Tianlin Zhou
Zhou Tianlin Senior Partner
Finance
Corporate and M&A
Dispute Resolution
Detailed introduction
Lawyer Zhou Tianlin's clients include various financial institutions and large corporate groups. His areas of expertise are financial law and corporate law, specializing in providing legal services in areas such as financial trusts, innovative banking products, asset management and securitization products, financing leasing, and corporate listing reforms.
During his practice, Lawyer Zhou has excelled in providing legal services for financial trusts. His innovative works in the field of financial trusts include: the first collective fund trust project after the implementation of the 'Trust Law' - the Shanghai Outer Ring Tunnel Trust Financing Project; the first case in China to design property trust financing using asset securitization principles - the Shanghai Maglev Equity Trust Financing Project; the first project in China to use collective trust funds for primary land development; the first securities investment trust project with layered beneficial rights; the first PE product connecting trusts and limited partnerships; the first bank custody collective trust fund project in China; the first project for the transfer of credit assets under a trust plan; the first securitization project for leasing income rights; and the first project in China to use trust funds to acquire construction projects, among others.
During his practice, Lawyer Zhou has handled dozens of projects involving corporate group restructuring, company mergers and acquisitions, as well as mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions and major financing projects.
1996-1999 PhD in Economic Law from Renmin University of China, Law School
1993-1996 Master's in Economic Law from Renmin University of China, Law School
1989-1993 Bachelor's from East China University of Political Science and Law
2012-Since 2012, Senior Partner at Beijing Dacheng (Shanghai) Law Firm
2008-2012, Partner at Beijing Gao Peng Law Firm Shanghai Branch
2003-2008, Full-time Lawyer at Shanghai Jintiancheng Law Firm
1999-2003, Head of Legal Affairs Office at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Headquarters