Jiaying Zhang

Jiaying Zhang advises a range of clients through all stages of the investment cycle within the energy and infrastructure industry. In particular, she counsels infrastructure funds on a wide range of complex domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and consortium transactions, management equity plans and restructurings. Jiaying was recently named a 2025 “U.K. Female Rising Star” by Law.com International. She was earlier recognized as a finalist in the “Rising Stars” category at Law.com International’s 2022 British Legal Awards and was named a 2022 Top 25 Up-and-Coming Lawyer most active on UK Listing Authority deals by MergerLinks.

Jiaying’s recent work highlights include advising:

• DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and its portfolio company, Netomnia, in connection with the merger between Netomnia and Brsk

• I Squared and TIP Group on the sale of TIP’s Canadian business, TIP Canada, to Transportation Equipment Network (“TEN”, f.k.a. Star Leasing)

• KKR in its proposed takeover of Greenvolt, valuing the company at €1.16 billion, and its investment in €200 million convertible bonds issued by Greenvolt

• Actis in its consortium arrangements for the acquisition of the macro towers portfolio of Telekom Srbija

• KKR in its sale of a 30% stake in X-Elio to Brookfield in 2019, and sale of a further 50% stake to Brookfield in 2023

• TPIH in its sale of a 49% stake in CSP Spain to CMA CGM

• KKR in its $2.2 billion take private of ContourGlobal plc

• KKR in its £2 billion take private of John Laing Group plc

• Stonepeak in its acquisition of a €1 billion stake in Inspired Education Group

• KKR in its £4.2 billion acquisition of Viridor Limited from Pennon Group plc

• KKR in its acquisition of a majority stake in Coty Inc.’s professional beauty and retail hair businesses, with an enterprise value of $4.3 billion

• KKR in its sale of LGC to a consortium led by Cinven and Astorg