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Christoph Hezel

Christoph Hezel

Christoph is a German national who has lived and worked in China for almost 20 years. Christoph is a corporate partner who specialises in working with pharmaceutical, medical device, medical institution and renewable energy clients in mainland China. Christoph supports multinational and mid-size companies on their business operations and investments in mainland China. He expertly guides the clients through foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and the PRC tax regime. Christoph speaks Chinese, English, French and German and is fluent in the business culture of Europe and China, making him an excellent adviser and negotiator on any transaction.
Qun Huang

Qun Huang

Partner Qun heads up the China Outbound Team at Taylor Wessing Germany. As a German lawyer, he primarily advises Chinese investors in detail on M&A transactions, Greenfield projects, and crisis situations. Qun’s expertise extends to post merger integration as well as to advising clients on matters relating to compliance in German subsidiaries of Chinese group companies. He is one of the most experienced Chinese-speaking lawyers in this field in Germany. His clients include numerous Chinese state-owned enterprises, as well as large listed companies and high-tech companies. The combination of his extensive expertise, many years of experience, linguistic competence, and extensive understanding of Chinese culture make him an extremely sought-after legal advisor.  
Kai Kim

Kai Kim

Partner Kai advises on a broad scope of corporate and commercial law matters, ranging from the incorporation and operation of companies to cross-border M&A transactions. His practice has a particular focus on China-related projects, such as M&A transactions of Chinese investors abroad and foreign investors in China, as well as joint ventures involving Chinese parties. Prior to joining Taylor Wessing, he worked in the Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions practice group of a leading international law firm in their Berlin, Frankfurt and Shanghai offices. Kai is a visiting lecturer at Humboldt University of Berlin, where he regularly teaches Chinese law and economics.
Thomas Pattloch

Thomas Pattloch

Partner Thomas heads the IP department of the China Group at Taylor Wessing and assists European and American companies in all aspects of intellectual property rights in China. Licensing law, technology and data transfer and R&D are as much a part of his practice as the dialogue with political decision makers. Furthermore, Thomas advises Chinese companies on market entry and litigation in Germany and the EU. These services and the strategically experienced representation in arbitration proceedings in and outside China illustrate the breadth of his expertise in IP and IT law.
Michael Tan

Michael Tan

Partner Michael has more than 20 years of experience advising international companies’ operation in and with China.  He heads the firm's TMC practice for China. Besides his expertise regarding the general corporate and IT regulatory matters, he has profound experience in consumer related business. Michael holds CIPP/E certification as granted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). At the same time, he quite often publishes articles and frequently comments on IT, data/privacy protection and consumer related legal topics. Michael further has profound experience advising industrial clients in various sectors on corporate matters, covering all legal aspects of a typical investment deal like market entry and joint ventures, M&A restructuring and exit. Michael is National Vice Chair of the Legal & Competition Working Group under the European Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as an arbitrator of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center.  
Johnny Zhao

Johnny Zhao

Partner Johnny is a corporate lawyer with expertise in the automotive industry and 15 years of experience in the manufacturing & industrials, pharmaceuticals and retail sectors. As an M&A and restructuring specialist, clients come directly to Johnny for help with their most complex domestic and crossborder deals. He further is an expert in merger control, competition compliance, corporate governance, trade issues and securitisation of Chinese state-owned enterprises by means of overseas IPO and China outbound investments. Johnny works with both OEMs and suppliers in the automotive industry.