Securities

• Represented a New York-based executive recruitment firm in its initial public offering and its listing on American Stock Exchange (originally AMEX, now NYSE MKT).
• Represented a Chinese energy company and its Nevada affiliate in the affiliate’s going-private transaction in the United States and, later, dissenting shareholders litigation.
• Represented a Chinese electrical equipment manufacturer and its Nevada affiliate in the affiliate’s going-private transaction in the United States.
• Represented multiple publicly traded companies in their 1934 Act filings.
• Provided legal opinions regarding U.S. operations of multiple Chinese companies in connection with their going-public transactions in China and Hong Kong.
• Represented real estate developers, manufacturers and restaurant operators in their private offerings of exempt securities.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Represented a China-based public company in its $8 million acquisition of a Portland, Oregon-based environmental technology company.
• Represented a China-based investment group in its $10 million minority investment in a U.S.-based laser technology company.
• Represented a China-based investment fund in its $18 million minority investment in a well-known Florida-based augmented reality (AR) technology company.
• Represented a publicly traded Japanese automotive parts supplier in its $80 million acquisition of an Ohio-based international machine tool supplier.
• Represented the owner of an Ohio-based chemical company in its $70 million sale to a Mexico-based strategic buyer.
• Represented a China-based investment group in its U.S. acquisition of real estate assets and restaurant development projects.
• Represented a Chinese real estate developer in its acquisition of a full-service hotel under the management of InterContinental Hotels Group.
• Represented a group of international investors in the group’s acquisitions and dispositions of various logistics assets in southern California.
• Represented an international tire technology company in its spin-off of its main U.S. subsidiary.

International and Joint Venture

• Represented a NYSE-listed real estate company in the negotiation of a joint venture project in Las Vegas with a foreign real estate developer.
• Represented a NYSE-listed mining company in the negotiation of a joint venture mining project in Canada with one of the largest state-owned steel companies in China.
• Represented a U.S.-based medical group in structuring its offshore entities and in joint venture negotiation with a China-based hospital group.
• Represented trustee of a U.S.-based electrical wire manufacturer in dissolving its wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in China and liquidated all assets held by the WFOE.
• Represented a large U.S.-based automotive machinery manufacturer in the establishment of a WFOE in China.
• Represented a U.S.-based industrial washing machine manufacturer in the establishment of a WFOE in China.
• Acted as corporate secretary to a U.S.-Sino joint venture of global chemical tank container operator.
• Represented the largest automotive glass manufacturer in its establishment and expansion in Ohio, USA.
• Represented a large international tire company in various transactions in its expansion in Ohio and Florida, USA.
• Represented a global leading lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing company in its U.S. expansions.

General Corporate & Commercial

• Represented multiple publicly traded large Chinese automotive industry manufacturers in their establishments of U.S. subsidiaries and in risk management and compliance matters.
• Represented the U.S. trading subsidiary of the largest energy company in China in its general corporate, compliance and commercial matters.
• Represented a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed biochemical company in establishing its U.S. subsidiary and in risk management and compliance matters.
• Managed large international clients’ substantial commercial and employment litigations in multiple districts in the United States.
• Represented international clients in their negotiations of executive employment agreements in the United States.
• Assisted multiple large international clients in establishing compliance and risk management programs for their U.S. operations.
• Advised large international clients on major commercial transactions (supply/distribution, logistics, sponsorship and promotions, technology licensing, etc.) in the United States.