
Andrew Crook leads the offering at Clifford Chance, with draws on the firm’s wider Greater China team to assist with a broad array of inbound and outbound China-related M&A. Emma Davies leads the firm’s healthcare and life sciences team, and is well-known for handling M&A and corporate restructuring mandates, and Virginia Lee is an expert in matters involving minority investments and share buy-back programmes. With ample expertise in the infrastructure and energy transition spaces, Alex Bidlake is a key figure within the team for joint ventures and corporate finance matters, while public M&A specialist Tommy Tam regularly assists investment banking clients and listed companies.
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Key clients
- Essity AB
- Volkswagen Group
- China Baowu Group
- Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., Ltd.
- NWS Holdings
- AIA Group
- Red Star Macalline Holding Group Company Limited
- Pfizer
- China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited
- State Grid International Development
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Practice head
Andrew Crook
Other key lawyers
Emma Davies; Virginia Lee; Alex Bidlake; Tommy Tam