CROSS-BORDER M&A, PE INVESTMENT AND GENERAL CORPORATE

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Medical Services

• Advised Cipla Limited (India) on the establishment and operation of a wholly foreign-owned pharmaceutical enterprise (market authorization holder) in China

• Advised Cipla Limited (India) on the establishment and operation of a Sino-foreign joint venture pharmaceutical enterprise in China

• Advised Cipla Limited (India) on multiple license-in transactions

• Advised Hearing Lab Technology LLC (US) on the establishment and operation of a wholly foreign-owned hearing device sales company in China

• Advised HOYA (Japan) on the sale of equity interests in a domestic medical device enterprise

• Advised PAI Partners, a European private equity fund, on its acquisition of equity interests in a pharmaceutical company

• Advised Roquette on the acquisition of a pharma solution business in China

• Advised Wuxi AppTech on its acquisition of a medical device company in China

• Advised a famous biotechnology company on data compliance of Covid-19 antigen testing

• Advised an investor on its acquisition of a domestic aged care and nursing facility

Manufacturing and Technology

• Advised a semiconductor company on its acquisition of a wafer fab in China

• Advised BlueScope (Australia) on its business operations in China (including the steel structure business of "LYSAGHT®" and "Butler®")

• Advised Continental AG (Germany) on the restructuring of a joint venture in China.

• Advised Hercules (US) on its acquisition of a fine chemical enterprise in Suzhou, China

• Advised robotics company Martin Lord on its Series A financing

• Advised Millipore (US) on its acquisition of a water purification equipment enterprise in China

• Advised PAI Partners, a European private equity fund, on its acquisition of equity interests in an aviation ground equipment manufacturer

• Advised RWE (Germany) on its establishment and daily operation of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise for commodities and futures trading in China

• Advised Silberline (US) on its acquisition of an aluminum silver starch/powder company in China

• Advised SunSi Energies (US) on its acquisition of a chemical trading company in China

• Advised Webasto, a German automobile glass roof manufacturer, on its acquisition of a plant in China

Real Estate

• Advised Acorn International, a NYSE-listed company, on its sale of equity interests in an enterprise to Red Star Macalline

• Advised DHL on its investment in a domestic logistics real estate project in China

• Advised Equity International (US) on its investment in Shanghai Jingrui Real Estate

• Advised e-Shang, an Asia-leading logistics real estate developer, on its merger with Redwood

• Advised Everbright Ashmore on the formation of an offshore China real estate private equity fund and on the fundraising

• Advised Gemdale Group Wins Investment on its investments in a number of real estate projects in China

• Advised Hines (US) on its investment in and development of an apartment, hotel and shopping mall complex project in Dalian, China

• Advised ICBCI on its investment in The Lalu Hotel Limited on a hotel, serviced apartment and office building complex project in Nanjing, China

• Advised Ivanhoe Cambridge (Canada) on its investment in an office building in China

• Advised Red Star Macalline on the sale of a portfolio of logistics assets

• Advised Red Star Macalline on its development of homeware chain stores and commercial properties in Changchun, Chongqing, Dalian, Harbin, Shenyang, Ningbo, etc.

• Advised SOHO China on its acquisition of the land parcel of Sichuan North Road Metro Station of Shanghai Metro Line 10 from CITIC Group

• Advised Sunway Group (Malaysia) on the liquidation of its real estate joint venture in China

• Advised Tyco Electronics on its subsidiary's land replacement and plant relocation matters in China

• Advised Warburg Pincus (US) on its investments in a portfolio of wholesale market projects in China.

