NANCY ZHAO
Associate
Nancy Zhao is an Associate at CROKE FAIRCHILD DUARTE & BERES. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases, venture capital financings and securities offerings. She represents clients from startups to public companies in both domestic and cross-border transactions. Nancy provides comprehensive counsel on entity formation, corporate governance and investor relations, all stages of financings, due diligence, and legal research, SEC reporting and compliance, formation and transaction management of real-estate investment entities, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and the drafting of transaction documents.
While she pursued her law degree, Nancy was the Development Editor of the Washington University Law Review, President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and the Academic Chair of the Student Bar Association. Nancy, an avid concert violinist, is a first violinist with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra.
Direct: 872.224.2980
PRACTICE AREAS
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- SEC, Corporate Governance & Business Counseling
- Outside General Counsel
- Venture Capital & Founders
- Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets & Web3
- Real Estate
EDUCATION
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D.
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A.
ADMISSIONS
- Illinois
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- 2022 Pro Bono Leader, ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
- Dean’s Leadership Award, Washington University School of Law
- Diane Yu Scholarship and Service Award, Missouri Asian American Bar Association
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholar, Legal Council on Legal Diversity
- Scholar in Law, Washington University School of Law
- Development Editor of the Washington University Law Review
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
- First Violinist, The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
NANCY ZHAO
Associate
Direct: 872.224.2980
PRACTICE AREAS
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- SEC, Corporate Governance & Business Counseling
- Outside General Counsel
- Venture Capital & Founders
- Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets & Web3
- Real Estate
EDUCATION
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D.
- Washington University in St. Louis, B.A.
ADMISSIONS
- Illinois
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- 2022 Pro Bono Leader, ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
- Dean’s Leadership Award, Washington University School of Law
- Diane Yu Scholarship and Service Award, Missouri Asian American Bar Association
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Scholar, Legal Council on Legal Diversity
- Scholar in Law, Washington University School of Law
- Development Editor of the Washington University Law Review
MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES
- First Violinist, The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
Nancy Zhao is an Associate at CROKE FAIRCHILD DUARTE & BERES. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases, venture capital financings and securities offerings. She represents clients from startups to public companies in both domestic and cross-border transactions. Nancy provides comprehensive counsel on entity formation, corporate governance and investor relations, all stages of financings, due diligence, and legal research, SEC reporting and compliance, formation and transaction management of real-estate investment entities, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and the drafting of transaction documents.
While she pursued her law degree, Nancy was the Development Editor of the Washington University Law Review, President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, and the Academic Chair of the Student Bar Association. Nancy, an avid concert violinist, is a first violinist with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra.