4101 CITIC SQUARE, 1168 NANJING ROAD WEST, SHANGHAI, CHINA
What we say about the firm's legal practice in China
Corporate & M&A
Within Foreign firms, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a third tier firm,
Offering a deep bench of cross-border M&A experience in Asia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges is ‘a first choice for large investment transactions or deals that are complex’. The practice is also praised for its extensive US public company and distressed M&A experience, and was counsel to GE in its headline agreement with a Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer to form a new joint venture company in China to develop and market integrated avionics systems for commercial aircraft customers. Shanghai and Beijing head Steven Xiang ‘has in-depth China market knowledge’, and Beijing counsel Yan Yang is ‘very strong at handling SOE joint venture partners’; Shanghai partners Suat Eng Seah and Anthony Wang are experienced lawyers. Hong Kong-based Asia managing partner Akiko Mikumo is recommended.
Intellectual property
Within Foreign firms Other recommended firms
Private equity/venture capital
Within Foreign firms, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a second tier firm,
Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Shanghai and Beijing office head Steven Xiang has a strong roster of private equity clients. Shanghai-based Anthony Wang advises private equity sponsors and venture capitalists in connection with their investment transactions in Greater China. Wang is also experienced in the TMT sector. The practice was counsel to China Media Capital in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in News Corporation’s Star TV Chinese television channels and Fortune Star Chinese movie library.
TMT
Within Foreign firms, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a second tier firm,
Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ practice in Beijing and Shanghai is led by Steven Xiang, a renowned M&A practitioner whose TMT experience includes representing GE in its joint venture with AVIC. The firm has considerable private equity and venture capital expertise, and acts for a number of venture-backed PRC businesses from the TMT sector. Anthony Wang regularly advises private equity and venture capital firms on China-focused TMT transactions.
What we say worldwide
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai
China
Offices in Shanghai
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
Germany
Offices in Munich and Frankfurt
- Banking and finance: Bank lending : Banking and finance: Bank lending
- Corporate and M&A: Large deals : Corporate and M&A: Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring : Insolvency and restructuring: Restructuring
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime : Dispute resolution White-collar crime
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- TMT : TMT
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy : Energy
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance : Project finance
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Investment funds
- Finance : Securitisation
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Real estate : Commercial property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (debt) : Capital markets (debt)
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources : Energy and natural resources
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
United States
Offices in Miami, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Houston, Dallas, New York, Boston, Wilmington, and Providence
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Environment: transaction and regulatory
- Intellectual property : Patent licensing and transactional
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management : Alternative/hedge funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment litigation
- Labor and employment : Workplace and employment counseling
- Litigation : International trade
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: mega-deals ($5bn+)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : International