DLA Piper

Benefitting from the firm’s integrated global transactions practice, DLA Piper‘s Greater China corporate and M&A group (comprising over 40 corporate lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) is active in both inbound and outbound investment transactions involving China. The practice’s expertise covers cross-border M&A, proxy contests, SPACs, public takeovers, and corporate finance. Sectors of notable strength for the team range from industrial automation, healthcare and life sciences to MedTech, insurance, semiconductors and technology. The practice is co-led from Shanghai by corporate, M&A and private equity specialist Qiang Li, who consistently advises on high-stakes cross-border deals, and Roy Chan, a highly regarded corporate and M&A adviser to China’s insurance and financial services sectors. Other key Mainland China names to note are James Chang and Stewart Wang, who both maintain active corporate law and M&A practices. Luke Gannon leads the Asia corporate practice from Hong Kong.