K&L Gates
Working across Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, K&L Gates‘ corporate and M&A team focuses on restructurings, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and public M&A. The team’s sector expertise covers automotive, energy, infrastructure and resources, and financial services and fintech. It is also active in deals involving healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, technology and transportation. Corporate law specialist Frank Voon splits his time between Beijing and Hong Kong, and in Shanghai Simon Poh focuses on cross-border M&A, while Max Gu’s practice covers cross-border business deals and private equity investments.
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Testimonials
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- 'A very efficient team.'
- 'Attentive and with great business acumen.'
- 'Great attention to detail while keeping the big picture in mind.’
‘More efficient than other firms and have great commercial sense.'
'Aware of what terms impact clients' business most and prioritises effectively. ’
'Delivers great value for money.’
Key clients
- Antalpha Holdings Limited
- Aigens Holdings Inc.
- CBX Limited
- DIC Corporation
- DiDi Chuxing
- GP Industries Limited
- Luye Pharma
- Silicon Motion
- Taiwan Liposome
- Wolfspeed, Inc. (formerly known as Cree, Inc.)
Work highlights
- Advised Silicon Motion Technology Corporation on entering into a $3.8bn cross-border take-private acquisition with MaxLinear.
- Advised DIC Corporation on the acquisition of two chemicals manufacturers in the PRC through asset and equity acquisitions.
- Advised Wolfspeed, Inc on the sale of its global LED business to SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Frank Voon