Ling, Jerry C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• English

Lawyer Overview

Jerry Ling advises multinational companies on mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and corporate issues relating to China. In addition, he assists multinationals in disputes and internal investigations in China, including investigations regarding potential FCPA and PRC anti-bribery law violations and other employee misconduct.

Recent representative matters include conducting a large-scale investigation into a publicly listed corporation's violations of FCPA and PRC anti-bribery laws, conducting due diligence for various multinationals' inbound investments and advising on optimal onshore and offshore investment strategies, and assisting in Textron's sale of US$645 million in global assets by handling PRC-related negotiations and structuring the transfer of PRC assets.

Jerry also has extensive litigation experience in the U.S., where he has tried real estate development and commercial business actions in state and federal courts and has helped handle the dismissal of plaintiffs' claims for US$15 million in contract damages, US$10 million in misrepresentation damages, and US$5 million in environmental damages.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• International Litigation & Arbitration

Representative Cases

• Nokia battles patent infringement suits in China , (2009)
• 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

West Practice Categories

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

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii

Education

• Dartmouth College
• Harvard University

Published Works

• Uncle Sam is Watching: Vicarious liability in China under the FCPA, BusinessForum China, 2010

Address

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

Phones

86.21.2201.8002 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.21.5298.6569 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com