Shifeng Ni

Shifeng Ni

Local Partner, Hong Kong SAR
Shifeng Ni
Shifeng Ni

Shifeng Ni

Local Partner, Hong Kong SAR
Shifeng Ni

Biography

Shifeng Ni is a local partner in our Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice, based in Hong Kong.

Shifeng's practice focuses on advising corporate clients and private equity clients on M&A matters, including mergers, buyouts, joint ventures, going-private transactions, strategic investments and private equity transactions. He also focuses on securities offerings and other corporate and financial matters.

Experience

His experience* includes representation of:

Private Equity/M&A

  • Hillhouse Capital in various leveraged buyout transactions, PIPE investments and VC investments  
  • DayOne Data Centers on its US$587 million Series A equity financing and related restructuring transactions
  • Tencent in various transactions, including:
    • the US$8.7 billion going-private transaction of 58.com
    • its convertible notes investment of US$250 million with Dragoneer in Farfetch
    • with Tencent Music Entertainment in their strategic investment of €3 billion in Universal Music Group
    • its strategic investment in JD.com  
  • Special Committee of 51job, Inc. in its US$5.7 billion going-private transaction
  • Former management members (represented by joint liquidators) of Luckin Coffee in its sale of approximately 20% stake for US$420 million to a consortium led by Centurium Capital
  • Zynga Inc. in its acquisition of Golf Rival for US$525 million in cash and stock
  • Eureka Technology Holdings Limited in its Series A equity financing of US$500 million from certain investors
  • Various SPACs in business combination transactions with targets in Asia and the US, including:
    • CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp. in its US$1.4 billion business combination with Quanergy Systems Inc.
    • Chenghe Acquisition Co. on its US$380 million business combination with Taiwan Color Optics, Inc.
    • Chenghe Acquisition I Co. on its US$400 million business combination with Femco Steel Technology Co., Ltd.  

US Capital Markets  

  • Baidu, Inc. in its SEC registered offerings of senior unsecured notes of US$1.5 billion
  • NIO Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on the NYSE
  • NIU Technologies in its initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market
  • YY Inc. in its SEC registered follow-on equity offerings
  • Jianpu Technology Inc. in its initial public offering and listing on the NYSE
  • OneSmart International Education Group in its initial public offering and listing on the NYSE
  • Secoo Holding Limited in its initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market

* Includes experience prior to joining White & Case

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong
New York
JD
Columbia Law School
MA
Fudan University
English
Mandarin

Named one of 'Hong Kong Rising Stars 2024' by Asian Legal Business

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