Location: Expertise / Corporate / Merger & Acquisition
Corporate / Merger & Acquisition

Our services in company and M&A business involve a range of transaction types and cover the entire transaction process, including acquisition and disposal of non-listed assets and acquisition of listed companies from initial investment up to equity withdrawal. Especially, we have rich practical experience in dealing with cross-border transactions as well as trading and acquisition and restructuring of state-owned assets.

Merge and acquisition

Our business involves a range of industries including financial services, manufacturing, trade, energy and mining, automobile, real estate and construction, communication and transportation, life science and medical care, food and catering, culture, entertainment & sports and TMT, and covers all the aspects of transactions, including foreign capital access, overseas investment, industrial regulation, state-owned asset management, tax, FX regulation, intellectual property, labor, antitrust and national security review, among others.

 

We have creatively undertaken a large number of milestone cases in China M&A market, including: 

  • In 2019, represented New Frontier Corporation to purchase United Family Healthcare (UFH) from TPG
  • In 2019, represented Suning.com to acquire Carrefour China
  • In 2019, represented Jiangxi Copper Company Limited's acquisition of the Canadian Listed Company First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Shares with a Consideration Exceeding USD 1.1 Billion
  • In 2019, represented BeiGenes's Strategic Oncology Collaboration with Amgen
  • In 2017, represented CNAC to acquire all the shares of Syngenta (listed in Switzerland and the U.S.) with a deal value of USD42.6 billion (the largest overseas investment acquisition project among Chinese companies, “Outbound Deal of the Year” by China Law & Practice 2017)
  • In 2016, participated in IDG Capital's acquisition of shares of A shares listed company Sichuan Shuangma Cement Co., Ltd. and the takeover of control project
  • In 2015, represented IFC regarding the strategic investment in Postal Savings Bank of China
  • In 2014, represented HKEX-listed company Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd. injected spin-off domestic STB business (estimated RMB3.5 billion) into China Resources Jinhua Co., Ltd. and listed domestically (The first case of back-door listing of overseas red chip listed company's spin-off domestic asset business at A shares securities market)
  • In 2010, represented United Design Group on its overall consolidation with AsiaInfo (ASIA.Nasdaq) (The new company becomes the largest telecom software enterprise in China), and the afterwards listed in Hong Kong
  • In 2009, represented Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited (3382.HK), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Grand Point Investment Limited, acquired 56.81% shares in Tianjin Port Holdings Co., Ltd. (600717.SH) from Tianjin Port (Group) Co., Ltd. for a total consideration of HK$10,961 million (The first state-owned red chip company listed in Hong Kong to acquire the controlling interest in an A-share company listed in China by means of a reverse takeover)
  • In 2002, represented SABMiller regarding its general offer to acquire Harbin Brewery Group Harbin Brewery (The first foreign general offer targeting Chinese companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange)
  • Participated in the share swap absorption merger of Huabei Expressway (000916) and China Merchants Expressway Network & Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • Participated in Hubei Shalunda Co., Ltd. RMB18.4 billion share swap to acquire full stake in Adama Agricultural Solutions (the world's sixth-largest pesticide producer)

Corporate business

With regard to corporate relevant legal affairs, our experience can satisfy all the needs of a company from establishment to liquidation. Our services mainly include: 

  • designing investment structure and corporate governance structure;
  • conducting legal due diligence;
  • participating in negotiating and drafting, reviewing and modifying documents related to incorporation;
  • helping clients process various government approvals, licenses and registrations, among others;
  • providing comprehensive legal opinions regarding tax planning, intellectual property protection, labor and human resources management, FX, customs and exit strategy, among others;
  • drafting, reviewing and negotiating various business contracts in daily operation;
  • dealing with litigation and arbitration affairs;
  • dealing with restructuring, settlement and liquidation, etc.

Media's Evaluation

One pleased client explains that "they are very diligent and responsive." The same source adds that "they put themselves in our shoes and really go the extra mile for us."

"Their performance is extremely good," reports another source, elaborating that "the legal opinions they provide are not only professional, but also extremely fast."

——Chambers-Greater China Region 2023

 

Global Law Offices has a well-established practice with expertise across a wide range of big-ticket M&A. Advises both multinational and domestic clients on onshore and cross-border deals, showing notable activity in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, mining and retail sectors. Active on cross-border transactions involving South-Eastern Asia and offshore jurisdictions.

