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Mark Ho

Mr. Ho's main practice areas are Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Litigation & Arbitration.

Representative Matters

  • As a transaction/corporate lawyer, Mark provides legal and business advice to clients on their business operations/transactions, including setting up joint ventures and wholly owned companies, purchasing Chinese assets and consolidating business entities, etc. Mark advises clients on acquisition of real estate premises such as acquisition of land rights, buildings and factory facilities in China.

  • Mark has substantial experience in distribution, retail and logistic business as he represented clients in setting up their procurement, retail and distribution networks in China. Mark represents clients in trademark licensing, retail licensing, franchising, and brand management and development projects. For example, Mark assisted McDonald’s in setting up its first franchise store in China and subsequently represented C&A in developing its fashion retail business in Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities.

  • Mark represents Chinese companies going abroad, making outbound investment and conducting international operations. For example, he represented three Chinese private companies investing and purchasing assets in the United States and setting up manufacturing operations in India.

  • Mark sits on the arbitrator panel of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission as he represents clients in various dispute resolution proceedings including Chinese court proceedings, CIETAC and other local arbitration proceedings; and Mark also assists clients in handling government proceedings and represents clients in liaison with Chinese government agencies.

  • Mark provides China law advice on various compliance issues such as environmental, employment, land, zoning, marketing, media, finance and licensing, etc.


Honors and Awards

For Individual

Awarded in 2014 and 2015 by Corporate INTL as the Corporate Lawyer of the Year in China

Awarded in 2015 by Global Law Experts as the Corporate Lawyer of the Year in China

Awarded in 2016 by Finance Monthly as Corporate Lawyer of the Year - China

Memberships & Affiliations

Arbitrator, Shanghai Arbitration Commission

Guest Professor, East China University of Politics and Law

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    Admitted in the State of North Carolina, USA (since 1994)
    Admitted in the PRC Bar (since 1996)

  • Education

    LLM, University of Georgia School of Law
    LLM, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law
    LLB, Renmin University

  • Professional Experience

    Counsel, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2011- Present
    Partner, Jade & Fountain, 2005-2011
    Chief Counsel, McDonald’s China, 2000-2005
    Associate, O’Melveny & Myers, 1994-2000

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English