Julia Zhu

She has taken a leading role in merger reviews for transactions across a variety of sectors, including semiconductors, aerospace, material technologies, insurance, private equity, health care and information technologies, among others. Ms. Zhu also has experience in general antitrust compliance, including drafting and training companies on compliance guidelines and post-closing remedy implementation. In recognition of her work, Ms. Zhu was named to China Business Law Journal’s A-List 2024-25: Rising Stars and ranked as Up and Coming for Competition/Antitrust by Chambers Greater China 2025.

Her recent merger control work includes:

• Activision Blizzard (U.S.) in its US$75 billion acquisition by Microsoft with respect to merger control filings in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, among other locations
• TikTok in its strategic partnership with GoTo, an Indonesian technology conglomerate, with respect to antitrust filings and compliance matters in Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asia jurisdictions
• SK hynix Inc. (South Korea) in its US$9 billion acquisition of the NAND memory and storage business of Intel Corporation with respect to the merger control filing in China (including remedy negotiation and post-closing remedy implementation)
• Entegris, Inc. (U.S.) in its US$6.5 billion acquisition of semiconductor consumable materials supplier CMC Materials, Inc. with respect to merger control filings in China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore
• Hg Capital in its significant investment in the IFS and WorkWave businesses at a US$10 billion valuation with respect to merger control filing in China
• Willis Towers Watson (U.K.) in its US$30 billion proposed acquisition by Aon plc with respect to merger control filings in China, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, among other locations
• Rockwell Collins Inc. (U.S.) in its US$30 billion acquisition by United Technologies Corporation with respect to merger control filings in China (including remedy negotiation), the EU, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, among other locations
• Embraer S.A. (Brazil) in its US$4.2 billion proposed sale of the commercial aviation business to The Boeing Company with respect to merger control filings in China, the EU and Japan, among other locations
• Versum Materials, Inc. (U.S.) in its US$6.6 billion sale to Merck KGaA with respect to merger control filings in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Germany, among other locations
• HP Inc. (U.S.) in its US$1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.’s printing business with respect to merger control filings in China (including remedy negotiation and post-closing remedy implementation), the EU, India, South Korea and Taiwan, among other locations; and in its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Poly with respect to merger control filing in China
• Ninestar Holdings (a Chinese consortium led by Apex Technology and PAG Asia Capital) in its US$3.6 billion acquisition of Lexmark with respect to merger control filings in Germany, Austria, Poland, Turkey, Russia and Argentina
• GE Aerospace (U.S.) in its partnership with Allegheny Technologies to establish a joint venture for the development and production of titanium materials with respect to merger control filings in China, South Korea and Israel

Ms. Zhu joined Skadden in 2015 after previously working at the Shanghai office of a leading U.S. law firm that focuses on antitrust and litigation.