JurArs has long collaborated with major state-owned enterprises (‘SOE’), multinational corporations, private equity institutions, and international financial institutions. The team has extensive experience across a wide range of commercial transactions, including private equity M&A, and provides services covering transaction structure design, due diligence, negotiation support, drafting and review of transaction documents, and closing assistance.

 

In the domestic market, the team has a deep understanding of the semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, new materials, and biopharmaceutical sectors, and has advised on numerous M&A projects involving these industries.

 

Leveraging the team’s cross-border practice experience and JurArs’ global network of partner firms, the team is also well positioned to advise on foreign direct investment (FDI) and outbound direct investment (ODI). We assist clients in connecting with local counsel in key investment jurisdictions worldwide and help ensure the smooth execution of cross-border investment projects.

NOTABLE MATTERS

◆Representing a major central SOE in a cross-continental acquisition of a leading lithium producer

The client, a large central state-owned mining group, planned to acquire a lithium company operating across multiple jurisdictions, including China, Australia, and Chile. The transaction value was approximately CNY 14.4 billion.

Our team was engaged as legal counsel to conduct comprehensive legal due diligence, covering corporate governance, major assets and liabilities, mineral rights, representations and warranties, key contracts, related-party transactions, litigation and disputes, intellectual property, regulatory approvals (including antitrust), operational matters, and transaction-specific risks.

Drawing on both Chinese law and the legal and regulatory regimes of the relevant foreign jurisdictions, the team issued a Due Diligence Report and an Outbound Investment Compliance Report. During the process, the team identified significant potential risks and proposed innovative solutions. The client ultimately adopted the team’s recommendations and successfully avoided substantial losses.

◆Representing a Nordic insulation-materials leader in its acquisition of a Chinese company

The client, a global leader in rock-wool insulation products, sought to acquire 100% equity of a Chinese company to strengthen its market presence in China.

The project involved complex issues relating to environmental compliance, intellectual property, and antitrust review. Our team was engaged to provide full-process, one-stop legal services, including legal due diligence and transaction support, ensuring the successful completion of the acquisition. The project has since been regarded as a landmark example of cross-border M&A in the green building materials sector.

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REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

◆Advised multiple multinational corporations on regulatory compliance matters relating to their operations in China.

◆Assisted several Fortune 500 companies in handling labor-relations matters and resolving labor disputes.

◆Advised a national high-tech enterprise and a NEEQ-listed company on NEEQ compliance and ongoing obligations.

◆Assisted an emerging semiconductor company in establishing a comprehensive compliance management system, improving internal control mechanisms, and conducting internal investigations relating to confidentiality, non-competition, and other compliance issues.

◆Represented investors in the acquisition of a controlling stake in a listed company, providing full-process legal services including due diligence, drafting transaction documents, communications with the stock exchange, and negotiation support.

◆Provided full-cycle legal services for a billion-scale industrial implementation project undertaken by a technology-driven enterprise.

◆Advised a leading internet-services company on data compliance and privacy protection matters.

◆Provided legal services on equity-incentive plans and fund compliance matters for a well-known investment and management company.

◆Advised a new energy company on the development and implementation of major photovoltaic and wind power projects.

 

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

◆Assisted a Hong Kong PE fund in acquiring mainland Chinese companies and assets across sectors such as retail, food, and clothing, and supported its subsequent business expansion in China.

◆Assisted a well-known Hong Kong executive-search firm in establishing a wholly foreign-owned subsidiary in mainland China — the first wholly owned foreign enterprise (WOFE) headhunting company approved in Shanghai following the implementation of CEPA.

◆Assisted dozens of leading U.S. and European manufacturing and consumer-goods companies with acquisitions and greenfield projects in China.

 

Outbound Direct Investment (ODI)

◆Assisted a client in establishing a Hong Kong SPV to acquire equity interests and indirectly hold shares in a target company, in a transaction valued at approximately USD 11.44 million. Services included reviewing all transaction documents and Hong Kong filing materials, and advising on the reasonableness and compliance of the transaction structure.

◆Provided specialized legal services to a Shanghai-based cross-border payment company on its acquisition of a Hong Kong entity and its subsequent applications for, or acquisitions of, payment licenses in Singapore, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions. Services included reviewing all transaction documents and ODI filing materials, and advising on structural reasonableness and regulatory compliance.

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