Mr Michael Yu > Global Law Office > Beijing, China > Lawyer Profile

Offering a ‘deep familiarity with the life sciences and healthcare fields,’ Global Law Office is a popular choice for start-ups, multinational corporations, listed companies, and government institutions in the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotech fields. Spearheaded by Alan Zhou and Michael Yu, the team supports clients in daily operations, IP protection, compliance, and investment matters. Jerry Liu assists investors and biopharma companies, and Charlene Huang‘s experience includes advising on cell therapy, medical AI, and digital healthcare projects. Coco Fan brings extensive expertise in compliance and transactions within the healthcare industry, and Rae Zhang supports pharmaceutical companies with drug promotion, clinical trials, and data protection.

Global Law Office advises a raft of foreign and domestic private equity and venture capital funds on their portfolio investments in China. The team also assists onshore and offshore companies with private equity financings, fund formation, investment structures, legal due diligence, transaction documents, and obtaining government approvals. The practice is co-led from Shanghai by Steven Yu, an adviser to funds and internet giants on their investments in China-based TMT companies; and Jeffrey Zhu, who acts for a range of major private equity clients. The group further showcases private equity and venture capital specialist Jinrong Liu; Shifang Guo, an expert in cross-border M&A, and private equity and venture capital investments; and Evan Sun, whose workload covers the education, food, chemicals, manufacturing, automobile, finance, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, internet, and entertainment sectors. Guo Jia and Michael Yu are other names to note.