Corporate/M&A (PRC Firms)
Greater China Region Guide 2024 : China
Band 1
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Provided by King & Wood Mallesons
Completing significant deals in China and globally
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has a first-class corporate and M&A team that advises clients on many high-profile transactions. We work with the world’s leading companies, investment banks, private equity firms, and investors to provide a wide range of services covering company law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate governance, and commercial matters.
As an international law firm based in Asia, we provide our clients with unique insights to help them navigate the cultural, legal, and regulatory complexities of doing business in Asia. Leveraging our in-depth understanding of local markets and extensive experience in cross-border transactions, we provide solutions for our local clients investing globally or international clients investing in Asia.
We are a leader in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and commercial law practices in China and broader Asia. Our outbound practice has grown rapidly as our clients are speeding up their global expansion.
A wide range of clients
We provide all-round legal support to a wide range of clients, including multinational companies, state-owned enterprises, Chinese and foreign private companies, real estate developers, and financial investors (including private equity funds).
Chambers Review
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.
金杜律师事务所仍是大型交易方面的首选业务团队，服务业务覆盖并购、私募股权和公司治理等广泛领域。该跨国律所在处理跨境交易时能够调动其雄厚的全球业务网络，是金融服务、能源和科技领域企业的热门顾问选择。在拥有出色对外交易履历的同时，该团队在对内交易上也同样活跃。金杜律所进一步加强其全球网络以及行业知识，保持了其在第一级别的位置。该律所的顶级客户当中有中国化工、日产汽车和上汽集团。
Work Highlights
- King & Wood Mallesons represented Sinopec in negotiations to set up three separate joint ventures with INEOS.
- 金杜律师事务所代表中石化与英力士就设立三个独立合资企业进行谈判。
Strengths
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"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."
“法律服务专业、周到，始终站在客户的角度思考问题、提出建议。”
“他们的效率很高，反应也很快。”
"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."
“法律服务专业、周到，始终站在客户的角度思考问题、提出建议。”
“他们的效率很高，反应也很快。”
Notable Practitioners
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.
熊进先生拥有大量跨境交易业务，重点关注境外收购和投资项目，但也涵盖资本市场发行。他在该类事务中代表私营公司和国有企业。
"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."
“他具有丰富的跨境交易法律服务经验，为我们公司的多个项目提供了良好的法律服务。”
“他具有敏锐的商业意识，擅长处理复杂的商业交易。”
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.
徐萍律师是一位市场领先的交易律师，其业务重点是并购，特别是代表石化和汽车行业的客户活跃。她是金杜的公司与跨境并购业务的负责人。
"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."
“徐萍律师是一位经验丰富的并购律师，主导了许多复杂的并购交易，并为并购项目提供了高水平的法律服务。”
“徐萍律师在我们的项目中非常亲力亲为，交易陷入僵局的时候，她挺身而出。”
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.
聂卫东律师常驻上海，拥有超过二十年的执业经验。他一直活跃于并购和私募股权融资，也处理资本市场交易。
"He is quite good. He is very commercial."
“他很好，很有商业意识。”
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.
王开定律师在北京办公，是公司业务部的高级合伙人。他是并购方面的专家，也精通外国直接投资事务。
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