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SILVIA GONG

Partner
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  • Shanghai

    Unit 603, 605, 606, Level 6, 8 Century Avenue, HSBC Building, Pudong New Area Shanghai 200120 China

    Shenzhen

    45/F, China Resources Tower, No.2666 Keyuan South Road, Yuehai Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

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Silvia Gong is a partner of the RuiMin team. Her primary practice areas include M&A, private equity, project financing, overseas capital markets and general corporate advice.


Before joining RuiMin, Silvia was a partner of the leading Chinese firm Fangda Partners, where she worked for 18 years.

Silvia speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

  • Experience
    • Advising Sandvik Machining Solutions AB on a series of acquisitions in China

    • Advising AstraZeneca on its US$1.2bn acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Gracell Biotechnology (ALB China 2024 M&A Deal of the Year Award) 

    • Advising Olympus on its restructuring of business and disposal of related real estate assets in China

    • Advising Renault (PNK: RNLSY ) on the creation of powertrain technology joint venture with Geely Group with a transaction value at around US$7.92bn

    • Advising DJI Group on its internal restructuring matters and the financing of its in-vehicle business

    • Advising Li & Fung Limited on its post-sale restructuring and buy-back of international freight management business from A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

    • Advising Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) on the sale of its Internet of Things Accelerator (IoTA) and Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) businesses to Aeris Communications, Inc

    • Advising Cainiao on: i) establishing a RMB8.5bn warehousing and logistics fund with China Life; ii) its shareholding restructuring and RMB10bn financing from investors including Alibaba, Temasek, GIC and Primavera; iii) its around RMB3bn financing and new joint venture with YTO (圆通快递), ZTO (中通快递), STO (申通快递), Yun Da (韵达快递), Best Express (百世汇通) and Yun Feng Capital (云锋基金); iv) its minority investments or acquisition of controlling stakes in multiple companies in the logistic sector; and v) general corporate matters

    • Advising Oriza, Boyu Capital and other investors on their RMB2bn investment in SF Express Group

    • Advising Alibaba Group on its various investments and acquisitions totaling over RMB10bn, including the US$600m investment in Meizu, the RMB830m acquisition of Guangzhou Yue Ke Software, etc

    • Advising Ant Group on its various investments totaling over RMB5bn, including the RMB1.5bn investment in Orbbec

    • Advising Midea Group (000333.SZ) on: i) its RMB2.3bn acquisition of a controlling stake of Wandong Medical (600055.SH); ii) on its establishment of four joint ventures in China with KUKA AG with a transaction size of RMB4bn; iii) on its establishment of a joint venture in China with Electrolux with a transaction size of RMB360m; and iv) its relevant general corporate matters

    • Advising China Resources Enterprise on its RMB2.5bn acquisition of Tesco’s China business (including about 20 shopping mall projects and more than 100 hypermarkets)

    • Advising the affiliates of Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (000021.SZ, a subsidiary of CEC) on its over US$150m acquisition of US LED business

    • Advising Shenzhen Sino-agriculture Co., Ltd. and its shareholders on its HK$2.6bn share swap with Hong Kong-listed Zall Group Ltd. (HKSE: 2098)

    • Advising PAG Investment, VKC Capital, Boyu Capital and other investment funds on their investment in various TMT, consumer market, financial service, technology manufacturing companies

    • Advising Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS and other investment banks as sponsors on various overseas listing projects, including the initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of the group spin-off from BYD Company Limited, the initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of Vipshop Holdings Limited, etc

  • Qualifications

    Silvia graduated from East China University of Political Science & Law where she obtained LLB and LLM degrees. She also obtained a LLM degree from the University of Warwick. She is qualified in China.