Mr Michael Yu > Global Law Office > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile
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NO 81 JIANGUO ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT
BEIJING 100025
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Mr Michael Yu
Work Department
Michael Yu is a corporate partner based in our Beijing Office.
Position
Michael has extensive experience representing clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions, advising public and private companies in corporate mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures and assisting private equity firms with equity transactions, leveraged buyouts and going-private transactions. Michael is specialized in assisting private equity firms in the portfolio management and exit, including related dispute resolution matters. Michael has also represented issuers and sponsors with respect to initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings Over the past 20 years, Michael’s experience has extended across a broad array of sectors including life sciences and healthcare, education, energy, consumer market, real estate, TMT, financial services, etc.
In the past a number year, Michael has been a regularly recommended legal practitioner in China by Chambers and Partners, Asian Legal Business, Legal 500, etc.
Career
Prior to rejoining Global Law Office in 2011, Mr. Yu worked as a partner with Norton Rose (Asia) LLP.
Languages
Chinese,English
Education
1999 – 2000 University of Nottingham, UK
1995 – 1999 Heilongjiang University School of Law
Lawyer Rankings
China > Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms
Global Law Office‘s healthcare and life sciences team aims to provide a “one-stop” service for clients in the sector, handling M&A, investment and funding, licensing, day-to-day operational matters, IP protection, and compliance advice. The firm assists major MNCs in this capacity – including GSK, Roche and Amgen – as well as PRC state-owned enterprises. The practice is led jointly by Alan Zhou, a specialist in private equity and venture capital funds in the life sciences and medical technology field, and M&A and foreign direct investment specialist Michael Yu. Jerry Liu is also integral, with experience acting for investors as well as directly for biopharmaceutical companies. Licensing and collaboration agreements expert Charlene Huang, healthcare compliance specialist Coco Fan and certified fraud examiner Jacky Li are further key cogs in the team, as is associate Stephanie Wang.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: PRC firms
- Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms
- Projects and energy: PRC firms
- Real estate and construction: PRC firms
- WTO/international trade: PRC firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: PRC firms
- Capital markets: PRC firms
- Corporate and M&A: PRC firms
- Data protection: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Arbitration: PRC firms
- Dispute resolution: Litigation: PRC firms
- Fintech: PRC firms
- Investment funds: PRC firms
- Labour and employment: PRC firms
- Private equity: PRC firms
- Regulatory/compliance: PRC firms
- TMT: PRC firms
- Insurance: PRC firms
- Private wealth: PRC firms
- Regional coverage: Sichuan Province: Chengdu including Chongqing
- Restructuring and insolvency: PRC firms
- Shipping: PRC firms
- Intellectual property: PRC firms