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Carl LI
Equity Partner / Shanghai
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Tel 021-6061-3667
Email carlli@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Cross-border Investment/M&A, Compliance & Investigation, Litigation & Arbitration
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Industries
Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Carl LI
Mr. Carl LI has more than 20 years of intensive experiences in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, investment and financing, and corporate compliance. Mr. Li has provided comprehensive legal support for a number of well-known transnational corporations in their global reorganizations, spin-offs and mergers/acquisitions involving Chinese businesses. He has assisted foreign invested enterprises, public listed companies and state-owned enterprises in participating in major mergers/acquisitions and restructuring projects. Mr. Li also represents reputable institutional investors or start-ups to provide full legal services in their investment or financing projects. In particular, he has been assisting many state-owned enterprises, private enterprises and public listed companies in their investments and acquisitions in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and other “Belt and Road” countries, and regularly advises and provides creative solutions to clients on specific matters related to cross-border investments.
"Mr. Li's legal expertise and keen business sense helped to provide unique solutions to difficult problems the clients encountered in the projects."
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Representative Matters
M&A and Restructuring
Volvo Trucks acquires Jiangling Heavy-Duty Truck project
A series of mergers and acquisitions projects in China for a reputable international food and beverage group
A listed port group acquires part of the equity interests in African container terminals
US listed company Hillenbrand Group sells its TerraSource BU project
A series of joint venture and acquisition projects in China by a well-known global materials technology group
A state-owned fund's acquisition of equity interests in a Korean automotive chip company
A Chinese company acquired the LED technology and asset project of a subsidiary of South Korea's LG Group
Lingce Electronics' acquisition of TEV Company in Boston, USA
A Chinese listed company's acquisition of equity interests in a Brazilian company
Cross-border restructuring project between Dana Corporation and Taiwan Yulon Group/China Automotive
The business assets and equity transfer project in China between Dana Corporation and Italian La Leonessa Company
Linamar Group regional headquarters establishment and special restructuring project
Regal Rexnord's joint venture equity and commercial operations restructuring project in China
Agility Group sells a logistics asset project in Shanghai to CITIC Capital
LOGOS Real Estate Fund acquires Likun's logistics asset project
Wuxi Jianfa acquires controlling right in Kangxin New Materials (600076)
Yongfeng Group and Ningbo Taihong acquire controlling right in Fulin Transportation Industry (002357)
Investments and Financing
Danish sovereign fund's multiple investment projects in China
Ineos invests over one billion US dollars in building Ningbo ABS production base project
Hillhouse Capital invests over US$300 million in and restructures ATLATL
African bauxite cargo terminal and supporting infrastructure investment project for a well-known listed port group
Chenyue Damei Theme Fund participated in the New Meida (Meituan Dianping) overseas pre-IPO investment project
Xishen Capital invests in Zerun Biological Project, a subsidiary controlled by Watson Biotech (300142)
Chengdu Miaoji invests in Gracell Biotech's US$85 million Series B financing
Bollhoff Group's production expansion project in China
Changfeng Pharmaceutical's C/D/E round financing project (exceeding one billion yuan)
Recovery Plus' A/B/C Series Financing and Red Chip Restructuring Project
Accurate Capital and Hefei Industrial Investment leading Series A investment in Yinniu Microelectronics and its Israeli subsidiary Inuitive's over RMB 500 million
Honors and Awards
Corporate and M&A Recommended Lawyers - Chambers Global / Asia Pacific 2021-2024
Corporate and M&A Recommended Lawyers (Asia Pacific) – The Legal 500 2020-2024
“2021 Billboard”15 top Transaction Attorneys – LEGALBAND 2021
China Top 15 M&A Lawyers - Asia Legal Business 2020
China A-List Top 100 Elite Lawyers - China Business Law Journal 2020
Deals of the Year – China Business Law Journal 2021/2022
Impact Deal of the Year – IFLR1000 2022
LegalOne Merits Project – LegalOne 2023
Recommended Lawyers in Venture Capital – DAWKINS 2022
Memberships & Affiliations
Legal Expert for Legislation of the Judicial Bureau of Pudong New District
Master Mentor (Part Time) of Laws of East China University of Political Science and Law
Publications
Weighted Voting Right under the PRC Company Law and the Special Voting Rights Mechanism on the STAR Market, Corporations and M&A, China Law Press, 2019
Design of Cross border M&A Transaction Structures under the New Asset Management Regulations, Corporations and M&A, China Law Press, 2019
Negotiated Acquisition of Controlling Rights of Listed Companies: Key Steps and Risk Control, Securities and Capital Markets, China Law Press, 2019
China Part, M&A Report, 2019-2023, International Financial Law Review
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
Executive MBA, China Europe International Business School
Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland, College Park
International Economic Law, LL.M, Renmin University of China Law School
LL.B & Master of Economics, Southwest University of Political Science and Law Law/Economics -
Professional Experience
Equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Senior Partner, AllBright Law Offices
Founding Partner, K-Bright Law Firm
Associate, Richard Wang & Co.
In-house Counsel, Guangdong Branch of General Administration of Customs/Gongbei Customs -
Languages
Chinese
English