The corporate and international projects group at King & Wood Mallesons ‘benefits from a strong network of offices, offering robust professional resources to clients’. The practice is co-headed by Xiao Yong and Wenjing Tian, both of whom are based in Beijing. Yong often acts in financial and M&A transactions, such as internal restructuring, sales of subsidiaries, and acquisitions in the energy sector. Tian specialises in cross-border energy and infrastructure projects, such as a recent investment project in Indonesia. In Shenzhen, Jin Xiong specialises in cross-border M&A investments, often in the oil and gas sector. In Shanghai, Beilei Hou, ’excels in the new energy and M&A sectors’, particularly in sales and acquisitions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘King & Wood Mallesons benefits from a strong network of offices, offering robust professional resources to clients.’
  • ‘Hou Beilei's legal team excels in the new energy and M&A sectors, providing foreign clients with complex transaction structures and comprehensive legal services through excellent legal skills and internal resource coordination.’
  • ‘I have collaborated with Beilei Hou on multiple projects, where she demonstrated her expertise in new energy M&A and investment, along with excellent English skills and the ability to deliver one-stop services for foreign clients.’

Key clients

  • China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC)
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
  • China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
  • CHN Energy Investment Group
  • China Three Gorges Corporation
  • China General Nuclear Power Corporation
  • Yankuang Group
  • China Minmetals Corporation
  • China Gas
  • Huadian New Energy Group Co., Ltd.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Xiao Yong, Tian Wenjing

Other key lawyers

Yinghao Lv, Kathy Fan, George Zhao, Jin Xiong, Beilei Hou, Zhizhi Liu, Molly Su, Zhenzhen Yu, Yi Liu, Long Jing, Suodi Xi