Hogan Lovells International LLP

Corporate & Finance

Partner

With over 15 years' experience of advising clients in China, having relocated from Silicon Valley to Shanghai in 2005 (to open the office of a leading Silicon Valley law firm), Don is well regarded and highly experienced in advising TMT companies throughout their entire lifecycle from startup to mature public company (VC/PE financing, day to day corporate needs, M&A and capital markets transactions) as well as these companies’ ecosystem, including VC/PE funds and investment banks.

Over the years, Don has represented private and public companies across many industries, including Acorn, Alibaba, Alipay, Ant Financial Services, Autodesk, BCD Semiconductor, Bridge Pharmaceuticals, Cisco Systems, Cyte Therapeutics, FunPlus Games, Grab, Hanson Robotics, Kuaidi Dache, Newport Corporation, PharmaLegacy, Polycom, RealD, SeaWorld, Sigma Designs, Smarter Micro, and SMIC.

Today, Don's practice encompasses a broad range of clients and provides general corporate and transactional advice in the PRC and elsewhere around the world. Clients look to Don's knowledge and experience in advising on PE and VC financings, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings.

Don has represented venture capital and private equity funds, including Advanced Technology Ventures, Angelvest, BASF Venture Capital GmbH, Chengwei Ventures, DFJ Dragon Ventures, Fidelity/Eight Roads, GGV, Global Founders Capital, GSR Ventures, IFC, JAFCO, KPCB China, Ping An, Sequoia Capital, Qiming Ventures, Rocket Internet and Softbank China Venture Capital, in connection with portfolio investments and other transactions as well as investment banks in connection with public offerings.

Don is recognized as one of the top China-based private equity/venture capital lawyers by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2009 through 2022). Don has also been recognized by Legal 500 and was named a "China Top 15 M&A Lawyer" by Asian Legal Business in 2019.

English, Mandarin, Spanish

The Ethics Council of The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai

J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1993

B.A., Stanford University, with honors and distinction, 1989