Albert Zhu
Lawyers
Represents U.S. and international clients, including private equity firms, on public and private mergers and acquisitions and other matters.
Albert represents U.S. and international clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, corporate governance, shareholder activism and other general corporate matters. He also advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a range of transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of investments, leveraged buyouts and minority investments.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Shearman & Sterling merger with Allen & Overy
- JPMorgan acquires assets and assumes certain liabilities of First Republic
- HNI $485 million acquisition of Kimball International
- Brookfield $8.3 billion acquisition of CDK Global
- MSCI $950 million acquisition of Real Capital Analytics
- Lucid Motors $24 billion combination with Churchill Capital Corp IV
- Morgan Stanley $7 billion acquisition of Eaton Vance
- Natura acquisition of Avon
- Davis Polk Advises Cornell Capital on Its Acquisition of Frédéric Fekkai Brands in Partnership with Frédéric Fekkai
- Emerson acquisition of General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms business
- Davis Polk Advises Contura Energy on the Merger of Alpha Natural Resources with Contura
- Davis Polk Advises Roche on Its Acquisition of Flatiron Health
- Davis Polk Advises Tailwind Capital on Its Acquisition of HMT
- Davis Polk Advises Comcast on Its Acquisition of Craftsy
- Davis Polk Advises Baker Hughes on Formation of a North American Land Pressure Pumping Company with CSL Capital Management and Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division
- Baker Hughes combination with GE oil and gas business
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
- cum laude
B.B.A., Accounting, University of Texas at Austin
- summa cum laude
M.P.A., University of Texas at Austin
Professional history
- Counsel, 2022-present
- Davis Polk since 2014
Qualifications and admissions
- District of Columbia
- State of New York