Performance in long-term legal advisory 

• Acted as retainer-basis legal counsel to the Ministry of Natural Resources (formerly the Ministry of Land and Resources)

Energy & Resources

• Advised China Power International Holding Ltd. on its acquisition of utility-scale solar and wind projects in Brazil, Georgia, Hungary, and Romania

• Advised SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd. on forming of a consortium with ACWA Power, a Saudi Arabia based developer and operator of power projects, and on their successful joint bids of multiple projects in the region, including the Red Sea Project, a megaproject forming part of the Saudi Vision 2030 program

• China Power International Holding Ltd.: acquisition of utility-scale solar and wind projects in Brazil, Georgia, Hungary and Romania

• SPIC Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd.: forming of a consortium with ACWA Power, a Saudi Arabia based developer and operator of power projects, in their successful joint bids of multiple projects in the region, including the Red Sea Project, a megaproject forming part of the Saudi Vision 2030 program

• SUMEC Group Corporation: acquisition of 3 distributed solar projects in Turkey

• China Southern Power Grid International (HK) Co., Limited: proposed acquisition of a portfolio of 2,400 km of operational transmission lines in Brazil from Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management

• China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Co., Ltd.: forming of a joint venture with KNM International Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian oil, gas and petrochemical engineering conglomerate, to provide BOT services for petrochemical and renewable energy in Malaysia and Southeast Asia

• China National Machinery Imp. & Exp Corp: forming of joint venture with Malaysia based energy company THB Power, which has been awarded tender by Malaysian government, to develop a gas-fired powered power plant located in Kedah, Malaysia (with a total capacity of 1200MW)

• PowerChina Resources Limited: proposed acquisition of majority stake in Amu Power Company Limited, which has been awarded a tender by the Government of Kenya to develop a 981.5 MW coal-fired power plant in Kenya, the largest in East Africa

• Daqing Oilfield Company Limited: acquisition from KunLun Energy Company Limited, a HKEX listed company, of a portfolio of oil and gas assets located in Oman, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Peru

• SPIC Yuanda Environmental Protection Engineering Co., Ltd.: forming of a joint venture with GCL Renewable Energy and joint development of a utility-scale solar project in Serbia

• Apple Operation (a subsidiary of Apple Inc.): acquisition of minority interests in several utility-scale solar and wind power projects owned and operated by Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., including full interest in the associated environmental attributes

• ENGIE China: acquisition of over a dozen utility-scale solar projects, distributed solar projects, biomass power projects, LNG manufacturer and transporter located in various provinces of China

• Veolia China: acquisition of minority stake in an oil field drilling service provider in China

• World Fuel Services: proposed bid at China Beijing Equity Exchange for 49% equity interest of China National Aviation Fuel Supply Co., Ltd., a Beijing-based aviation fuel service provider and a subsidiary of China National Aviation Fuel Group

• Zhejiang Jindi Group: negotiation and signing of joint operation agreements, convention agreements, transportation agreements, pooling agreements and natural gas and crude oil sales and purchase agreements

• China Hongqiao Group: acquisition of a majority stake in Allian Mining Commodities Guinee SA, the holding company of a major bauxite project in Guinea, Africa and negotiation of the mining convention with the government of Guinea

• Shandong Steel Group: acquisition of a stake in African Minerals’ Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone, Africa

• Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets: RMB 1.6 billion acquisition of water treatment business from InterChina Water Treatment Co., Ltd.

Relevant Experience - Manufacturing & Others

• Jianguang Asset Management Co Ltd.: acquisition of RF power business of NXP Semiconductors N.V. from Philips, which is comprised of a series of equity, assets and IP acquisition transactions in PRC and multiple jurisdictions in Europe

• Deals of the Year (2015), China Business Law Journal

• Jiangsu Dewei Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.: proposed bid for Germany-based Carcoustics International GmbH, a major manufacturer of noise-reduction material used on automobiles, and its international subsidiaries in the U.S., Belgium, France, Mexico, Slovak, Italy, China and Spain

• Northeast Industries Group Co. Ltd.: acquisition from Delphi Automotive of its mechatronics business located in Spain, Poland, Mexico, Brazil and China

• Yantai Moon Group: acquisition of Dunham-Bush Industries Sdn Bhd, a leading international manufacturer of commercial and industrial cooling equipment with business in U.S., Europe, Middle East and China

• Hasten Biopharmaceutic Co., Ltd.: acquisition of 5 cardiovascular and metabolism drugs from Takeda Group, a series of equity, assets and IP acquisition in PRC and multiple jurisdictions in Europe

• Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co., Ltd.: forming of a joint venture with U.S.-based Koch Industries to develop a methanol manufacturing complex in St. James Parish of Louisiana, U.S. with a total investment USD $1.85 billion and capacity of 4,950 ton/per day

• Yinniu Micro-Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.: acquisition of Inuitive Inc., an Israel-based developer of multi-core processors designed for use in virtual reality head-mounted displays, smart glasses, drones and robots; structuring of international ESOPs

• Chongqing Water & Environment Holdings Group Ltd.: proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Australia-based Suez Australia Holding Pty Ltd., a major drinking water, wastewater treatment, biosolids management and by-products recovery services provider

• Mengniu Group: acquisition of majority stake in AICE Group, one of the largest food companies in Southeast Asia operating in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

• Hisense Group: acquisition of Archcom Technology Inc., an U.S. based active optical component manufacturer and structuring of post-acquisition integration and international ESOPs; acquisition of majority stake in Jamdeo Ltd., a smart TV operating system provider based in Ontario, Canada; forming of a joint venture company in Hong Kong with Flex Inc. (formerly Flextronics Inc.) to develop open source and standards for smart televisions and related consumer electronic devices

• ING: vendor due diligence and sale of its minority stakes in China Merchants Fund Management Co., Ltd. and ING-BOB Life Insurance Co., Ltd

• OPay Inc.: vendor due diligence relating to its mobile payment business located in Egypt, Nigeria, Cayman, Hong Kong and U.K.

• Qingdao Sino-German Ecopark: public take-over of German Brokers AG, a Frankfurt Stock Exchange listed company in Germany

• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.: acquisition of minority stake in a number of upstream suppliers including North Ocean Photonics

• Global Drilling System Group: forming of joint venture with a major PRC mining company Jinding Mining Machinery Co., Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group

• Milk Specialties Global: forming of a joint venture with a Heilongjiang, China based animal nutrition supplier Rongyao Feed Biotechnology Development Co. Ltd.

• Imperial Tobacco Group: forming of joint venture with China Tobacco Chuanyu Industrial Co., Ltd, a major state-owned tobacco Company