We are the first Chinese law firm to provide legal services for Chinese enterprises to “go global” and carry out overseas investment and cross-border M&A. In extensive and close cooperation with nearly 100 overseas law firms, we have accumulated rich experience in providing legal services to Chinese enterprises in overseas investment and cross-border M&A, especially in tax preferences for overseas investment, international trade, foreign exchange and trade, intellectual property protection, etc. Our lawyers can accurately understand domestic and foreign clients' intention in cross-border investment and M&A, and deliver the best legal solutions to achieve clients' business goals.
The cross-border investment and M&A projects handled by us cover industries such as high technology, food, pharmaceuticals, education, media, chemical engineering, infrastructure, energy and mining in the world’s key developed countries and countries along the Belt and Road, including the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
- As the lead counsel, provided legal services for China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. in its bid to acquire the equity of a Peruvian power distribution company divested by Sempra Energy for $3.59 billion. This was the largest overseas acquisition project by a Chinese enterprise since 2019 and one of the largest global power industry M&A projects in the past three years
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Acquired the Portuguese power company on behalf of China Three Gorges Corporation. This marks the first instance of a major Chinese state-owned enterprise winning the bid to acquire a significant stake in an international large-cap listed company
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Undertaken China Three Gorges Corporation’s Karot Hydropower Project (on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer basis) in Pakistan, which is one of the first batch of projects implemented under the Belt and Road Initiative and the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund
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On behalf of Lenovo Group Limited, participated in the M&A project of acquiring IBM's global PC business, becoming the first Chinese law firm to be involved in a major international acquisition by a Chinese company
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Represented Bright Food (Group) Co., Ltd., in the acquisition of the share capital of The Weetabix Food Company. The transaction represents the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese company in the food and beverage sector
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Led the EPC+F financing project of POWERCHINA’s 730MW combined cycle power plant project in Rumaila, which is the first sovereign guarantee project for the private sector since the post-war reconstruction of Iraq
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Advised China Three Gorges Corporation on its EPC services for the Murum Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia with a transaction value of approximately $1 billion
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On behalf of CECEP Wind-power Corporation Co., Ltd., conducted the acquisition of White Rock Wind Farm in Australia. This exemplifies a greenfield project investment and development undertaken by a Chinese enterprise through equity acquisition
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Provided legal services for PetroChina's subsidiary, China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corp., in the financing of the Kurdistan refinery project in Iraq
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