Languages

• Cantonese
• Chinese
• English
• Mandarin
• Shanghainese
• Taiwanese

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Banking & Finance
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Construction
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Energy
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• ITC Section 337
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Pharmaceuticals
• Private Equity
• Product Response Team
• Project Finance
• Real Estate
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Published Works

• The Impact of the New "Super Ministries" Announced by China and How This Affects the Construction Industry, 2008
• China's Antitrust Regime: A New Statute Announces The Country's Increasing Importance In The Global Economy, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, 2007
• Chinese Merger Control, The Asia Pacific Antitrust & Trade Review, a Global Competition Review special report. (For more information, please visit www.GlobalCompetitionReview.com.), 2006
• The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2006, published and reproduced with permission of Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2006

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Air Intake Module and Air Filtration Business
• Acquisition of Business Objects S.A.
• Acquisition of Ceramics Division of Johnson Matthey
• Acquisition of China Battery International
• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of Huarong NPL Portfolio
• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• Acquisition of Royal Group Technologies
• Acquisition of Shandong Gold Millet Biological Products
• Acquisition of the electronics business of Rockwood Holdings
• Acquisition of various Chinese food companies
• Add-on
• Alcatel-Lucent Merger
• Alliance with Deutsche Bank
• Audits, Agreements, Clearances
• Bekaert's China investments
• Buyout
• China Joint Venture & Shopping Center Development
• Chinese Joint Ventures
• Clairol Acquisition
• Disposition
• Guangdong LNG Import Terminal and Trunkline Project
• Hebi Coal Mine Joint Venture
• Initial Public Offering by Fosun International Limited
• Issuance of Convertible Bonds by Bonus Earn Investments Limited
• Issuance of Notes by Dynamic Energy Holdings Limited
• Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock
• Issuance of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
• Issuance of Shares by Alchip Technologies Limited
• Joint Venture with Nissan Motor
• Joint Venture with Nissan Motor and Subsequent Restructuring
• Joint Venture with Saiyang Sealing Products
• Joint Venture with SinoPec Jinling Petrochemical Corp.
• Joint Ventures with Undisclosed Partners
• Kautex (Shanghai) Plastic Technology Co. Ltd.
• Kovykta Gas Sales and Transportation Project
• Labor and Employment Issues
• LANXESS Yaxing Chemical Joint Venture
• Management Buyout
• Patent Infringement
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Opinions
• Patent Opposition
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Trolling
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Restructuring of Unilever FIEs and formation of a major company limited by shares
• Sale of worldwide silicones business
• Sale to UPS
• Shanghai Square Financing
• Structured Interest Rate Cap Transactions
• Time Warner Merger

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act