Jiayan Zhu
Biography
Jiayan is an associate in our Firm's North America Corporate Group and is based in our San Francisco office.
Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Jiayan worked several years as a corporate/M&A lawyer at prominent international law firms in Austria and New York, focusing on cross-border and private equity transactions as well as corporate reorganizations.
In 2019, Jiayan was selected by IFLR Europe as "Rising Star of the Year".
Jiayan is qualified to practice in Austria.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Western Digital on its USD 5.6 billion spin-off of Sandisk, its Flash business.
- Advised Environmental Science US on its USD 350 million acquisition of FMC Corporation's Global Specialty Solutions business.
- Advised Seiko Epson in its USD 591 million acquisition of Fiery, LLC a provider of printing related software.
- Advised companies on a variety of legal entity rationalization projects.
- Advised LiveRamp in its USD 200 million acquisition of data startup Habu.
Admissions
- California~United States (2023)
Education
- University of California, Berkeley (LLM)
- University of Vienna (JD)
Languages
- English
- German
- Mandarin
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