Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
Greater China Region Guide 2024 : China
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Sidley Austin LLP's M&A team represents an impressive roster of multinationals in complex, cross-border matters across a range of industry sectors including technology, real estate and healthcare. The team is noted for its track record of handling mergers, acquisitions, disposals and privatisations. Sidley Austin shows great involvement in a number of big-ticket acquisitions involving Chinese and US parties. It frequently acts for PRC real estate developers on high-profile transactions. The firm includes Geely Auto, Inspiration Capital Partners and Lego Corporate Finance among its key clients.
Work Highlights
- Sidley Austin LLP assisted China Renaissance Securities and JonesTrading as placement agents for the business combination between Bitdeer Technologies and Blue Safari Group Acquisition, a Nasdaq-listed SPAC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sidley Austin's team are hard-working and provide quick, high-quality responses."
"They always analyse with us from different perspectives, in both the legal and commercial senses, so that our company is more aware of the commercial justification of the transactions."
"The team is very capable of handling complex matters, and there are very professional people in all areas to assist."
"Sidley Austin's team are hard-working and provide quick, high-quality responses."
"They always analyse with us from different perspectives, in both the legal and commercial senses, so that our company is more aware of the commercial justification of the transactions."
"The team is very capable of handling complex matters, and there are very professional people in all areas to assist."
Notable Practitioners
Constance Choy heads Sidley Austin LLP's China corporate and finance group. She maintains an active practice advising Hong Kong and Mainland China-headquartered clients on their M&A transactions.
"Constance is extremely commercial."
"She can often consider and solve problems from the customer's point of view, and the service is very good."
Christopher Cheng has an extensive corporate practice and regularly advises on M&A, joint ventures and privatisations. He also has notable expertise in real estate transactions.
"He has a strong negotiation capability and willingness to put himself in the client's shoes in all aspects of the deal."
"He is an incredibly responsible and reliable legal expert with extensive knowledge and experience. He is always willing to help clients anytime."
Raymond Oh co-heads the M&A practice at Sidley Austin, with expertise in handling cross-border investments in the technology, construction and real estate sectors. He has additional expertise in structured finance and private fund investments.
"Raymond is extremely knowledgeable, sophisticated, well connected internally and externally, and has taken the time to understand our business."
Tang Zhengyu continues to assist international clients with their inbound acquisitions and partnership arrangements. He is based in Shanghai and his recent work includes acting on behalf of clients from the technology and manufacturing industries.
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