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
