Meka Meng | Hogan Lovells

Meka Meng

Partner Corporate & Finance

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English, Mandarin

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Meka Meng
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Meka (Qingkai) Meng is a partner in the Corporate & Finance practice of Hogan Lovells. His practice focuses on private equity fund formation and investment transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, offshore investment management, outbound investments, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.

Meka is recognized by publications such as IFLR1000, The Legal 500, Asian Legal Business and China Business Law Journal as a leading lawyer in the areas of investment funds and private equity.

Meka is admitted in New York. He passed the bar examination in China in 2005, but does not hold a current practicing certificate.

Representative experience

Advised China International Capital Corporation in its formation of multiple offshore private equity funds, targeting North American and European fund of funds investments and co-investments.*

Advised a large state-owned enterprise group in its formation of three offshore credit funds with aggregate capital commitments of RMB4 billion.*

Advised NRL Capital in its formation of its onshore and Singapore investment holding platforms focusing on various RMB and USD-denominated funds products and direct investments.*

Advised a U.S.-headquartered global real estate fund manager in the formation of a joint venture with a leading Chinese real estate company for investment in cold chain logistics assets in China.*

Advised Kington Capital in its formation of an offshore private equity fund specifically targeting the pharmaceutical industry in China and another offshore acquisition fund.*

Advised NX Fund/MM Capital in the formation of an offshore venture capital fund targeting early-stage new consumer industry investments.*

Advised Hash Global in the formation of multiple offshore funds targeting early and mid-stage Web 3.0 protocols, infrastructures, middlewares and decentralized applications investments.*

Advised three sovereign investors in a variety of private equity, co-investments and hedge fund investments transactions, as well as secondaries transactions.*

Advised multiple funds sponsored by China International Capital Corporation in their investment in various private equity funds around the globe, as well as co-investment transactions.*

Advised multiple leading Chinese insurance companies, industrial investors and institutional investors, in their investments in various funds and co-investment transactions.*

Advised a large-scale Chinese insurance company, in its formation of separately managed accounts with two internationally leading asset managers, with capital commitments exceeding US$ 1 billion.*

Advised National Council for Social Security Fund and multiple leading Chinese insurance companies in various offshore investment management transactions.*

Advised Beijing Shouhuan Cultural Tourism Investment, in the establishment of the multi-billion dollar Beijing Universal Resort, Universal CityWalk Beijing and two hotels.*

Advised China Life in its formation of a strategic joint venture with ElmTree Funds for the US$950 million acquisition of a commercial real estate net lease portfolio in the U.S.*

Advised China Life, as the single largest investor, in the US$1.65 billion acquisition of 1285 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan by a purchaser consortium led by RXR Realty.*

Advised ICBC International in its investment into JD Logistics’ US$2.5 billion Series A financing. JD Logistics is the warehousing and shipping subsidiary of China’s leading ecommerce player JD.com.*

Advised SoftBank Corp. on its sale of PPLive, a leading online media company in China, to Suning and Hony Capital for US$420 million.*

Advised Touch Media in its Series B-1 and Series C financing transactions.*

Advised Birla Carbon, in its joint venture investment with International Finance Corporation and a local partner in Jining, China.*

Advised Shanghai Electric Group in its acquisition of 100% equity interest in a Swiss-based environmental technology and service company.*

*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.M., Columbia Law School, 2011
  • LL.B., Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2005
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • New York

Recognition

Investment Funds: Foreign Firms Lawyer of the Year

The Legal 500 China

2024
Notable practitioner, Private Equity

IFLR1000 China

2024
Next Generation Partner, Investment Funds: Foreign Firms

The Legal 500 China

2022-2024
Next Generation Partner, Private Equity: Foreign Firms

The Legal 500 China

2021-2024