Hong Zhang
Senior Legal Counsel
China Investment Corporation (CIC)

Hong Zhang is the Senior Legal Counsel of China Investment Corporation (CIC) and Chief Representative of CIC New York Representative Office.  She previously served as the Senior Managing Director and Head of the Legal and Compliance Department at CIC. Ms. Zhang was a partner of Haiwen & Partners, a Chinese law firm headquartered in Beijing, from October 2004 to October 2007.  She also worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP from 1999 to 2004 as an associate attorney. Ms. Zhang’s legal practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, capital market and fund formation and investment. She received her Master of Laws degree from Columbia Law School in 1999, and her Master and B.A. degrees in law from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in 1996 and 1993, respectively.