Cherrie Zhang focuses her practice on a mix of equity and debt securities offerings, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, as well as post-IPO regulatory and compliance matters. She represents clients in a variety of industries, including technology, consumer retail, renewable energy, logistics and industrials.
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Work Highlights
- Alibaba Group in its record-breaking US$13 billion Hong Kong listing
- Qudian Inc. in its IPO and NYSE listing
- Underwriters in the IPO and NASDAQ listing of Agora
- Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium in its Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering
- Natural Food International (also known as Wugu Mofang) in multiple transactions, including its Hong Kong IPO and Regulation S offering, and the subsequent sale of a 26% equity stake by its shareholders to PepsiCo, Inc.
- Underwriters in multiple equity and debt transactions by Weibo Corporation, including its Hong Kong secondary listing and SEC-registered follow-on offering, two SEC-registered senior notes offerings, and its Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes and concurrent SEC-registered offering of borrowed ADSs
Education
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Duke University School of Law, 2014 J.D.
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Duke University, 2011 B.A.
magna cum laude
Admissions
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Hong Kong 2022
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New York 2015
Based in the Firm’s Hong Kong office, Cherrie Zhang is Counsel in the Capital Markets Practice. She advises Chinese companies in their U.S. and Hong Kong listing and financing transactions, follow-on offerings, bonds issues and post-IPO regulatory and compliance matters. Her practice ranges across a variety of industries, including technology, consumer retail, renewable energy, and logistics and industrials.
Cherrie’s representative experience includes advising:
- Alibaba Group in its record-breaking US$13 billion Hong Kong listing
- Qudian Inc. in its IPO and NYSE listing
- Ruhnn Holding in its IPO and NASDAQ listing
- Yalla Group in its IPO and NYSE listing
- Cheerwin Group in its Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering
- Natural Food Holdings in its Hong Kong IPO and Regulation S offering; its controlling shareholders in their subsequent sale of 26% stake in Natural Food Holdings to PepsiCo
- Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. in its Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering
- Mulsanne Group in its Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering
- Crystal International Group in its Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering
- Underwriters in a series of capital markets transactions by Weibo Corporation, including its Hong Kong secondary listing, two SEC-registered senior notes offerings, and its Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes and concurrent SEC-registered offering of ADSs
- Underwriters in the Hong Kong dual primary listing of Kingsoft Cloud by way of introduction
- Underwriters in the Hong Kong secondary listing and SEC-registered follow-on offering of ordinary shares of Autohome
- Underwriters in the Hong Kong secondary listing and SEC-registered follow-on offering of ordinary shares of Zai Lab
- Underwriters in the IPO and NASDAQ listing of Agora
- Underwriters in the IPO and NASDAQ listing of So-Young International Inc.
- Underwriters in the IPO and NYSE listing of OneSmart International Education Group
- Underwriters in the IPO and NASDAQ listing of Athenex Inc.
- Underwriters in the SEC-registered follow-on offering of OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd.
- Underwriters in the Hong Kong IPO and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of MicroPort NeuroTech Limited
- Underwriters in the high yield notes offerings of Lionbridge Capital Co., Ltd.
- Weigao Holding Company Limited in its secured guaranteed exchangeable bonds, exchangeable for the H Shares of Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Company Limited
- China Conch Venture Holdings International Limited, the issuer, and its parent, China Conch Venture Holdings Limited, in the offering and sale of zero coupon guaranteed convertible bonds
Cherrie obtained a B.A. magna cum laude and a J.D. degree from Duke University in 2011 and 2014, respectively. She is admitted to practice law in New York and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.