——Chambers-Greater China Region 2022

 

Awards

  • 2022, Nominated in China Law Awards - Corporate M&A Law Firm of the Year, LEGALBAND
  • 2021-2022, Nominated in Team of the Year - M&A, IFLR1000 China
  • 2022, M&A (Inbound and domestic) Law Firm of the Year, China Business Law Journal
  • 2022, Nominated in Regional Impact Deals: Shanghai - M&A - Shanghai Pharmaceuticals EUR18 million acquisition of Fimet Oy, IFLR1000 China
  • 2022, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year: East China: Primavera Capital Acquires Greater China Business of Mead Johnson from Reckitt Benckiser Group, Asian Legal Business
  • 2021, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year – Midsize: LuxsanTech’s acquisition of Two Subsidiaries of Wistron Corporation, Asian Legal Business
  • 2020, Deals of The Year - M&A: “New Frontier Corporation in Acquisition of United Family Healthcare”, China Law & Practice
  • 2020, Deal of the Year for Assisting Kazakhstan Boguty Tungsten Mine in its Equity and Debt Financing Project, China Business Law Journal
  • 2019, Deals of the Year for NFC acquires United Family Healthcare, China Business Law Journal
  • 2019, Deals of the Year for Suning acquires Carrefour China, China Business Law Journal
  • 2020, M&A Deal of the Year – Midsize: “Carrefour's disposal of 80% equity stake in Carrefour China to Suning”, Asian Legal Business
  • 2014, 2017-2020, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year for several times, Asian Legal Business
  • 2020, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year – Midsize: “Jiangxi Copper Company Limited's acquisition of the Canadian Listed Company First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Shares with a Consideration Exceeding USD 1.1 Billion”, “New Frontier Corporation in Acquisition of United Family Healthcare” and “Carrefour's disposal of 80% equity stake in Carrefour China to Suning”, Asian Legal Business
  • 2022, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year: East China – Primavera Capital Acquires Greater China Business of Mead Johnson from Reckitt Benckiser Group, Asian Legal Business
  • 2020, Nominated in M&A Deal of the Year – Premium: “BeiGenes's Strategic Oncology Collaboration With Amgen”, Asian Legal Business
  • 2014-2016, Nominated in three consecutive years in M&A/Private Equity Law Firm of the Year, Asian Legal Business
  • 2004-2013, Nominated in Recommended firm in M&A/Private, Asian Legal Business

Rankings

  • 2022-2023, Recommended firm in Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners Greater China Region
  • 2012-2021, Recommended firm in Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific
  • 2019-2022, Recommended firm in Corporate/M&A, Chambers and Partners Global
  • 2008-2011, Highly Recommended firm in Corporate and M&A, Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific
  • 2011-2023, Recommended firm in Corporate and M&A, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • 2001-2010, Top-tier firm in Corporate and M&A, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
  • 2016-2022, The M&A Law Firm of the Year – China (band 2), Asian Legal Business
  • 2022-2023, Highly Recommended firm in Corporate and M&A, Asialaw Profiles
  • 2015-2021, Recommended firm in Corporate and M&A, Asialaw Profiles
  • 2016-2023, Recommended firm in M&A, IFLR1000
  • 2022-2023, Recommended firm in M&A (Beijing & Shanghai), IFLR1000 China
  • 2016-2022, Top-tier firm in Corporate M&A, LEGALBAND
  • 2022, Recommended firm: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong/Shenzhen, Sichuan/Chengdu - Commercial Disputes, (China Region Dispute Resolution List), Benchmark Litigation
  • 2021, Recommended firm: Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen - Commercial and transactions (Benchmark Litigation China List), Benchmark Litigation
  • 2020-2022, Recommended firm: Commercial and transactions (Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution List), Benchmark Litigation
  • 2020-2021, China Business Law Awards – “M & A (Outbound)”, China Business Law Journal
  • 2022, Top 10 Best M&A Deals of the Last Decade: (1) SF Holdings' Back-door Listing of Maanshan Dingtai Rare Earth & New Materials Ltd; (2) Adamma’s Combination with Sanonda; (3) China Merchants' Highway Acquire Huabei Expressway, China Association for Public Companies
  • 2010, Ranked eighth in the 2010 Asia-pacific Global Financial Advisory M&A Rankings and third in PRC firms (based on numbers of disclosed cases), Bloomberg Law