East Asia - China

Clifford Chance LLP

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Clifford Chance LLP‘s sizeable Greater China M&A team has an enviable track record of advising on international and Chinese clients’ headline deals, including private and public M&A, China inbound and outbound matters, and multi-jurisdictional transactions. The group also has the ability to call upon the expertise of colleagues from its Asia-Pacific, Europe, Americas and Africa offices during major cross-border deals. In Beijing, cross-border M&A and joint venture specialist Terence Foo has particular expertise in the energy, mining, agribusiness, financial services, TMT, and consumer goods and retail sectors, and Yufei Liao focuses on technology transactions. Over in Shanghai, Kelly Gregory is an expert in China-related M&A and joint ventures, including cross-border deals, joint ventures, sales, and reorganisations; Tim Wang advises large Chinese companies on their outbound investments; and Yi Yang handles matters across a range of sectors. Andrew Crook heads up the firm’s APAC corporate and private equity practice from Hong Kong.

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Key clients

  • China Three Gorges
  • Pfizer
  • Sanofi
  • Citi
  • Henkel
  • Home Credit
  • Carrefour
  • Tencent
  • JCHX Mining
  • State Grid

Work highlights

  • Advised Home Credit on the €615m sale of its Philippines and Indonesian operations to a consortium of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group affiliates.
  • Advised Carrefour on the sale of a majority stake in Carrefour Taiwan to local partner Uni-President Enterprise Corp.
  • Advised China Three Gorges Spain on its acquisition of a 619MW portfolio of photovoltaic projects in Spain from Nexwell Power and its strategic partner Ibox Energy.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Crook, Terence Foo

Other key lawyers

Yufei Liao, Kelly Gregory, Tim Wang, Yi Yang