Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Well known for big-ticket China M&A deals, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP‘s representative work includes advising bidders, targets and financial investors on complex inbound and outbound cross-border M&A and private equity deals, including share and asset acquisitions and sales, reorganisations and joint ventures. The ’highly efficient‘ team is particularly involved in matters concerning Chinese and multinational companies from the TMT, financial services and consumer sectors. The group is also active on behalf of Chinese new economy companies. ’Always one of clients’ most recommended lawyers‘, Beijing office head Peter Huang is consistently involved in Chinese companies’ headline cross-border M&A, as well as foreign investment transactions in China. In Shanghai, Haiping Li, who focuses on corporate finance transactions, cross-border M&A, investments and other general corporate matters, co-heads the China practice with Hong Kong-based Paloma Wang, while office leader Yuting Wu routinely advises on high-stakes M&A transactions. Flora Lu and Peter Pang are the counsels to note in Shanghai. Jonathan Stone heads the Asia corporate practice from Hong Kong.