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Mr Michael Yu

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Work Department

Michael Yu is a corporate partner based in our Beijing Office.

Position

Michael has extensive experience representing clients in complex domestic and cross-border transactions, advising public and private companies in corporate mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures and assisting private equity firms with equity transactions, leveraged buyouts and going-private transactions.  Michael is specialized in assisting private equity firms in the portfolio management and exit, including related dispute resolution matters.  Michael has also represented issuers and sponsors with respect to initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings  Over the past 20 years, Michael’s experience has extended across a broad array of sectors including life sciences and healthcare, education, energy, consumer market, real estate, TMT, financial services, etc.
In the past a number year, Michael has been a regularly recommended legal practitioner in China by Chambers and Partners, Asian Legal Business, Legal 500, etc.

Career

Prior to rejoining Global Law Office in 2011, Mr. Yu worked as a partner with Norton Rose (Asia) LLP.

Languages

Chinese，English

Education

1999 – 2000  University of Nottingham, UK

1995 – 1999  Heilongjiang University School of Law

Lawyer Rankings

China > Life sciences and healthcare: PRC firms

Global Law Office‘s healthcare and life sciences team aims to provide a “one-stop” service for clients in the sector, handling M&A, investment and funding, licensing, day-to-day operational matters, IP protection, and compliance advice. The firm assists major MNCs in this capacity – including GSK, Roche and Amgen – as well as PRC state-owned enterprises. The practice is led jointly by Alan Zhou, a specialist in private equity and venture capital funds in the life sciences and medical technology field, and M&A and foreign direct investment specialist Michael Yu. Jerry Liu is also integral, with experience acting for investors as well as directly for biopharmaceutical companies. Licensing and collaboration agreements expert Charlene Huang, healthcare compliance specialist Coco Fan and certified fraud examiner Jacky Li are further key cogs in the team, as is associate Stephanie Wang.

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