Kao, H. John

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Mandarin
• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

John Kao represents clients on acquisition and investment transactions. He has advised Greater China-based clients in their overseas acquisitions and investments, as well as acquisitions and investments in Greater China by multinational companies, private equity firms, and venture capital firms. In addition, John advises clients on the formation of private equity and venture capital funds and on a wide array of legal issues and corporate matters in Greater China.

John's representative transactions include: Bayer Material Science's acquisition of Ure-Tech Group, Winbond Electronics' acquisition of National Semiconductor's Advanced PC Division, NVIDIA's acquisition of ULi Electronics, United Test and Assembly Center's acquisition of UltraTera Corp., Sunplus Technologies' acquisition of Oak Technology's optical storage business, Petrocom Energy Limited's sale of shares to Investec, and PolyOne's acquisition of the PVC compounding unit from Ngai Hing Hong Co. Ltd.

Other companies and funds that John has worked on substantial matters include Actions Semiconductor, Asiavest, Diebold, NewSummit Biopharma, Sansar Capital, Texas Pacific Group, Timken, and Uni-President Group.

John is a frequent speaker on China inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions and investing in China by foreign enterprises and is Partner-in-Charge in Beijing.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• A-MAX places shares , (2009)
• Feiya Technology acquires Silicon Motion
• Infoserve Technology Corp forms alliance with SingTel
• iSoftStone Holdings issues $33 million Convertible Note in a private placement
• James Jin sells Business Weekly Publishing to Tom.com
• Jan, Hung-Tze forms Home Media Group Limited
• Lacquer Craft Manufacturing acquires Universal Furniture
• NVIDIA acquires ULi Electronics
• OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million , (2009)
• Petrocom completes sale of business unit to Investec and Standard Bank Asia
• Petrocom issues shares to AEI Asia
• PolyOne acquires GLS , (2009)
• PyroSwift restructures and issues shares to High Tech Capital , (2009)
• Shaw Kwei invests in Bonus Earn Investments
• Sunplus Technology jointly acquires Oak Technology
• Sysware sells Kimo.com, Taiwan's No. 1 website, to Yahoo!
• Timken signs agreement to sell needle roller bearings business to JTEKT , (2009)
• Triton Investment Consulting forms venture capital fund
• Uni-President Enterprises acquires interest in Kuang Chuan Group
• United Test and Assembly Center merge with UltraTera
• Winbond Electronics acquires the Advanced PC Business Division from National Semiconductor , (2009)
• YFY Group invests in Leyou.com
• YFY Group invests in Neutron Innovation

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Minnesota

Education

• Virginia Military Institute
• William Mitchell Coll of Law

Published Works

• Legal Considerations for Managing Restructurings in China, 2009
• Mergers and Acquisitions in China, 2006

Address

32nd Floor, China World Office 1
No.1 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China

Phones

86.10.5866.1211 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.10.5866.1122 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com