Frank Xue

Frank has experience working with a variety of U.S.-based companies in connection with their business activities overseas, including joint venture structuring and documentation; negotiation and drafting of sales, distribution, manufacturing and agency agreements; intellectual property protection and technology transfer; foreign exchange control; and regulatory and approval matters. He also assists with anti-corruption investigations and compliance as well as CFIUS filings and export and sanction compliance research.

Prior to joining Pillsbury, Frank was an attorney in the Washington, DC, and Shanghai offices of international law firms.

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Represented a leading Chinese EV parts company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States, including corporate governance, real estate, environmental, immigration and business counseling.
  • Represented a major Chinese EV battery electrolyte manufacturing company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States, including corporate governance, real estate and environmental.
  • Assisted a leading Chinese petrochemical manufacturing company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States, including corporate governance, real estate, environmental, immigration, trade compliance and business counseling.
  • Assisted a leading solar manufacturing company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States, including corporate governance and business counseling.
  • Assisted a leading foreign public chemical fiber company with its $600 million foreign direct investment in the United States.
  • Represented a Chinese heavy equipment parts company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States.
  • Represented a leading Chinese garment manufacturing company with its $410 million foreign direct investment in the State of Arkansas, including immigration and other business matters.
  • Represented a major Chinese tile and ceramic manufacturing company in connection with its operations in the United States, including commercial contracts, immigration, labor and employment, and business compliance matters.
  • Represented a top Chinese auto parts company with its $80 million foreign direct investment in the United States.
  • Represented a public pharmaceutical company in connection with its $60 million foreign direct investment in the United States as well as its operations in the United States, including trade compliance, government incentives negotiation, real estate, corporate governance and business counseling.
  • Represented a leading Australia-based multinational rubber tracks manufacturing company in connection with its $25 million foreign direct investment in the United States as well as its operations in the United States, including real estate, corporate governance and business counseling.
  • Represented a public precision manufacturing company in connection with its $23 million foreign direct investment in the United States as well as its operations in the United States, including trade compliance, government incentives negotiation, business contracts, corporate governance and business counseling.
  • Represented a top Chinese real estate company with its $25 million foreign direct investment in the United States, including real estate, corporate governance and business counseling.
  • Represented a leading China-based multinational cabinetry manufacturing company in connection with its foreign direct investment in the United States as well as its operations in the United States, including trade compliance, business contracts, real estate, corporate governance, trade strategies, litigation assistance and business counseling.
• M&A, PE/VC and Corporate
  • Represented a leading U.S. information company in connection with its $450 million acquisition by a NASDAQ-listed company.
  • Represented a leading public pharmaceutical company in connection with the formation of a $50 million joint venture with a U.S. company to co-develop antibody products in the United States.
  • Represented a Singaporean company in connection with its acquisition of a global health care technology company.
  • Represented an international paper company in connection with its contemplated acquisition of a $50 million paper mill in the United States.
  • Represented a U.S.-based world leading pet supplier company in connection with its $15 million acquisition of a Chinese company.
  • Represented a leading memory chip company in connection with its acquisition of the intellectual property from a major U.S. technology company and establishment of U.S. operations including entity formation, business contracts, corporate governance, tax and business counseling.
  • Represented a leading EV battery company in connection with its equity investment in the United States.
  • Represented a global home appliance in connection with its IPO in Hong Kong, mainly responsible for the due diligence on entities in the United States, Italy, Japan, Thailand and France.
  • Represented a major Chinese-owned private equity fund with financing and establishment of its U.S. operations post acquisition of the battery division of a major auto manufacturer.
  • Represented a leading public Chinese pharmaceutical company in connection with its exclusive license and technology transfer projects with U.S. universities.
  • Represented a leading U.S. architecture firm in connection with its WFOE structuring and regulatory and approval matters for its hospital projects in China.
• CFIUS, International Trade and Trade Compliance
  • Represented a top Chinese home appliances company in connection with its U.S. economic and trade sanctions compliance programs.
  • Represented a world leading pet supplier company in connection with its reclassification of the HTS codes for its parts and products.
  • Represented various Chinese companies in connection with CFIUS issues under various business and M&A transactions.
  • Represented various U.S. manufacturing companies in connection with their U.S. tariff exclusion applications.

• Publications
  • Co-author, "What the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Means for U.S. and Foreign Companies," Global Trade, January 4, 2021
  • Co-author, "How China's New Export Control Law May Impact Your Business," Global Trade, November 2020
  • Co-author, "INSIGHT: Coronavirus Poses Contract, Employment Issues for U.S. Businesses," Bloomberg Law, February 2020
  • Co-author, "Winter 2019 U.S.-China Cybersecurity Update," Global Trade, November 2019
  • Co-author, "The U.S. China Trade War Will Continue Hurting the U.S. Economy," Manufacturing.net, November 2018
• Speaking Engagements
  • Speaker, "Chinese Investment in the U.S. – CFIUS and Trade Sanctions," Shandong Corporate Legal Risk Association, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, December 2018
  • Speaker, "Chinese Investment in the U.S. – CFIUS, Trade Sanctions and Entity Choice Challenges and Solutions," Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Shanghai, China, December 2018
  • Speaker, "U.S.-China Trade Relationship and Chinese Investment in U.S.," Shandong Qingdao Bar Association, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, October 2018
  • Speaker, "U.S.-China Trade And Chinese Investment in the U.S. Challenges and Solutions," Haier University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, October 2018
  • Speaker, "Guide To Doing Business In Tennessee, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry," Osaka, Japan, October 2018
  • Speaker, "Five Challenges Chinese Businesses Face in U.S. and Solutions," Zibo, Zibo Arbitration Center, Zibo, Shandong Province, China, June 2018
  • Speaker, "Investment in U.S. – Challenges and Solutions for Chinese Companies," Shandong Corporate Legal Risk Association, Jinan, Shandong Province, China, June 2018
  • Speaker, "Investment in U.S. – Challenges and Solutions for Chinese Companies," Weihai Arbitration Center, Weihai, Shandong Province, China, June 2018
  • Speaker, "U.S. Trade Sanctions and Trade Compliance Programs for Chinese Companies," Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Shanghai, China, June 2018