作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

2016年7月20日,在《亚洲法律杂志》最新公布的2016年“中国十五佳律师新星”榜单中,金杜律师事务所合伙人周昕律师以在银行与融资领域高水平的业务能力和广泛的客户赞誉荣登该榜单。《亚洲法律杂志》的此项评选,基于对中国市场40岁以下的精英律师,考察他们在过去一年的重要成就、多年服务过的客户和重大交易以及所获荣誉,评选出15位代表了高效活跃、正迅速获得突出关注的律师新星。

20 July 2016, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partner Stanley Zhou was named one of the 2016 China Top 15 Rising Lawyers by Asian Legal Business (ALB) for his expertise and capability in banking and finance. Based on the important achievements of the candidates (under the age of 40) over the past year, surveys on their clients, major transactions, and awards they received, ALB’s research team identified China’s Top 15 Rising Lawyers representing the active high performers in the legal industry who are quickly rising to prominence.

作为金融资本部的骨干合伙人之一,周昕律师在银行与融资领域拥有超过10年的丰富经验,专注于上市前融资、私有化融资等复杂的跨境融资交易,并在房地产融资,银行卡和支付产业以及上海自贸区金融等业务方面均取得了突出的业绩,获得广泛的客户认可。过去一年,周律师领导和参与了众多该领域的知名交易项目,其中包括代表锦江集团完成收购法国卢浮酒店集团和七天连锁酒店的并购融资交易,代表中国银联完成与ApplePay的中国地区合作项目,协助上海黄金交易所设立自贸区国际黄金交易中心。近年来,周律师还十分关注行业发展相关的研讨和人才培养,并多次为国内外众多行业及专业机构协会、政府部门、高校提供关于自贸区、跨境融资、互联网金融及支付等领域的法律专业培训及演讲,对这些机构的专题法律研究及相关法律法规的制定作出了贡献。

A core partner in KWM’s Finance and Capital Markets Group with over 10 years of extensive experience, Stanley specializes in pre-IPO finance, privatization finance and other complex cross-border financing transactions. He has accomplished outstanding achievements and gained wide client recognition in property financing, bank cards and payment industry, and financial services in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone. In the past year, Stanley advised Jin Jiang Group on financing its acquisition of Group Du Louvre and 7 Days Group, China Unionpay on its cooperation with ApplePay in China, and Shanghai Gold Exchange on the establishment of Shanghai International Gold Exchange in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone. In recent years, he also made a lot of efforts in academic research and talent cultivation for the development of the banking and finance sector, and participated in a number of professional trainings and made presentations in seminars hosted by professional institutions, associations, government agencies, and universities on topics of FTZs, cross-border financing, internet financing and payment. Stanley has made meaningful contributions to the research and legislation in these areas.

周昕律师表示,“很荣幸能够入选中国十五佳律师新星之列。感谢客户多年来对我的信任和支持!我所取得的荣誉也要归功于我们强大的团队和金杜业界领先的国际平台。在我参与的越来越多的具有业界创新性和先导性的交易项目中,我们的客户明显感到金杜的团队、资源和以客户为中心的服务理念是最终取得圆满成功的保证。我期待伴随中国企业及金融机构不断融入全球经济,必将涌现出越来越多的优秀律师,共同为中国经济及法律市场的发展贡献力量。”

Stanley said, “I’m honored to be ranked among the Top 15 Rising Lawyers in China. I thank my clients for their trust and support in the past years! My honor should also be attributed to our strong team and the firm’s leading global platform. In the cutting-edge and innovative transactions that were involved, our clients said they owed their success to KWM’s teams, resources and client-oriented services. I expect that more and more legal elites will emerge as Chinese companies and financial institutions go international, and they will contribute to the growth of China’s economy and legal market. ”