Jie Min is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Corporate Department, where she focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She regularly advises corporate clients and private equity funds in connection with a variety of public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts, minority and strategic investments, and other corporate matters across a broad range of industries.
Jie has been recognized as “Notable Practitioner” for M&A by IFLR1000 China, and a “Rising Star” and “Leading Associate” for Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms and Private Equity: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific annually since 2023.
Together with her colleagues on Simpson Thacher’s Great China M&A team, Jie has successfully executed numerous landmark transactions—earning the group multiple “Deal of the Year” and “PE/MA Firm of the Year” awards. Most importantly, clients consistently commend the team for its creative problem-solving and exceptional ability to navigate high-stakes, complex deals.
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Work Highlights
Corporate:
- Ant Group in connection with its $14 billion Series C equity financing, the biggest-ever single fundraising globally by a private company
- Alibaba in connection with its strategic “New Retail” partnership with Starbucks and its investment in Suning Sports Group
- Zeekr in its $6.8 billion going private transaction
- New Frontier in its $1.3 billion acquisition of United Family Healthcare and its $1.58 billion going private transaction
Private Equity:
- Apax, Blackstone Capital Partners, China Investment Corporation, KKR Asia, Hillhouse Capital, PAG Capital Partners, Primavera Capital and Warburg Pincus in various private equity investments in Greater China
Accolades
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“Notable Practitioner” for M&A by IFLR1000 China (2023 – 2025)
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“Leading Associate” for Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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“Leading Associate” for Private Equity: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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“Rising Star” for Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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“Rising Star” for Private Equity: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific
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“Top Ten Outstanding Young Lawyers” by CLECSS (China Legal Education and Career Seminar Series)
Education
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Yale Law School, J.D.
William T. Ketcham, Jr. Prize for Best Paper in Private International Law
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Yale School of Management, M.B.A.
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Yale University, B.A.
Cum laude; Distinction
Jie Min is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Corporate Department, where she focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She regularly advises corporate clients and private equity funds in connection with a variety of public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts, minority and strategic investments, and other corporate matters across a broad range of industries.
Jie has been recognized as “Notable Practitioner” for M&A by IFLR1000 China, and “Rising Star” and “Leading Associate” for Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms and Private Equity: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 Asia Pacific annually since 2023.
Together with her colleagues on Simpson Thacher’s Great China M&A team, Jie has successfully executed numerous landmark transactions—earning the group multiple “Deal of the Year” and “PE/MA Firm of the Year” awards. Most importantly, clients consistently commend the team for its creative problem-solving and exceptional ability to navigate high-stakes, complex deals.
Jie’s recent representative experience includes advising:
- Ant Group in connection with its $14 billion Series C equity financing, the biggest-ever single fundraising globally by a private company; and its various corporate restructuring matters
- Alibaba in various transactions, including its strategic “New Retail” partnership with Starbucks and its investment in Suning Sports Group
- Primavera Capital in various transactions, including its acquisition of the Greater China Business of Mead Johnson
- New Frontier in its $1.3 billion acquisition of United Family Healthcare and its $1.58 billion going private transaction
- Zeekr in its $6.8 billion going private transaction
- Amber in its merger with iClick Interactive Asia Group
- GreenTree Hospitality Group in its acquisition of Da Niang Dumplings and Bellagio, two leading restaurant chain businesses in China
- Apax, Blackstone Capital Partners, China Investment Corporation, KKR Asia, Hillhouse Capital, PAG Capital Partners, Primavera Capital and Warburg Pincus in various private equity investments in Greater China
Jie received her B.A. with honors in Economics and Political Science from Yale University, her M.B.A. from Yale School of Management and her J.D. from Yale Law School. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York. She is fluent in Mandarin and English.