Attorney Zhang Runhong has been engaged in legal practice since 2010 and joined Zhonglun W&D in 2021, where he currently serves as a partner. Prior to joining Zhonglun W&D, Attorney Zhang worked at JunHe LLP, Grandall Law Firm, and China Fortune Company. He has 12 years of legal experience in real estate acquisitions, infrastructure investment and construction, and has provided services to clients including Sinochem Group, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China Huaneng Group, Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (WISCO), China Nuclear Industry Fund, Minmetals Trust, and Kunlun Trust.

As a key team member, Attorney Zhang participated in major real estate M&A projects such as:

• Lishan Real Estate Acquisition Project
• Headquarters Building Asset Transfer Project for a Central State-Owned Enterprise
• Acquisition of Jianghe Travel Agency Project by a Japanese Company
• Happy International Vietnam Region Lotus Island 34-Hectare Project
• Jiutai Group Suzhou Changmen Hotel Acquisition Project

Work Experience:

• January 2022 – Present: Partner, Zhonglun Wende Law Firm
• November 2018 – June 2021: Legal Director, Legal Department of China Fortune Land Development Co., Ltd. (Industrial New City Group)
• September 2015 – October 2018: Lawyer, Jun He Law Firm (Beijing)
• January 2014 – August 2015: Lawyer, Zhonglun Wende Law Firm (Beijing)
• September 2012 – December 2013: Legal Assistant, Grandall Law Firm (Beijing)

Achievements:

PPP and Infrastructure Sector

• China Communications Fund’s establishment of Harbin Metro Line 3 Project
• Qingdao Metro Line R3 PPP Investment Project
• China Communications Fund’s Dalian Haidihaiwan Tunnel PPP Investment Project
• Hankou Riverside Business District PPP Project
• 21 industrial park development PPP projects of China Fortune Land Development (including Pujiang, Wuhan Aerospace, Zhongshan Minzhong Park, etc.)

M&A Sector

• Multiple real estate M&A projects (Lishan Real Estate Acquisition Project, a central enterprise’s asset transfer of its headquarters building project, Guangdong Changliu Company Project, representing Japanese clients in acquiring Jianghe Travel Service Project, Ronghua & Sino-Ocean Logistics Cooperation Project, Gu’an Nongxing Road North & Yongkang Road West Land Parcel Project, Pangda Project, Zhongxiang Project, Shangshijiahua Project, Dongxin Project, Happy International Vietnam Lotus Island 34-hectare Project, Jiutai Group’s acquisition of Suzhou Changmen Hotel Project, etc.)
• Sinofert Holdings Limited’s equity transfer project of Xishuangbanna Sinofert Rubber Co., Ltd. to an overseas listed company
• PetroChina Company Limited’s restructuring project of 100% equity in PetroChina Kunlun Gas Co., Ltd.
• Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation’s acquisition project of five coal mines of Shanxi New North Group Co., Ltd.
• China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.’s acquisition project of Caofeidian Port Company
• Beijing MTR Operation Corporation Limited’s Sino-foreign joint venture establishment project and state-owned asset restructuring project (Airport Line asset restructuring)
• Jiutai Group’s acquisition project of Zhongzhi Railway
• Guotong Fund’s acquisition of a financial leasing company under China General Nuclear Power Group
• Guotong Fund’s acquisition project of Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant
• Representing creditors such as a bank in the restructuring project of a subsidiary of a central enterprise (involving asset stripping and acquisition of 7 affiliated chemical enterprises)
• CNNC Industry Fund’s acquisition of all photovoltaic power plants under Shunfeng Photovoltaic (involving more than 50 photovoltaic power plants)
• Yunde Automobile Transportation Company Acquisition Project
• Beitou Company’s acquisition of Beijing Capital Heavy Industry and subsequent park upgrading and development project
• Representing CNOOC in acquiring the largest local oil refining and chemical enterprise project
• Representing China Development Bank Fund in acquiring Jiulong Automobile Company and supporting production enterprises project
• Representing Shanxi State-owned Assets in the special legal due diligence project for acquiring Qingdao Kaiying Medical Devices (CT) Company and its subsidiaries

Capital Markets

• Issuer’s lawyer for China Communications Construction Company Limited’s preferred stock issuance project
• Issuer’s lawyer for Guangxi Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd.’s IPO project
• Issuer’s lawyer for Nanning Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.’s private placement project
• Lawyer for Huajin Tianxia’s New Third Board listing project
• Lawyer for Yixin Bochuang’s New Third Board listing project
• Lawyer for assisting Zhongguancun Development Group in completing multi-billion-yuan comprehensive bond issuance projects including short-term financing bonds, medium-term notes, and corporate bonds

Financing Sector

• Completed over 70 various real estate and infrastructure collective and single trust plan projects issued by trust companies such as Minmetals Trust, Kunlun Trust, and Zhongrong Trust (involving multiple well-known companies including HNA Grand Collection, Yurun, Evergrande, etc.)
• Represented Industrial Fortune in issuing the “Industrial Fortune Xing’an No.7 Asset-Backed Special Plan” project
• Lianyi Rong Supply Chain Asset-Backed Special Plan ABS products and upstream and downstream product contract projects
• A public rental housing REITs project in Guangzhou
• Yicheng Holdings Phase 1 Yicheng Fortune Innovative REITs project
• Assisted China Fortune Land Development in completing the largest market-oriented restructuring service trust project in China
• Jiangning Peacock City Non-performing Asset Disposal Project

Fund Investment Sector

• Industrial funds (various regional industrial investment funds and platform funds established and raised by China Communications Fund)
• Establishment of Dachang Film and Television Fund and participation in its related investment projects (such as Bohui Weikang, Dingcai Project, etc.)
• Assisted Yishui Investment Fund in providing legal services for multiple cooperative fund projects
• Yungu (Gu’an) Technology Project (involving two levels of government industrial funds)
• Eurasian Development Fund’s Pakistan preferred stock income right transfer project
• Guolian Fund’s establishment of an energy industry fund to invest in PetroChina’s West-East Gas Pipeline Phase I and II projects
• Represented a fund in completing Series A and Series B financing of a company (communication chip industry)

Other Major Projects

• Tianyi Securities Co., Ltd.’s Bankruptcy Liquidation Project
• Arbitration and execution case of disputes (valuation adjustment mechanism arrangement) between funds under Dingdian Capital and financing enterprises and their shareholders
• Assisted Kunlun Trust in completing compulsory execution notarization procedures and successfully obtaining execution funds multiple times
• Provided legal services for cooperative development projects and employee co-investment plan projects of multiple real estate companies including China Fortune Land Development
• Project payment dispute case between Beijing Hengdilong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and Zhongda Construction
• Engineering dispute case between China Communications Construction Company and China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. regarding the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway

Shanxi University of Finance and Economics Master of Laws

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Chinese and English