Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton - Corporate Practice Group

Partner

Michael Zhang is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, Antitrust Practice Group and the Intellectual Property Practice Groups. Michael is also the Managing Partner of the firm's Shanghai office. He has a deep understanding of China’s legal system and business practices.

Michael has broad experience in the areas of corporate law, corporate restructuring, antitrust law, intellectual property law, cybersecurity law and personal information protection law in China.

He has represented many U.S. and European clients in a wide range of industries with respect to their mergers and acquisitions, joint venture projects, operations and debt restructurings in China and Asia regions, including life science and healthcare, internet technology, co-working space, automobile, logistics, material hi-tech, telecommunication and software sectors.

With extensive knowledge of international business transactions, Michael has represented leading Chinese companies in their outbound equity and asset transactions outside Mainland China, in the industries of life science and healthcare, e-commerce and green technology.

Michael is experienced with IP licensing, IP due diligence and corporate IP protection within M&A transactions and joint venture projects. He also has expertise with the protection of his client’s IP rights against counterfeiting and piracy in China.

With rich knowledge of China’s and other East Asian countries’ antitrust laws, Michael counsels U.S. and international clients, as well as Chinese local companies on international and PRC antitrust issues, with respect to pre-merger control, price fixing and monopolistic agreement issues.

Michael has intimate knowledge of PRC personal information protection laws and cybersecurity laws, and he has advised many U.S. and international clients on PRC privacy and data security issues.

Mandarin Chinese; English

LL.B., Law School of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (formerly Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade)