Grandway Law Offices has recruited partners Zhang Liu and Zhang Cheng, who have joined the firm’s Nanjing and Hangzhou offices, respectively, strengthening its securities and capital markets practice.
Prior to joining Grandway, Zhang Liu was a partner at C&T Partners, where he had practised since 2014. He focuses on capital markets matters and has advised clients including Jujie Microfiber, Chipown, Lianjian Technology, Vishee Medical and Wiscom System, as well as Bank of Jiangsu and Bank of Nanjing. His experience covers IPOs, refinancing of listed companies, mergers and restructurings and control transactions involving listed companies.
Zhang Liu also has extensive experience in private equity. His previous clients include Jiangsu?based private equity institutions such as Fiscal Investment, High?tech Investment Group and Coastal Private Equity Fund Management.
He holds degrees in clinical medicine, finance and law from Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University, providing him with a cross-disciplinary professional perspective.-disciplinary professional perspective.
Zhang Cheng previously worked at King & Wood Mallesons, where he was promoted to partner in the firm’s financial securities practice in 2021. His principal areas of practice include securities and capital markets, corporate M&A, equity investment and financing, and the restructuring of state-owned enterprises. -owned enterprises. He has advised clients across a range of industries, including automotive components, pharmaceuticals, household appliances, internet, electronic optical components, new materials, real estate, food and trading and distribution.
He has advised clients across industries, including automotive components, pharmaceuticals, household appliances, internet, electronic optical components, new materials, real estate, food, and trading and distribution.
Headquartered in Beijing, Grandway has expanded its presence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Its Nanjing and Suzhou offices were established in 2024, while its Hangzhou office opened in 2022, marking the firm’s first mainland expansion since launching its Chengdu office in 2012.