• Advised Warburg Pincus (US) on its investments in e-Shang on a portfolio of logistics property projects and provided continued legal services for Shanghai e-Shang on its investments in, development and operation of logistics property projects in China

• Advised Warburg Pincus (US) on its investment in Mofang Chain Serviced Apartments

Other Corporate Practice

• Advised an Internet sports events data service company on its equity financing and domestic and foreign restructuring

• Advised a Swiss industrial investor on its investment in an Internet sports events data service company

• Advised a European laser printing equipment supplier on its export of industrial-use laser printing equipment to China

• Advised a catering group on its domestic and foreign restructuring

Outbound Investment

• Advised Air Liquide on its supply of air liquefaction equipment to Argentina

• Advised a China Tobacco subsidiary on legal environment investigations for the export of innovative tobacco products to certain countries

• Advised China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd. on legal environment investigations for the export of cigarettes and tobacco to certain countries

• Advised HLA on its establishment of companies and stores in North America and Europe

• Advised ZTE on its outbound investment in a company listed in North America

• Assisted a famous shipping group in the establishment of HK presences to carry out ocean shipping business

TELECOMS, CYBERSECURITY, AND DATA PROTECTION

E-Commerce

• Advised alibaba.com on its co-investment with KKR in daojia.com

• Advised a leading water heater manufacturer on the operation of websites, Apps, public accounts, mini-programs and other digital platforms as well as the integration of online and offline businesses

• Advised ASOS.com, a UK online fashion platform, on the establishment of the local e-commerce platform in China and provided continued legal services for the operation of the platform

• Advised dianping.com on the deconstruction of its VIE structure in respect of value-added telecoms licenses and daily operations

• Advised Decathlon (France) on its acquisition of a Sino-Japanese joint venture which conducts online sales of outdoor goods

• Advised Decathlon (France) on its acquisition of a sports goods online sales company in Beijing

• Advised farfetch.com, a European online luxury fashion platform, on its establishment and operation of the local e-commerce platform in China, including applying for the relevant value-added telecoms license and formulating safeguard measures for network and information security

• Advised Florentia Village (Italy) on compliance plans and solutions for the establishment of online outlets for special sales and flash sales in China

• Advised a leading Italian luxury fashion brand in opening the T-mall flagship store, official website flagship store and WeChat public account, including drafting transaction rules, privacy policy and terms of use, reviewing the entrusted e-commerce operation agreement, etc.

• Advised a leading German textile and textile machine manufacturer on the establishment and operation of a B2B e-commerce platform, including advising on telecoms regulatory matters and formulating terms of use, transaction rules and privacy policy for the platform

• Advised a famous Korean healthcare product and food company on the establishment of a cross-border e-commerce platform in China, including providing solutions for the contemplated cross-border e-commerce on value-added telecoms, customs, tax, logistics, and import and sale of food and drugs

• Advised a foreign-invested joint venture online travel agency (OTA) in engaging in online booking services and Internet insurance brokerage business, including applying for a value-added telecoms license and formulating safeguard measures for network and information security

Internet Data Center (IDC), Cloud Computing, and AI

• Advised a leading US PE fund on its investment in a portfolio of Internet data centers in China, including providing solutions on the IDC project approval, value-added telecoms qualification and investment structuring

• Advised a leading UK PE fund on its investment in an Internet data center project in China, including providing solutions on the IDC project approval, energy assessment, value-added telecoms qualification, investment structuring, etc.

• Advised GDS on its acquisition of several Internet data centers in China, including providing solutions for the IDC project approval, energy assessment, value-added telecoms qualification, investment structuring, etc.

• Advised Star Crest on its investment in an Internet data center project in China, including providing solutions for the IDC project approval, energy assessment, value-added telecoms qualification and investment structuring, and reviewed the server rack leasing agreement during the follow-up operation

• Advised a leading US PE fund on its investment in a portfolio of Internet data centers in China, including advising on IDC project approval, energy assessment, value-added telecoms qualification, deal structuring, server rack leasing agreements, ISP service agreements, cybersecurity and data compliance

• Advised a leading consulting firm in providing various SaaS services in China regarding telecoms regulation, cybersecurity, IT deployment and data export

• Advised a leading robotics company in providing SaaS and PaaS services in relation to selling home use and commercial use robots in China regarding telecoms regulation, cybersecurity, privacy protection and GDPR compliance

• Advised a US technology company in providing clinical trial SaaS products in China regarding telecoms regulation, cybersecurity, and data compliance

• Advised a leading UK industrial internet company in providing SaaS, PaaS and digital twin products in China regarding telecoms regulation, cyber security, data security, personal information protection, etc.

