Press Release 03.26.25
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Pillsbury’s China practice combines local knowledge, global perspective and industry experience, and has been honored twice with the International Law Office’s Client Choice Award for China.
Our team comprises more than 40 U.S., Chinese and international lawyers, highly regarded for extensive experience in advising clients on their most significant cross-border investment, litigation, arbitration, intellectual property regulatory enforcement, international trade, tax, finance and other matters relating to Greater China. Pillsbury has considerable experience representing Chinese clients on matters in and outside of the United States—and multinational clients on matters in China.
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Our firm can offer fully bilingual teams across many of our practice areas, which combine fluency in English, Mandarin and other Chinese dialects with in-depth substantive knowledge of applicable law and a nuanced understanding of the related political, policy and diplomatic context. Backed by deep experience in China and insights into the political and economic climates and culture that are essential for success, we are recognized as leaders in foreign direct investment, M&A, corporate finance, venture capital, public and private equity transactions, regulatory compliance, U.S. federal and state government enforcement actions, internal investigations, intellectual property matters and dispute resolution.
Our local language abilities allow us—partners and associates—to conduct transactions in Chinese, perform due diligence of Chinese-language documents, prepare dual-language documentation required for transactions in China, and conduct our disputes and government enforcement work without the need for translation or third-party assistance. This linguistic capability supplements our fundamental strength as lawyers, and our practitioners in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong collaborate with team members around the globe to provide comprehensive, best-in-class guidance that reflects the complexities and nuances of our clients’ cross-border needs. Working closely with lawyers in related Pillsbury practices, including Corporate, Finance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Global Sourcing, Securities Litigation & Enforcement, Real Estate, Employment, Regulatory and Tax, we offer full-service global representation and highly proficient legal counsel that reconciles Western and Chinese legal concepts.
Our multidisciplinary, multicultural teams offer extensive experience in assisting clients with:
China is a major international investor across a range of industries. Our fully integrated global China practice works with major Chinese companies and financial institutions on their most complex and large-scale global projects in the United States and throughout the world.
We represent foreign investors bringing resources and experience to projects in the PRC, as well as PRC companies and financial institutions involved in the rapidly growing volume of Chinese investment in North American and European real estate and infrastructure.
Pillsbury handles hundreds of public offerings and private placements each year in the U.S. and international securities markets, representing issuers, underwriters, broker-dealers, investment advisors and investors. We are a leader in counseling PRC companies in accessing the U.S. capital markets, and we have assisted dozens of PRC companies in successful corporate finance transactions.
We represent PRC and international energy companies in infrastructure projects, strategic investments and commercial transactions all over the world.
We represent clients in complex, negotiated and non-negotiated domestic and cross-border M&A transactions involving public and private companies, going-private transactions, privatizations and leveraged buyouts. Our clients include bidders, targets, significant stockholders, boards of directors and special committees, as well as lenders. We advise on proxy contests, solicitations, challenges, takeover defensive measures, acquisitions of distressed assets in and out of bankruptcy, loans and leveraged buyouts.
We guide startups through all stages of the investment process and help clients protect their intellectual property, negotiate optimal distribution deals and strategic alliances, and implement growth strategies. Further, we represent venture capital and private equity investors structuring investment in portfolio companies, as well as portfolio companies in capital raising and in implementing growth strategies. Beyond legal services, we frequently connect the venture capitalists we know with companies we represent.
Pillsbury’s Finance lawyers represent corporations, banks, insurance companies, investment funds in commercial lending, derivatives, equipment finance, leveraged finance, project finance, trade finance, structured finance, debt restructuring, tax-exempt financing and distressed investing and debt trading. We offer a broad spectrum of corporate trust and agency services, from initial issuance to defaulted obligations, and we are experienced in cross-border credit facilities and a multitude of deal structures in the major- and middle-market sectors.
We represent clients in courts throughout the United States, in ADR proceedings worldwide, including representation before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), and we are skilled at resolving disputes through negotiated settlement.
From formation through financing, acquisitions and joint ventures, Pillsbury’s corporate lawyers advise companies on a global scale and at every life cycle stage. Our 200+ business-savvy corporate lawyers combine industry and regulatory knowledge with extensive deal experience and legal skills to provide comprehensive service to clients across industries. We routinely advise non-U.S. companies on the establishment of operations in the United States, including formation of subsidiaries, advice on choice of legal entity and corporate organizational structure, assistance with registrations in states and other local U.S. jurisdictions, negotiation of commercial agreements and financing arrangements with U.S. counterparties, advice on corporate governance matters, and compliance with other corporate legal requirements on U.S. business operations.
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Advised Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited (Nasdaq: “DSY” and DSYWW”), a company devoted to the development, production and sales of personal care products and other consumer goods in China, in its recent merger with Plutonian Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded SPAC or a blank check company.
Represented MP Biomedicals LLC in its sale of all outstanding units to Valiant Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned enterprise. MP Biomedicals LLC engages in manufacturing and sales of life science and diagnostics products.
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