Lei Zhang
UAE
Biography
PRC-qualified lawyer with ten years of legal-practice experience and eight years of banking and finance experience; holds professional qualifications in banking, securities, and funds.
Combines legal and financial-industry experience in corporate, finance, and capital-markets matters.
Focuses on commercial and financial litigation, corporate investment and M&A, corporate governance, state-owned enterprise restructuring, listed-company services, and private funds.
Case
- Acts as legal counsel to UAE-incorporated entities of Chinese enterprises, including Sinotrans, Sinosure, CSCEC, Northern Offshore, Zhejiang Seaport Group, China Tianjinbohua Engineering, Jiangsu Overseas Cooperation and Investment Co., Ltd., YTY International, Fangda Facade, and Xiamen ITG Group.
- Provides project-specific legal services to Chinese enterprises investing or undertaking M&A in the UAE, including legal due diligence, legal analysis, commercial negotiations, transaction strategy and structuring, and legal opinions.
- Provides specialised legal support to UAE subsidiaries of Chinese enterprises in connection with financing applications to Chinese banks.
- Coordinated with an international legal team to advise state-owned enterprises in international-trade litigation before the Dubai courts.
- Coordinates with international legal teams on disputes involving property leases entered into by state-owned enterprises in the UAE.
- As a PRC-qualified lawyer, has advised Chinese state-owned enterprises on contentious and non-contentious commercial and financial matters, including state-owned assets supervision, investment and M&A, and private-equity funds.
Associated Team Members
China
Feng Zhu
Partner, Shanghai Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
OMAN
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Zadjali
Partner, Oman Office Local (Omanis) Attorney
UAE
Mohammed Kaddour
Senior Legal Consultant
UAE
Mohammed Maged
Legal Consultant
UAE
Omar Mu
Senior Legal Consultant
China
Shiping Jiang
Partner, Shanghai Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
China
Yiming Liu
Legal Consultant
China
Myles Xu
Local (Chinese) Lawyer
South Africa
Jenny Huang
Junior Attorney
Iraq
Abdullah Al Sagaabi
Partner, Iraq Office Local (Iraqi) Attorney
UAE
Abouda Elbhery
Legal Advisor
UAE
Alfatih Mohamed
Legal Assistant
UAE
Andrea Duan
Partner, Dubai Office. Head of Capital Markets and Investment & M&A
UAE
Celia Fang
Legal Advisor
Egypt
Gongpu Xiang
Managing Director, Egypt Office
UAE
Hank Zhang
Managing Partner, Dubai Office
UAE
Hayley Lin
Legal Operations & Compliance Manager
Saudi Arabia
Kholoud Almutire
Legal Assistant
UAE
Lulu Wang
Corporate Affairs Manager
UAE
Mingming Sun
Legal Assistant
China
Shaoyi Gong
Managing Director, Chendgu Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
UAE
Taha Abdelwahab
Legal Consultant
Saudi Arabia
Tina Zhang
Legal Consultant
UAE
Vaughn Wu
Legal Consultant
Saudi Arabia
Wed Qawas
Local (Saudi) Lawyer, KSA Office
China
Yingnuo Han
Legal Consultant
China
Yuanyuan Tian
Partner, Shanghai Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
China
Yumei Gao
Partner, Qingdao Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
Saudi Arabia
Zeina Nofal
Legal Assistant
China
Zeqin Li
Executive Director, Shanghai Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
China
Zoey Tian
Legal Consultant
China
Zhe Zhang
Local (Chinese) Lawyer
UAE
Helu Yuan
Legal Consultant
China
Zhiyong Wu
Partner, Shanghai Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
South Africa
Howard Teng
Managing Director, South Africa Office Admitted Attorney of South Africa
South Africa
Dali Ngalo
Director, South Africa Office Admitted Attorney of South Africa
South Africa
Tyra van der Walt
Senior Attorney
South Africa
Bandile Mngomezulu
Senior Attorney
Oman
Leilei Ma
Executive Director, Oman Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
Saudi Arabia
Afnan Abdulbaset
Managing Partner, KSA Office
UAE
Chun Mao
Director of Corporate Affairs
China
Ding Lei
Executive Director, Beijing Office
UAE
Gaga Fang
Senior Legal Consultant, Head of Foreign‑Enterprise Business Department & Head of Brand Development Department
Saudi Arabia
Grace Lin
Partner, KSA Office
China
Nan Yixu
Managing Director, Beijing Office Local (Chinese) Lawyer
China
Donovan Su
Legal Consultant
China
Tianming Guo
Executive Director, Hangzhou Office
UAE
Ethen Gai
Founding Partner