• Advised a European industrial Computer Aided Design software provider on its operations in China regarding distribution, telecoms, cybersecurity, data security, IP, etc.

• Advised Baichuan-AI on the business cooperation with a partner on an industrial large language model

• Advised Mohe on the joint development of a hardware-software integrated high performance computing system, Shanghai Cube, with a portfolio of top ecological enterprises

• Advised an AI-IoT unicorn enterprise on its smart city projects

Internet Content Services, International & Domestic Multi-party Communication, DNS, etc.

• Advised the most influential export trade fair in China on the online trade fair, including reviewing online agreements (terms of use, privacy policy, disclaimer, cookie policy, exhibition products uploading policy, etc.) and the technology cooperation agreement with the technical supplier

• Advised chezhibao.com, an online second-hand car trading platform, on its restructuring and application for a joint venture value-added telecoms license (ICP license)

• Advised a well-known real estate group on its life service app, including applying for value-added telecoms licenses, drafting platform rules and service agreements, formulating safeguard measures for network and information security, assisting in carrying out cybersecurity multi-level protection schemes, and providing legal support for the daily operation of the app

• Assisted a leading consulting firm in providing Internet content services in China, including applying for a joint venture value-added telecoms license (ICP license) and formulating safeguard measures for network and information security

• Advised a leading foreign exhibition and branding company on its establishment of an online platform for exhibition decoration business matchmaking and exhibition decoration process management in China, including applying for value-added telecoms licenses, advising on Internet financing compliance, and formulating platform rules and service agreements, etc.

• Advised a world-leading multi-party telecoms service provider in providing international multi-party telecoms solutions and call center services in China in respect of cybersecurity, deployment of IT facilities and data protection, etc.

• Advised a foreign company in providing DNS services in China

• Advised a Japanese company in holding light show art events in China via wireless equipment

Industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things

• Advising Honeywell on industrial Internet matters

• Advised a leading US large-scale medical equipment company on an industrial Internet project

• Advised a leading diesel engine enterprise on an Internet of Vehicles project

• Advised a luxury car brand on an electric vehicle charging piles service App, providing solutions in respect of value-added telecoms qualifications, map service, business model design, etc.

• Advised a leading US engineering equipment company on its e-commerce and IoT platforms in respects of MLPS and telecoms regulation

• Advised a luxury car brand on the development of an Internet of Vehicles project including providing legal advice in respect of value-added telecoms qualifications and data compliance and providing legal service in formulating relevant platform agreements

• Served as legal counsel for SAIC-GM (the joint venture of General Motors in China) on cybersecurity, data protection and telecoms matters

Basic Telecommunications, Aviation, and Space

• Advised a world leading aircraft manufacturer in providing critical information infrastructure services in China in respect of telecoms regulation, cybersecurity review, data security, data export, etc. 

• Advised a major airlines group on the establishment of a joint venture to provide critical information infrastructure services, including advising on civil aviation regulation, telecoms regulation, foreign investment security review, cybersecurity review, data export, personal information protection, GDPR compliance, etc.

• Advised a major airlines group on the establishment of a joint venture to provide air-ground connectivity services in respect of telecoms regulation, cybersecurity, data security, business cooperation, state-owned assets administration, etc.

• Advised a major airlines group on the procurement of air-ground connectivity services from a basic telecoms operator

• Advised a Japanese airlines company on the collection and use of Chinese passengers’ personal information and cross-border data transfer

• Advised a world's leading air transport communications and information technology solution provider on providing air communication solutions for Chinese airlines

• Cybersecurity, Data Governance, and Data Export

• Advised a top Internet company on conducting data compliance assessments, revising its privacy policies and user service agreements for the products, conducting data export security assessments and privacy impact assessments, etc. 

