Languages

• Cantonese
• Chinese
• English
• French
• German
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Putonghua
• Shanghainese
• Spanish
• Taiwanese

Areas of Practice

• Airlines & Aviation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Construction
• Construction Litigation
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy Transactions
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Hospitality
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• ITC Section 337
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Patent Prosecution
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• State and Local Tax Counseling
• Tax
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: Coca-Cola / Huiyuan Deal is First Acquisition Blocked by China Antitrust Review, 2009
• A Tale of Two Companies, originally published in the May-June 2008 issue of China Business Review, 2008
• The Impact of the New "Super Ministries" Announced by China and How This Affects the Construction Industry, 2008
• Deconstructing Restructuring Law, New York Law Journal, 2004

Representative Cases

• Syverson v. International Business Machines, Inc., Case No. C-03-04529 (RMW), U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, San Jose Division , (2008)
• Acquisition of Ceramics Division of Johnson Matthey
• Acquisition of Chemical Company
• Acquisition of China Battery International
• Acquisition of Guidant Businesses
• Acquisition of Non-performing Loan Portfolios
• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• Acquisition of Technical Absorbents
• Acquisition of the Remaining 50% of Haagen-Dazs Taiwan
• Alliance with Deutsche Bank
• Arbitration – Chek Lap Kok Airport Apron Tunnels, Hong Kong
• Arbitration – Housing Development, Midlands
• Arbitration – Office Development, Auckland
• Arbitration against a Sino-foreign Joint Venture
• Arbitration Against State-Owned Corporation
• Arbitration and Claims ― Office Development, London
• Arbitration and Litigation – Defective and Unsafe Works
• Arbitration and Litigation – Short Piles
• Arbitration to Claim Damages
• Assistance in Servicing Litigation Documents
• Breach of Contract – Elevator Installation
• Breach of Contract – Housing Development, Southern England
• Breach of Contract – Refrigerated Coldstores
• Breach of Contract — Shopping Center, U.K.
• Buyout
• China Operations
• Construction Bid – Subway Project, Beijing
• Construction Claims – Chek Lap Kok Airport (Dragonair Headquarters), Hong Kong
• Construction Claims Against Hong Kong Government
• Construction Contracts, Procurement, Claims – New Tanjung Pelepas Seaport, Johor
• Construction Disputes – Pipeline, Sudan
• Construction Issues – Subway Line, Beijing
• Construction Risk Analysis – Proposed Petrochemical Plant, Malaysia
• Contract Advice – Water Treatment Plants, New Zealand
• Contract Advisement Regarding SARS
• Contract and Agreement Drafting – Baggage Handling System, Heathrow Airport
• Contract and Claim Issues – Chek Lap Kok Airport Building, Hong Kong
• Contract and Claim Issues – High Speed Rail Project, Taiwan
• Contract and Claim Issues – IFC II Tower, Hong Kong
• Contract and Claim Issues – Macau Tower
• Contract and Claim Issues – Macau Tower Entertainment Centre, Macau
• Contract and Claim Issues – Taipei Financial Center, Taiwan
• Contract and Procurement Advice
• Contract Drafting
• Contract Drafting – Joint Venture West Rail Railway Project, Hong Kong
• Contract Drafting – Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lampur
• Contract Drafting, Procurement Options – Computer Manufacturing Plant, Shenzhen
• Contract Drafting, Procurement Options U.S. multinational manufacturing company Foundry Facilities, Heibei
• Contract Drafting, Project Management, Claims – Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT)
• Contractor Claims – Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea
• Contractor Defense – Building Project, Hong Kong
• Coordinating Court Litigation
• Coordinating Court Litigation
• Corporate Counseling , (2007)
• Defense of Foreign-Based Chinese Subsidiary
• Disputes – Channel Tunnel
• Disputes – New Zealand Government
• Employment Termination Disputes in China
• EPC Contract Drafting – Power Plant Expansion, Indonesia
• Facilitation of Share Transfer and Disposal
• Foreign Investment Enterprise in China
• Foreign Investment Enterprise in China
• Foreign Investment Enterprise in China
• Formation of Home Media Group
• Guangdong LNG Import Terminal and Trunkline Project
• Health and Safety Issues – KCRC East Rail, Hong Kong
• Hebi Coal Mine Joint Venture
• Hitachi Global Storage Products (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
• Initial Public Offering and Institutional Placing
• Initial Public Offering by China Merchants Bank
• International Contractor Claim – Undersea Sewage Tunnels, Hong Kong
• Issuance of Shares by Youku.com , (2009)
• Joint Venture and Construction Issues – Baiyun Airport, Guangdong
• Joint Venture with Sinotrans Air
• Kautex (Shanghai) Plastic Technology Co. Ltd.
• Kovykta Gas Sales and Transportation Project
• Kuala Lumpur International Airport Project
• NGO Registration
• Performance Bond Advisement
• PIPE Transaction
• PIPE Transaction
• Pipeline Construction – Marsden Point, New Zealand
• Private Placement
• Private Placement , (2009)
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement , (2009)
• Project Counseling
• Real Estate Development
• Sale of Business Weekly
• Sale of worldwide silicones business
• Sale to UPS
• Settled-Asset Auction
• Shanghai Manufacturing Plant
• SSDS Tunnels Litigation, Hong Kong
• Taipei 101 – Taipei Financial Center.
• Taiwan High Speed Rail Project
• Taiwan joint venture
• Termination Issues
• Termination Issues, Injunction Proceedings – Infrastructure Project, Kuala Lumpur
• Tianjin Manufacturing Plant

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 Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Contracts, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, 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, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Shareholders' Rights, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, State, Local & Municipal Law, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, 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