China Corporate TRANSACTIONAL

Our corporate team in Beijing has represented clients across a range of industries in many types of business dealings, including real estate transactions and structuring, negotiating and documenting business transactions, and advising on precedent-setting foreign investment transactions. The industries we have experience working with include agriculture, automotive, aviation, chemicals, consumer products, cosmetics, electric power, electronics, energy-related equipment and services, environmental technologies, financial services, logistics, machinery, manufacturing, media, medical devices, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, professional services, publishing, retailing, semiconductors, software and telecommunications. Moreover, the team has substantial experience and relationships throughout China, including Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu and other provinces and localities, in addition to Beijing.

Members of the China Corporate practice are well-versed in counseling clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments by foreign companies in China, as well as in other general corporate matters. Recently, we:

  • Executed business transactions, including structuring, negotiating and documenting all forms of transactions, whether mergers or acquisitions, privatizations, foreign direct investment, project finance or capital markets transactions.
  • Established equity and cooperative joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and holding companies in different industries.
  • Overseen project finance, including representation of developers, lenders, investors and financial advisers in power, telecommunications, oil and gas and other infrastructure projects.
  • Represented investment funds and asset management companies in venture capital and private equity investment transactions.
  • Advised on petroleum and mineral exploration and development and "midstream” pipeline construction, operation and financing projects and "downstream” manufacturing and marketing activities.
  • Served as counsel in real estate development, acquisition and construction contracts.
  • Executed technology transfer and other licensing arrangements.
  • Counseled clients on protection of intellectual property rights, including trademark, patent, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition matters.
  • Advised on tax law for foreign companies and foreign-invested enterprises.

Our corporate team in Beijing has represented clients across a range of industries in many types of business dealings, including real estate transactions and structuring, negotiating and documenting business transactions, and advising on precedent-setting foreign investment transactions. The industries we have experience working with include agriculture, automotive, aviation, chemicals, consumer products, cosmetics, electric power, electronics, energy-related equipment and services, environmental technologies, financial services, logistics, machinery, manufacturing, media, medical devices, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, professional services, publishing, retailing, semiconductors, software and telecommunications. Moreover, the team has substantial experience and relationships throughout China, including Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu and other provinces and localities, in addition to Beijing.

Members of the China Corporate practice are well-versed in counseling clients in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments by foreign companies in China, as well as in other general corporate matters. Recently, we:

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Ross, Lester

Lester Ross

Partner-in-Charge, Beijing Office

+86 10 5901 6588 (t)

lester.ross@wilmerhale.com

Ross, Lester

Lester Ross

Partner

+86 10 5901 6588 (t)

lester.ross@wilmerhale.com

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Simone W. Yew

Partner

+1 650 858 6065 (t)

simone.yew@wilmerhale.com

Zhou, Kenneth

Kenneth Zhou

Partner

+86 10 5901 6588 (t)

kenneth.zhou@wilmerhale.com

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Lance Jiang

Senior Associate

+86 10 5901 6588 (t)

lance.jiang@wilmerhale.com

Publications & News

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April 17, 2013

Selected 2013 Technology Transactions

For more than four decades, we have represented technology clients in venture capital financings, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions; handled their licensing, outsourcing, services, joint venture, development and distribution transactions throughout the world; protected their innovations through patent prosecution and portfolio development; defended their interests in enterprise‑critical patent litigation; and navigated regulatory issues vital to their success.

April 17, 2013

Selected 2013 Life Sciences Transactions

Recognized both globally and nationally as a leading life sciences practice, WilmerHale has four decades of experience representing biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies at all stages of growth, as well as venture capitalists and investment banks.

March 4, 2013

WilmerHale Lawyers, Practice Recognized by Chambers Asia Pacific 2013

Chambers Asia Pacific has released its 2013 rankings, which include the recognition of two WilmerHale lawyers as well as the China Corporate Practice. Chambers Asia Pacific acknowledges Lester Ross for his Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms) practice and Tao Xu for her Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms) practice in the 2013 edition of this guide to leading lawyers and law firms in Asia.

January 28, 2013

Chinese Government Plans Consolidation of Domestic Industry

June 6, 2012

Selected 2012 Technology Transactions

For more than four decades, we have represented technology clients in venture capital financings, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions; handled their licensing, outsourcing, services, joint venture, development and distribution transactions throughout the world; protected their innovations through patent prosecution and portfolio development; defended their interests in enterprise‑critical patent litigation; and navigated regulatory issues vital to their success.

June 6, 2012

Selected 2012 Life Sciences Transactions

For more than four decades, we have represented life sciences clients in venture financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and licensing agreements and collaborations; protected their innovations through patent prosecution and portfolio development; defended their interests in enterprise-critical patent litigation; and navigated regulatory issues vital to their success.

March 1, 2012

Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 Recognizes Top WilmerHale Lawyers

February 14, 2012

Senate Omnibus Cybersecurity Bill Emphasizes Critical Infrastructure Protection, Information-Sharing

January 17, 2012

Cybersecurity and the Law: What To Expect in 2012

January 12, 2012

China Releases New Foreign Investment Catalogue (2011 Edition)

Events

June 13, 2012

Invest USA Seminar

Tianjin, China

May 16, 2012

Invest USA Seminar

Shenyang, China

April 25, 2012

License to Expand: A 2012 Business Climate Survey Event

Beijing, China

April 1, 2012

Invest USA Seminar

Xi'an, China

August 1, 2011

Valuation Adjustment Mechanism and Its Issues in China

Beijing, China

April 1, 2011

PE/VC China: Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) in China

Beijing, China

July 15, 2010

Boston Bar Association: Doing Business In and With China

Boston, Massachusetts

July 1, 2010

China's Qualified Institutional Investor (QFII) Progam

Beijing, China

June 23-24, 2009

2009 ChinaBio® Partnering Forum

Shanghai, China

September 11, 2008

Stanford Law and Technology Association: Lunch with the JDs

Palo Alto, California