• Advised an Internet tax service platform in respect of telecoms regulation, cybersecurity, privacy protection, user service agreements, service agreements with Internet sharing economy platforms, electronic signature, etc.

• Advised a Hong Kong luxury hotel brand on its online platforms (the WeChat public account, mini-program, and website) in respect of telecoms regulation and data compliance

• Advised a French luxury hotel brand on privacy policy, children's privacy protection, inter-group data transfer, etc.

• Advised an international luxury hotel brand on its online platforms in China (the website, mini-program, and public account) in respect of data compliance

• Advised a domestic hotel brand management company on membership transfer and data migration as a result of an acquisition

• Advised a leading US hearing aid company on the collection of personal health information, cross-border data transfer, privacy policy, communication, Internet access and deployment of IT facilities in China

• Advised a British Fin-tech company in providing supply chain financing in China regarding cyber security, cross-border data transfer, server deployment, data compliance, etc.

• Advised a foreign-invested financial service company on the security assessment of data export

• Advised several foreign-invested manufacturing companies, foreign-invested banks, and foreign-invested Fin-tech companies on SCC filings

Cybersecurity and Personal Information Protection Compliance Audit

• Advised a foreign-invested financial institution technological service company on MLPS, data security, and personal information protection compliance audit

• Conducted a gap analysis for a large foreign-invested real estate group (covering golf courses, hotels, apartments, shopping malls, smart cities, etc.) regarding cybersecurity and personal information protection, advised on cross-border data transfer, network multi-level protection scheme, internal company rules and polices, governance structure, personal information protection, content management, and telecoms regulation on the digital tools, and assisted in remediation actions

• Conducted a gap analysis for a leading German textile and textile machine manufacturer on its cybersecurity and personal information protection conditions, advised on network multi-level protection scheme, cross-border data transfer, server deployment, employee personal information protection, etc., and assisted in remediation actions

• Conducted a cybersecurity and data protection compliance audit for a world-leading homeware retail company and provided solutions on cross-border data transfer, network multi-level protection scheme, content management, data center deployment, etc.

• Conducted a cybersecurity and data protection compliance audit for a world-leading homeware design, manufacturing and wholesale company and provided solutions on network multi-level protection scheme, personal information protection, cross-border data transfer, content management, e-commerce, etc.

• Conducted a cybersecurity and data protection compliance audit for a leading US tech company in providing mobile advertisement trading platform services in China and provided solutions on data collection, server deployment, cross-border data transfer, etc.

• Conducted a cybersecurity compliance audit for a famous European fashion brand for its China entities and provided solutions on network multi-level protection scheme, personal information protection, content management, cross-border data transfer, data center deployment, etc.

Emergency Handling of Cybersecurity Incidents

• Advised a foreign invested fine chemical company on the emergency handling of a data leakage incident and the follow-up cybersecurity compliance audit

• Advised an e-commerce platform on the emergency handling of a data leakage incident

REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE

• Advised Golden Jaguar Group on the issuance of single-purpose prepaid card

• Advised an auto parts enterprise on its internal anti-corruption investigation in China

• Advised an automobile tire enterprise on its responding to and handling of the anti-unfair competition investigation carried out by the Administration for Industry and Commerce in China

• Advised an auto parts enterprise on its product recall and insurance claims

• Advised a US company on its responding to and handling of its competitor's disparaging advertising against the US company's products in China

• Advised a US auto parts manufacturing enterprise on its responding to and handling of the environmental compliance investigation in China

• Advised a European healthcare products enterprise in investigating and handling the violation of non-compete obligations by its senior staff in China

• Advised a Fortune Global 500 company in formulating hospitality policies and dawn raid policies

• Advised a Fortune Global 500 German company in formulating a dawn raid policy