Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented the audit committee of the board of directors of RISE Education (NASDAQ: REDU) on RISE Education's merger with Dada Auto Inc. (NaaS), a leading operation and technology provider serving China's electric vehicle charging market, pursuant to which NaaS shareholders exchanged all of the issued and outstanding share capital of NaaS for newly issued shares of RISE Education, with this transaction named "Deals of the Year 2022" by China Business Law Journal

• Represented Asia Innovation Group in connection with its proposed USD 2.5 billion deSPAC transaction with Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited.

• Represented Prenetics in connection with its USD 1.7 billion deSPAC transaction with Artisan Acquisition Corp.

• Represented a SPAC sponsored by a US private equity fund in connection with its proposed deSPAC transaction with a leading marketplace for buying and selling new and secondhand goods in Southeast Asia

• Represented Meituan-Dianping in connection with its USD 3.7 billion acquisition of Mobike, with this transaction awarded "TMT Deal of the Year of 2018" by China Law and Practice 

• Represented the special committee of Nasdaq-listed Changyou.com in connection with the USD 188 million go-private transaction 

• Represented the buyer consortium in connection with the USD 127 million go-private transaction of NYSE-listed Jumei International Holding Limited 

• Represented the competing buyer consortium in connection with the USD 460 million go-private transaction of NYSE-listed eHi Car Services Limited 

• Represented the buyer consortium in connection with the USD 1.1 billion go-private transaction of NYSE-listed Trina Solar Limited 

• Represented the management of NASDAQ-listed JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. in connection with the USD 268 million go-private transaction 

• Represented the special committee of NYSE-listed China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited in connection with the USD 222 million go-private transaction

• Represented the special committee of NASDAQ-listed KongZhong Corporation in connection with the USD 290 million go-private transaction 

• Represented Tahoe Group Co. Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of NASDAQ-listed Alliance Healthcare Services Inc.

• Represented Baidu Inc. in connection with the spin-off of its financial services business and USD 1.9 billion financing

• Represented Truck Alliance in connection with its merger with Yunmanman, forming Full Truck Alliance, a leading digital freight platform in China 

• Represented MiningLamp in connection with its acquisition of AdMaster

• Represented a technology company operating a range of leading content platforms globally in connection with its USD 200 million acquisition of US data center assets

• Represented Cardinal Health in connection with its USD 6.1 billion acquisition of the medical supplies business from Medtronic 

• Represented Liaison Interactive in connection with its USD 264 million acquisition of a majority stake in Newegg Inc., the leading tech-focused online retailer in North America

• Represented a developer of high-performance toolchain with its sale of substantially all assets

• Represented Beijing Oriental Yuhong in connection with its bid to acquire a spun-off business unit of a NYSE listed building materials company 

• Represented a global private equity fund in connection with its bid to acquire an Asia-based fabless semiconductor company 

• Represented Jacobs Douwe Egberts in connection with its USD 1.06 billion conditional general offer for Super Group Ltd., a food and beverages manufacturer listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange 

• Represented Jacobs Douwe Egberts in connection with its joint venture with a private equity fund for the purposes of selling its coffee products in China 

• Represented Viking Cruises' joint venture with China Merchants Shekou focused on mid-sized luxury cruises in China

Venture Capital/Private Equity

• Represented a technology company operating a range of leading content platforms globally in connection with its USD 3 billion equity financing 

• Represented MicroPort NeuroTech in connection with its USD 120 million cross-over financing

• Represented Asia Innovation Group in connection with its USD 200 million convertible note financing

• Represented CloudMinds in connection with its USD 182 million Series B equity financing 

• Represented a technology company operating a leading lifestyle and content sharing platforms in connection with its various corporate venture capital investment

• Represented two global private equity funds in connection with their USD 500 million investment in the platform consolidation of a China-focused private investment fund

• Represented various venture capital funds in connection with their equity investment and the restructuring, redemption and secondary transfer of their portfolio companies in China

Securities Offerings

• Represented MissFresh as issuer in connection with its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market 

• Represented TUHU Car Inc. as issuer in connection with its proposed US initial public offering

• Represented a leading developer of autonomous driving technologies as issuer in connection with its proposed US initial public offering

• Represented Baidu Inc. in connection with its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

• Represented Baidu Inc. in connection with its various convertible bond offering in 2018 to 2020

• Represented COFCO Womai as issuer in connection with its proposed initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

• Represented iQIYI as issuer in its USD 500 million convertible bond offering in 2018 

• Represented China Petrochemical Corp. as issuer in connection with its USD 3.4 billion bond offering in 2017 

General Corporate 

• Represented a Chinese semiconductor manufacturer in its intellectual property licensing transaction with On Semiconductor 

• Represented a technology company operating a range of leading content platforms globally in connection with its proposed cloud computing and data storage services with a US cloud service provider 

• Represented a technology company operating a range of leading content platforms globally in connection with its proposed data center projects in Europe

Banking/Finance

• Represented Baring Private Equity in connection with a USD 1.4 billion leveraged loan facility to finance its acquisition of two financial services companies

• Represented a European bank in connection with a USD 150 million pre-export letters of credit facility