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Mr. Song specializes in venture capital and private equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, and overseas listings. He has represented a large number of venture capital funds, private equity funds and entrepreneurs in their investment and financing projects, has participated in numerous complex equity and asset acquisition and merger deals, and has been significantly involved in the formation of, and fundraising for, numerous onshore and offshore private equity funds. In addition, Mr. Song has represented issuers and underwriters in certain Chinese company initial public offerings on overseas stock exchanges. Mr. Song has represented clients in a wide variety of industries including TMT, healthcare, culture and entertainment, education, consumer goods, internet finance, and logistics. He has been recognized as IFLR1000's 2023 Rising Star Partner in Private Equity (IFLR1000 32nd edition), among LEGALBAND's 2022 Client Choice: Top 15 Rising Partners, and among CLECSS's 2020 Top 10 Outstanding Young Lawyers.

Ms. Wu focuses her practice on private equity and venture capital investment, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, outbound investments, and general corporate matters. She has extensive experience handling complex legal and commercial issues relating to a wide variety of industries and business activities. Ms. Wu frequently represents private equity funds and venture capital funds, institutional investors, multinational companies, start-up companies and listed companies in their investments, financings, acquisitions and divestments in China and various legal matters. She has in-depth knowledge of complicated cross-border transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. Ms. Wu also acted as PRC legal counsel in a number of overseas listings. She advises Chinese state-owned and private companies on their outbound acquisitions and investments in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Ms. Wu represents clients across diverse industries, including technology, advanced manufacturing, biomedical, automotive, cosmetics and consumer products, real estate, and finance.

Mr. Zhang specializes in dispute resolution concerning investments, financings, and corporate matters. He is experienced in handling contract disputes arising from financing and investment agreements and equity transfer, as well as dispute cases incurred by red-chip related defaults, redemption, asset management, misrepresentation, etc. Mr. Zhang's expertise also covers intra-company/partnership disputes, forged by his extensive practice in dispute resolution related to control rights, information rights, invalidating resolutions, dissolution, executive liability, etc. Mr. Zhang also possesses in-depth knowledge and experience in liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings and has helped many clients realize smooth exits from investee companies or secure bankruptcy protection. In addition, Mr. Zhang is a specialist in judicial enforcement procedures, especially property seizures, judicial auctions, and asset disposals and distributions. He has also assisted clients in handling property seizures in mainland China in several Hong Kong-initiated arbitration cases. Mr. Zhang is adept at handling cross-jurisdictional recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards and court judgments.

This year's list is a result of independent research by CBLJ's editorial team after reviewing external nominations and supporting material submitted by the candidates. The rising stars were chosen from thousands of nominations made by law firms, business leaders, senior in-house counsel, and the wider legal community.