Corporate and M&A-北京观韬律师事务所

Corporate and M&A is one of the core practices of Guantao, widely recognised as a market leader for a number of years. We have been consistently ranked and recommended by Chambers, Asian Legal Business, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, China Business Law Journal, Asialaw Profiles, and other international legal rating agencies for many years.

Guantao has a long history of providing professional legal services to large central and local state-owned enterprises. We are familiar with regulatory rules on state-owned assets and have extensive practical experience in transactions such as state-owned equity contribution, equity transfer, capital increase, disposal of assets, gratuitous transfer of assets and asset restructuring. Another focus of our services is general corporate practice. We have served, among others, Global Fortune 500 companies, well-known multinationals, leading companies in various industry sub-sectors, Chinese and foreign companies across a wide spectrum of industries, including energy and natural resources, finance, high-tech, real estate and infrastructure, manufacturing, culture and entertainment, e-commerce, pharmaceutical, health and life sciences, gaining extensive experience in the field of general corporate practice.

With more than 50 partners and a further nearly 200 professionals in Guantao offices home and abroad dedicated to M&A, we are able to provide all-round legal support to clients. In recent years, our M&A team has represented numerous domestic and foreign companies in an array of high-profile and complex M&A transactions. Integrated transactional capabilities provide a seamless, comprehensive deal strategy, from industry access laws and policies, deal structuring, due diligence on deal and partners, project financing, preparation, negotiation and signing of transaction documents, regulatory approval, to closing and deal integration stages, while managing tax, compliance, foreign exchange, environment, IP, real estate, employment, antitrust and competition, state-owned assets administration and regulatory hurdles. Our advice spans borders, covering the developed markets such as Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and Korea, and countries along the "One Belt, One Road" initiative, as well as emerging markets such as Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. In these mandates, our multi-jurisdictional expertise and cross-disciplinary practice have demonstrated our core strength of leveraging practical experience and cross-disciplinary expertise to provide integrated services to clients and have impressed clients with our insightful understanding of Chinese laws and regulatory environment and international M&A transaction practices, comprehensive knowledge of tax, finance, and business, thorough grasp of client's needs, and consistent ability to provide the best solutions.

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Scope of Services

General Corporate Practice

Reviewing general contracts and internal rules Special legal trainings Corporate advisory

Corporate Governance and Compliance

Corporate Governance Construction of compliance rules and system

Investment, M&A and Restructuring

Formation of companies Mergers, demergers and spin-offs Restructuring and liquidation Investment and M&A

State-owned Assets Transactions

Publicly traded Privately traded via agreement

Cross-border Investment, Financing and M&A

Cross-border investment and financing Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

专业人员

Field

All Dispute Resolution Cross-border Trade and Trade Compliance & Remedies Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Securities & Capital Markets Administrative Law Data Compliance and Cyber Security Corporate and M&A Antitrust and Competition Shipping Restructuring & Insolvency Employment Energy & Infrastructure Criminal Defense in Economic Crimes and Criminal Risk Management Financial Services, Insurance and Derivatives Tax Sports and Entertainment Real Estate and Construction Private Equity and Investment Funds Healthcare and Life Sciences Intellectual Property Family Law and Private Wealth Management Compliance and Investigation Tourism and Hospitality Technology Mining International Arbitration

Office

All Beijing Shanghai Xi'an Chengdu Dalian Shenzhen Ji'nan Xiamen Hong Kong Tianjin Guangzhou Hangzhou Sydney Suzhou New York Wuhan Toronto Nanjing Fuzhou Zhengzhou Haikou Chongqing Hefei Qingdao Luolong Nanchang Wenzhou Ningbo Taiyuan

Position

All Executive Partner Consultant Managing Partner Partner

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