• Lawyer, qualified in People's Republic of China

Advising:

• A UK company - on its potential acquisition of a minority stake (with the call option to increase the shareholding) in a Chinese company providing business aviation services
• An Australian investor - on its buy-out of the Chinese domestic joint venture partner following occurrence of deadlock circumstances
• A global commodities group - on its proposed joint ventures with Chinese partners (involving a state-owned enterprise and a private company) to conduct edible oil manufacture and trading business in China
• A global leading battery manufacturer - on the China aspect of its acquisition of the battery and portable lighting business from a US company
• A global commodities group - on the China aspect of the sale of its global metals business to a Chinese fund
• A London-listed engineering company - on its buyout of the Chinese partner in a joint venture in east China
• A global leader in commercial real estate services - on its acquisition of a Chinese company which is one of China's leading construction project management consultancies
• A leading international bank - on a wide range of regulatory issues relating to its proposed online offering of services to onshore and offshore customers covering the whole range from deal information sharing, transaction management to financing

And:

• Preparing a regulatory matrix for a US headquartered financial services provider on the PRC legal regime governing a wide range of services and products that the US entity is looking to transact with Chinese counterparties
• Establishing an online portal for a Canada headquartered bank which hosts all the major legislation in China applicable to the bank and its business operation in China

Stand-out Talent, Acritas Stars survey, 2018-2021

Leading Individual in Corporate and M&A: China, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2019-2024

Leading Individual in Regulatory/compliance: China, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021-2024

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