan Lewis Expands in China by Adding Lawyers in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai