Hu, Patrick H.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin
• Shanghainese

Lawyer Overview

Patrick Hu advises multinational corporations in their international M&A, finance, and commercial transactions involving the United States and Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Greater China region. He focuses on international mergers and acquisitions, private equity, foreign direct investment, and other cross-border business transactions and represents manufacturing and industrial clients in various industries including energy, automotive, telecommunications, consumer products, real estate, construction, media and entertainment, and others. He also advises and represents major state-owned Chinese companies in their overseas acquisitions and other investment projects.

Patrick's recent experience includes the following: representing multinational companies in the acquisition, formation, and operation of wholly foreign-owned and joint venture enterprises in semiconductor, automotive, energy, chemical, home appliance, consumer products, real estate, and other commercial and industrial sectors in China; representing private equity investors and technology companies in numerous equity financing deals in telecommunications, media and entertainment, e-commerce, computer software, real estate, and food and beverage in China; and representing major Chinese state-owned companies in the acquisition of mining assets and energy development projects outside China.

Patrick frequently speaks on international M&A deals involving China to government agencies, commerce and trade associations, as well as industry conferences and seminars. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State of Minnesota Bar, and the District of Columbia Bar. As a native of Shanghai who has practiced in the United States and China, Patrick is fluent in negotiating and preparing transactional and other legal documents in both English and Chinese.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Labor & Employment
• M&A
• Asia Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• Textron sells Fluid and Power division to Clyde Blowers for $1 billion
• Textron sells Textron Fastening Systems , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Minnesota

Education

• Shanghai Conservatory of Music
• U of California - Los Angeles
• U of Minnesota - Main Campus

Published Works

• China's New Foreign Exchange Control Rules Offer Improved Regulatory Transparency for Equity Financing Deals, reprinted in International Finance & Treasury, World Trade Executive, January 15, 2006, 2005

Address

30th Floor, Shanghai Kerry Centre
1515 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 20004, China

Phones

86.21.2201.8006 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.21.5298.6569 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com