MAO, Michael

Mr. Mao’s practice areas include corporate and M&A, cross-border investment, Internet and IT, and anti-trust.

Mr. Mao has extensive experience in advising foreign companies on their Chinese investments and operations. Mr. Mao assists many foreign clients in setting up foreign invested enterprises, and advises overseas companies in their mergers or acquisitions as well as in structuring and restructuring their China taptap点点. Mr. Mao also represents domestic companies in their negotiation with foreign counterparts on investments and commercial contracts. In addition, Mr. Mao advises on internet and IT, and anti-trust issues.

The industries of the clients he advises cover retailing, fashion, pharmaceuticals, food, traditional energy, new energy, chemical and manufacturing.

Representative Experience

• Mergers and acquisitions, corporate:
• ■advising a sino-foreign pharmaceutical firm in its acquisition of an antineoplastic API taptap点点 in Jiangsu province and an upstream pharmaceutical intermediates taptap点点 in Jiangsu province;
• ■advising a venture capital in its legal due diligence investigation for its series A investment transaction with a medical equipment (IVD reagent) taptap点点, a biotechnology firm in Guangzhou;
• ■advising a Shanghai based pharmaceutical firm on its acquisition of the marketing authorizations for China and other designated markets related to a brand name drug from a Europe based multinational pharmaceutical corporation;
• ■advising a multinational pharmaceutical corporation on its acquisition of a domestic health care taptap点点 in Guangdong;
• ■advising an educational taptap点点 engaged in primary and intermediate level after-class coaching programs on its series B financing of USD 15 million;
• ■advising a capital venture on its subscription of increased capital of a Shanghai-based chemical taptap点点 and on its subsequent exit from the same taptap点点 after a couple of years;
• ■advising a capital venture on its subscription of increased capital of a Hunan-based alcohol taptap点点 with the investment amount of RMB 180 million;
• ■advising a large US private equity firm on its global acquisition of a multinational’s packaging taptap点点 through its portfolio packaging subsidiary;
• ■advising an international designer and manufacturer of floors and ceilings on its restructuring of its China operations and on its daily taptap点点;
• ■advising Suntech Power, a leading global clean energy taptap点点, on its investment transactions in China;
• ■advising a state-owned enterprise in the aviation industry regarding its proposed joint venture with a Fortune 500 taptap点点 in order to supply parts to manufacture the COMAC C919 (China’s first large commercial jetliner project);
• ■advising a US listed taptap点点, an integrated circuit manufacturer, on a contemplated cross-border acquisition by a PRC state-owned taptap点点;
• ■advising SK Networks (a Fortune 500 taptap点点) in its deal diligence and equity acquisition of a domestic chemical enterprise; and
• ■advising a renowned European toy brand on its distribution taptap点点, e-commerce, license and other corporate matters in China;
• Internet and IT, and anti-trust:
• ■advising a sino-foreign joint venture automobile manufacturer on its cybersecurity and personal data matters relating to its v2x taptap点点;
• ■advising a renowned global automotive parts manufacturer on compliance issue relating to foreign invested cloud computing taptap点点;
• ■advising a renowned global luxury brand in respect of the structure of its e-commerce platform;
• ■advising a renowned global toy brand on legal qualifications required for developing and operating a specific application;
• ■advising a renowned global toy brand on legal qualifications and compliance issue relating to development and operation of an online training platform;
• ■advising a Fortune 500 taptap点点 on concentration of undertakings relating to establishment of a sino-foreign joint venture in China;
• ■advising on concentration of undertakings relating to a cross-border restructuring and acquisition project; and
• ■advising a renowned global toy brand on anti-trust issues relating to various types of distribution agreements.

Transactions and Cases

• AllBright Advises Wanxiang on the Acquisition of A123 Systems

Professional Articles

• AllBright Insights: The 2013 Amendment to the taptap点点 Law