Shifeng Ni

Local Partner, Hong Kong SAR

Biography

Overview

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.

Bars and Courts
Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong
New York
Education
JD
Columbia Law School
MA
Fudan University
Languages
English
Mandarin

Experience

His experience* includes representation of:

Private Equity/M&A

  • 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
  • CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its US$1.4 billion business combination with Quanergy Systems Inc., a technology company in the LiDAR industry
  • Eureka Technology Holdings Limited in its Series A equity financing of US$500 million from certain investors
  • Zynga Inc. in its acquisition of Golf Rival for US$525 million in cash and stock
  • Special Committee of 51job, Inc. in its US$5.7 billion going-private transaction
  • Tencent in the US$8.7 billion going-private transaction of 58.com
  • Tencent in its convertible notes investment of US$250 million with Dragoneer in Farfetch
  • Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment in their strategic investment of EURO3.0 billion in Universal Music Group
  • Tencent in its strategic investment in JD.com
  • Trustbridge in its strategic investment in various companies in China
  • Royal Bank of Canada in its disposal of a Hong Kong asset

US Capital Markets

  • NIU Technologies in its initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market
  • NIO 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
  • Jianpu Technology Inc. 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
  • Daqo New Energy Corp. in its SEC registered follow-on equity offerings
  • YY Inc. in its SEC registered follow-on equity offerings
  • Baidu, Inc. in its SEC registered offerings of senior unsecured notes of US$1.5 billion

* Includes experience prior to joining White & Case

Awards and Recognition

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