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CHINA / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES


David Dali Liu Partner


Jun He Shanghai


Tel: +86 21 2208 6299 Email: liudl@junhe.com Web: www.junhe.com


George Xu Partner


Fangda Partners Shanghai


Tel: +86 21 2208 1010 Email: gxu@fangdalaw.com Web: www.fangdalaw.com


Biography: Mr Liu is a senior partner of Jun He. He has been practising as a lawyer for more than 20 years and has actively represented a number of multinational corporations in their entry into China’s market by establishing a presence or carrying out mergers and acquisitions. He also advises state-owned enterprises and other domestic companies on their cooperation with foreign investors.


Recent transactionalhighlights: • Advised on the issuance of RMB bonds by HSBC in Hong Kong.


• Advised on the establishment of IBM Factoring China, the first foreign-invested factoring company in China, and the establishment of Shanghai General Motor Automobile Financing, the first foreign-invested automobile financing company in China.


• Advised on Citibank’s investment in and strategic cooperation with SPD Bank, and HSBC’s investment in and strategic cooperation with Bank of Communications.


Practiceareas: Banking and finance Merger and acquisitions Foreign direct investment


Languages: English and Chinese


Bar admissions: China


Association memberships: Arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Retained dean and law professor of the Lawyer College of East University of Politics and Law


Academic qualifications: LL.B, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, 1986 LL.M, East China Institute of Politics and Law, Shanghai, 1989


Biography: George Xu has over 14 years of experience. He frequently advises financial institutions and international clients in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and corporate finance transactions. George has been frequently involved in cross border work.


Recent transactionalhighlights: •Represented TPG in its sale of China’s UniTrust Finance & Leasing Corp. to Haitong Securities. UniTrust provides leasing services to clients in the healthcare, education, machine tools and printing industries. The deal size is approximately $715 million, and was announced in September 2013.


•Represented Zhuzhou Times New MaterialTechnology Co., a public company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and a subsidiary of the CSR Group, in its acquisition of the rubber and plastics business unit of ZF Friedrichshafen. The deal size is €290 million. The deal was announced on December 11 2013 and is yet to be closed.


•Represented Home Inns Hotel & Management in its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Motel 168 and assisted in the antitrust filing of this transaction with the Antitrust Bureau, Ministry of Commerce of China. HomeInn and Motel 168 are the two largest economic hotel chain businesses in China. The acquisition is an important step for Home Inns to position itself as the number one hotel chain brand in China. The acquisition is valued at $470 million.


•Represented Alibaba Finance in a securitisation of financial assets. A number of ground-breaking structures have been applied in the finance and the size of the securitisation is above Rmb5 billion ($826 million).


Practiceareas: M&A


Corporate and corporate finance


Financial services regulatory Sector specialisations: Financial services Languages: Chinese (native speaker), English Bar admissions: China Association memberships: China Bar Association


Academic qualifications: LLB, Law School, Shanghai International Studies University


20 IFLR1000 /LEADINGLAWYERS 2014


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