Nina Liu
Registered Foreign Lawyer



Profile

Nina's practice focuses on cross-border investment and M&A and private equity investment and financing. She also has accumulated years of legal service experience in energy and mineral resources sector. Prior to rejoining Zhong Lun Law Firm in 2020, she worked at Zhong Lun Law Firm's Shenzhen office and Anjie Law Firm's Shenzhen office for five years. She has been consecutively recognized as a "Rising Star" by The Legal 500 for three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025.


Representative Matters
    Cross-border Investment/M&A
  • Advised ZWSOFT (688083.SH) on its acquisition of 100% shares in a well-known industrial software UK company through its Hong Kong subsidiary
  • Advised an A-share listed company on its investment in nickel mines, nickel smelters, and electric vehicle battery plant in Indonesia
  • Advised an A-share listed company on its investment in a Belgian semiconductor design firm
  • Advised an A-share listed company on its investment in a Canadian amusement ride company
  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on its potential acquisition of a wind power project in Kazakhstan
  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on its acquisition of certain H-shares in a Hong Kong listed PRC bank
  • Advised an A-share listed company on its potential acquisition of an Australian company's asset
  • Advised a Chinese listed company on its potential establishment of a joint venture in Australia with an Australian firm
  • Advised a state-owned fund on its sale of preferred shares of Grab, a Southeast Asian ride-hailing platform
  • Advised a state-owned fund on the equity restructuring of its overseas investment platform (involving three jurisdictions: Hong Kong, the UK, and Luxembourg)
  • Advised a private company on its potential acquisition of a waste-to-energy project in Australia
  • Advised a U.S. health management company on its merger with a Chinese health management company
  • Advised China Yinyi Group on its acquisition of several subsidiaries of ARC Group (one of the largest air-bag inflator manufacturers worldwide) and relevant declaration of consolidation of undertakings
  • Advised overseas sellers on selling their 100% equity in Shanghai ISO Medical Products Co., Ltd. and Sentry (Nantong) Medical Materials Co., Ltd. to a subsidiary of the A-share listed company Zhende Medical (603301.SH) in consideration of approximately CNY 510 million. The deal was ranked number six on the M&A rankings of China medical equipment industry in 2021
  • Advised a private company on its potential acquisition of the equity of a British listed company's Hong Kong subsidiary to obtain all its assets and projects in China
  • Advised an Australian listed company on its potential acquisition of a Chinese oil and gas drilling energy-saving technology company
    Private Equity Investment and Financing
  • Advised HT FLYING CAR INC. (a unicorn company in electric flying cars) on its Series B1 financing by multiple funds with a total amount of 150 million USD
  • Advised a leading startup in the online vocational training sector on its Series B financing
  • Advised SHEIN on its Series A financing
  • Advised Fanfan Comic’s Series B Equity Financing led by iQIYI
  • Advised Yitiao (a new media platform) on its Series B and Series B+ financing and its ESOP scheme
  • Advised China LinkFin on its Series A financing by Bertelsmann and its Series B financing co-led by Tencent and JD.COM
  • Advised Sequoia Capital on its investment in the Series B financing of Yinyu, a social networking APP (VIE structure)
  • Advised CITIC Capital on its investment in the Series B financing of More (a health management APP) and on Series B+ financing of More
  • Advised AVIC Trust (as Series D Investor) on the arrangement of its onshore investment in Ximalaya’s VIE restructuring and Series E financing
  • Advised Trustbridge Partners on its investment in Series C financing of MOGU Inc. (VIE structure)
    Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Advised a central state-owned energy enterprise on a series of cross-border or domestic natural gas/LNG procurement projects, including reviewing multiple long-term, short-term/spot, and master sale and purchase agreements, and issuing legal opinions on these agreements
  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on a number of offshore spot MSPAs
  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on its onshore pipeline natural gas sale and purchase agreements
  • Advised a state-owned enterprise on its investment in overseas coal mine and railway construction projects
  • Advised SPIC on a 25-year green power purchase agreement with BASF to supply no less than one billion kwh of renewable power to the BASF Zhanjiang Integrated Base each year
  • Assisted an A-share listed company in conducting due diligence on the compliance issue of its Indonesia's mining right of its Indonesian subsidiaries
  • Provided annual legal retainer services regarding Hong Kong and offshore matters for a wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary of a state-owned enterprise



Languages

English
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Putonghua)

 

PRACTICE AREAS

Cross-border Investment
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity


PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS


Registered Foreign Lawyer
PRC
New York, United States

EDUCATION

Cornell University, LL.M.
University of International Business and Economics, LL.M.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, LL.B. and B.A.


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