Aihua Xiao
Tian Yuan Law Firm
Tian Yuan Law Firm
Client SatisfactionTian Yuan Law Firm‘s corporate team is recognised for being ’professional, responsible, and particularly adept at understanding business needs’, serving clients across diverse industries including TMT, energy, and education. Yu Piao specialises in corporate investment and financing, including M&A and restructuring of Chinese enterprises, while Chenggang Cao assists investors and investees with designing transaction plans, completing legal due diligence, and negotiating transaction documents. Piao and Cao co-lead the department with Lei Cai, whose broad clientele includes listed companies, private equity funds, and Fortune 500 foreign companies. Aihua Xiao offers notable experience in advising state-owned enterprises.
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Testimonials
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- 'Tian Yuan excels in equity mergers and acquisitions, asset restructuring, IPOs, and other related fields. They are resourceful and highly efficient, adept at meeting our company’s diverse professional needs. Particularly in complex, cross-disciplinary service requirements, they swiftly establish effective teams and mechanisms to complete tasks efficiently.'
- 'Xiaohui Zhu is skilled at assembling a high-quality professional team swiftly and creating a flexible, efficient service mechanism to address our needs at various development stages and for complex tasks. The quality of service provided is exceptionally high.'
‘The legal team led by Aihua Xiao has a solid legal foundation and excellent professional qualities, with extensive experience and expertise in areas such as corporate investment, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganisation, state-owned enterprise legal services, securities financing, non-performing assets, and private equity funds. The team also has a strong reputation and extensive experience in state-owned enterprise legal services.'
'Aihua Xiao has exceptional risk judgement and problem-solving skills, maintaining a ‘five-star’ service standard and delivering professional and efficient legal services to clients.'
'They are highly professional, responsible, and particularly adept at understanding business needs. This allows them to develop solutions that are closely aligned with business requirements, which is essential for companies.'
'Yanling Ren and Danbo Shi have offered outstanding professional support and business solutions throughout many innovative and complex restructuring projects. Tian Yuan stands out from other firms for its deep understanding of business operations, the legal relationships integral to these operations, and its ability to identify solutions based on this understanding.'
Key clients
- Red Star Macalline Group Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Huoyan Beiai Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd.
- GLOBUS Events Limited
- YOOZOO Interactive Co., Ltd.
- Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd.
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.
- Poly Culture Group Co., Ltd.
- Suzhou Elite Technology Co., Ltd.
- Yidong Optical Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- China Taiping Insurance Holdings Limited
- Shanghai Hongxin Medical Investment Holding Co., Ltd.
- China Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd.
- Inno High-tech (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Henan Shibo Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sichuan Cultural Industry Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)
- Beijing Xicheng Jinrui Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.
- China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch
Work highlights
- Advised Red Star Macalline Holdings Group Co., Ltd. on the sale of its controlling stakes in Macalline to Xiamen C&D Inc.
- Served as buy-side counsel for Jia Man Apparel in the acquisition of IP assets from Wolverine Worldwide's Hush Puppies brand in Greater China.
- Assisted Shanghai Huoyan Beiai Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., along with several A-share listed automotive component companies, in establishing a private equity fund to invest in Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Xiaohui Zhu
Tian Yuan Law FirmPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Yu Piao, Chenggang Cao, Lei Cai