Clients praise King & Wood Mallesons for its ‘strong ability to solve comprehensive problems’. In July 2023, the firm launched a formal cooperation agreement with Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP; thanks to this cooperation, the compliance team has gained a large volume of merger filing work across multiple jurisdictions. Susan Ning leads the department from Beijing and recently represented BYD in a merger filing valued at around 2 billion USD. Also in Beijing, Tianjie Zhang supports the practice in advising a broad range of state-owned and international companies. Shanghai-based Zhifeng Chai has particular experience in representing multinational technology companies in SAMR investigations.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The service is efficient and the attitude is good. It is a corporate law firm with close cooperation between different teams, wide range of resources that can be deployed, subdivided professional fields, and strong ability to solve comprehensive problems.'

  • ‘High level of responsiveness is a key strength.’

Key clients

  • China National Medical Device Co., Ltd./GE Healthcare (China) Co., Ltd.
  • Shandong Newjf Technology Packaging Co., Ltd.
  • Hangzhou State-owned Capital Investment and Operation Co.
  • BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited
  • CMA CGM S.A.
  • Allkem Limited
  • Chongqing Aulton New Energy Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
  • China Resources Group
  • Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd
  • Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Represented China National Medical Device Co., Ltd. (CMDC) and GE Medical (China) Co., Ltd. (GEHC China) in the China merger filing to SAMR, and assisted the clients in receiving the merger filing unconditional clearance within only one month in China.
  • Assisted Newjf with acquiring shares in Greatview.
  • Advised APRIL in multijurisdictional merger filing analysis of more than 53 key jurisdictions and coordinated the merger filing in mainland China and China Taiwan.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Susan Ning

Other key lawyers

Zhifeng Chai, Tianjie Zhang