“Offshore to China”, Private Equity International, August 1, 2005
“China: New Contract Law”, Texas Transnational Law Quarterly, 2000
“Survey of International Law”, (co-authored) Maryland Journal of International Law and Trade, 1997
“China”, (co-authored), a chapter in Guide to Telecommunications in Asia, 2006

Representative transactions handled by Jiannan Zhang include:

Mergers and Acquisitions

Represented the buyer group in the going private transaction of a Nasdaq listed telecom company;
Represented a major shareholder of Nasdaq listed company in its disposition of its entire holding;
Represented a financial buyer in its acquisition of major shares of a Nasdaq listed company;
Represented a Nasdaq listed company in its auction sale to a US private equity fund;
Represented a US listed Chinese gas company in its going private transaction;
Represented a Nasdaq listed company in its acquisition of a clean energy vehicle manufacturer in China;
Represented a Nasdaq listed company in its acquisitions of Hong Kong, Australian and US companies by issuing its common shares;
Represented a Hong Kong listed Chinese mining company in its acquisition of the controlling shares of a Johannesburg stock exchange listed South African company;
Represented Netraker Corporation in its sale of all out standing shares to Keynote Systems Inc;
Represented a Chinese company in its acquisition of power assets in US;
Represented Huawei in its acquisition of Cognigine Corporation in California.

Capital Market Transactions

Represented issuer, a Nasdaq listed company in its $120 million public offering of its common shares;
Represented issuer, a Nasdaq listed company, in its $65 million public offering of its common shares;
Represented underwriter, in a $100 public offering of the common shares of a Nasdaq listed company;
Represented issuer, a Nasdaq listed company, in its $120 million 144A offering of convertible notes;
Represented issuer, an Indonesian company, in its $200 million public offering of high yield bonds;
Represented issuer, an NYSE listed company, in its restructuring of convertible notes and warrants;
Represented numerous US listed companies in their registered direct offering, PIPE offering and private placements of common shares, preferred shares and convertible notes with warrants;
Represented issuer, a Nasdaq listed company, in its $60 million initial public offering of common shares.

Other International Transactions

Represented a Chinese company, in its $200 service contract with Venezuelan government;
Represented an Indian company in its multi-million dollars investment in a Chinese telecom company
Represented a Nasdaq listed company in its dispute with a NYSE listed company in Delaware court;
Represented a Nasdaq listed company in its joint venture with a Hong Kong real estate company;
Represented a Chinese company in its $45 million investment from a US private equity fund;
Represented a US private equity fund in its joint venture with a Chinese state owned investment company

Public Company Counsel

Acted as outside counsel for more than a dozen of US listed Chinese company in their SEC compliance, internal investigation, corporate governance, listing rules compliance matters.

Jiannan Zhang