Assisting traditional media and entertainment companies and multinational technology corporations, Haiwen & Partners has a strong practice for TMT transactions, compliance and regulatory matters. The team is led out of Shenzhen by Weiwei Sun who is well-versed in assisting TMT, culture and entertainment clients with M&A and private equity investments. The Beijing practice is led by Peng Fu and Yu Cao. Fu specialises in data and IP matters and is experienced in advising automotive clients on TMT issues, while Cao is the go-to for media and entertainment clients and often handles film and TV project transactions, production financing, advertising, and other media issues. Jianyuan Yang excels in data protection matters and is based in Beijing. Benran Huang splits his time between Shanghai and Beijing and advises technology companies and PE funds with cross-border M&A.

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Key clients

  • Tencent
  • Newborn Town
  • TikTok
  • China International Capital Corporation
  • Goldamn Sachs (Asia)
  • Goldman Sachs International

Work highlights

  • Assisted Huaqin Technology with completing its listing on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
  • Assisted Goldman Sachs with Weibo issuing $330m principle amount of convertible senior notes and 6,233,785 American depositary shares.
  • Assisted Tencent with the acquisition of Tencent comics and animation business by China Literature.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Weiwei Sun, Peng Fu, Yu Cao

Other key lawyers

Jianyuan Yang, Benran Huang