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Fan Jiannian, partner and head of Gide’s Shanghai office, is once again on China Business Law Journal’s A-List, a compilation of the top 150 private practice lawyers for China-related business.
CBLJ, a leading industry magazine in China, compiles the annual list based on recommendations from corporate legal counsel, senior officers and legal colleagues based in China and around the world. From the more than 1,000 nominations received, 150 lawyers were selected, including only 50 from foreign law firms. The list may be viewed online.
Jiannian specialises in cross-border M&A and corporate finance. He advises multinational, public and private-sector clients on their activities in Greater China across a broad range of sectors, including the automotive, equipment manufacturing, industrial gas, real estate, and fashion industries. Notably, he assisted the SEB Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd., in two separate transactions totalling EUR 750 million and Veolia Environnement on its first two issuances of panda bonds on the Chinese domestic bond market for a total of EUR 270 million.
In recent years, Jiannian has been advising more and more Chinese companies on their investments abroad, including China Export-Import Bank on its financing of China Huaxin’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent’s French assets for nearly EUR 200 million and Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd., on its acquisition of the Kidiliz Group, the European leader in premium children’s fashion, for EUR 110 million.
First named to CBLJ’s A-List in 2016, Jiannian serves as the vice-chief of the Shanghai Bar Association’s Special Members Committee, where he is in charge of coordinating all foreign law firms registered with the organisation. He is also a member of the Ningbo and Zhejiang Chambers of Commerce. His working languages are Chinese (Mandarin), English and French.
法国基德律师事务所合伙人兼上海代表处负责人范建年再次入选《商法》评选的150位中国业务优秀律师名录。
作为中国法律界权威杂志，《商法》每年根据中国以及全球涉华业务的公司法务、企业高管以及律师同行的推荐评选年度最佳律师。今年获提名的律师有1000多名，入选150名，其中外国律所的律师仅50名。入选名单请浏览。
范建年先生擅长跨境并购和公司融资，并就上市及非上市跨国企业客户在大中华区开展业务提供法律咨询，广泛涉及汽车、设备制造、工业气体、房地产和时装等行业。其参与的重大项目包括协助赛博集团通过两次交易收购浙江苏泊尔股份有限公司的多数股权（交易价值累计达7.5亿欧元），以及协助威立雅环境在中国国内债券市场两次发行共计2.7亿欧元的熊猫债券。
近年来，范建年先生为多家中国企业提供境外投资的法律咨询，包括协助中国进出口银行为中国华信收购阿尔卡特·朗讯的法国资产提供近2亿欧元的融资，以及协助浙江森马服饰股份有限公司斥资1.1亿欧元收购欧洲高端童装领军企业Kidiliz集团。
范建年先生于2016年首次荣获《商法》优秀律师，他还担任上海市律师协会特邀会员委员会的副主任，负责在上海市律协登记的所有外国律师事务所的协调工作，他同时也是上海浙江商会和宁波商会会员。范建年的工作语言为中文，英文和法文。
