Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms)

King & Wood Mallesons remains a go-to practice for major transactions, covering a broad spectrum of services including M&A, private equity and corporate governance. This multinational firm leverages its impressive global network of offices when advising on cross-border transactions. It is the counsel of choice for corporations from the financial services, energy and technology sectors. On top of its record in outbound transactions, the team is equally active on inbound deals. It has strengthened its global network and sector knowledge to maintain its place in the top band. ChemChina, Nissan and SAIC Motor Corporation are among the firm's top clients.

"The legal service is professional and thoughtful, always standing in the client's shoes when thinking about problems and making suggestions."

"They are highly efficient and quick in responding."

King & Wood Mallesons represented Sinopec in negotiations to set up three separate joint ventures with INEOS.

Xiong Jin has a substantial cross-border transactional practice focused on outbound acquisitions and investment projects, but which also covers capital markets issuances. He represents both private companies and state-owned enterprises in such matters. "With rich experience in cross-border transaction legal services, he has provided good legal services for many projects of our company." "He has keen business awareness and is good at handling complex business transactions."

Xu Ping is a market-leading transactional lawyer whose practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and she is notably active on behalf of clients in the petrochemical and automotive sectors. She heads the corporate and cross-border M&A practice group of King & Wood Mallesons. "Ms Xu Ping is a very experienced M&A lawyer. She has led lots of complicated M&A deals and she provides a high level of legal services for M&A projects." "Xu Ping was very hands-on in our project and she stepped up when the deal was in a deadlock."

Nie Weidong is a Shanghai-based partner with over 20 years of experience. He remains active in M&A and private equity financing, and also handles capital markets transactions. "He is quite good. He is very commercial."

Wang Kaiding is a senior partner in the corporate law team who is based in Beijing. He is an expert on mergers and acquisitions, and is also well versed in FDI matters.