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(YU Zhengchun and ZHANG Lin with CHUA BOR JERN, partner of Allen&Gledhill)

GIBSON DUNN is a California-based United States law firm with more than 120 years of history. It is regarded as one of taptap点点官方网站 top law firms globally by many legal journals. GIBSON DUNN lawyers have over 30 years’ experience in Chinese investment, financing, capital market, M&A and infrastructure and have also helped clients to close their deals in many pioneering projects.

(YU Zhengchun and ZHANG Lin with Robson Lee, partner of GIBSON DUNN)