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Ying Li is a Partner in the Hong Kong office and a member of the Corporate Department. Having been based in China and Hong Kong for over 15 years at leading international law firms, Ying’s practice focuses on China-related cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, overseas public and private financing and outbound investments of PRC enterprises. He covers a wide variety of industries, such as IT, telecommunications, media, entertainment, infrastructure, energy and clean technology, natural resources, banking and finance.

Ying regularly counsels multinational companies on entering into the China market. He structures complex investments and acquisitions in China involving joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and partnerships and licensing. His recent experience includes representing:

  • NBA in the creation of joint ventures and operating arenas in China
  • A group of international companies in disposing of their interests in a Shanghai property development company with landmark shopping malls, office buildings, condominiums and service apartments in Shanghai valued at approximately $750 million - the largest private equity real estate deal in China for 2007
  • H&Q, a leading private equity firm, in connection with a sale to Starbucks of its controlling interest in an operator of over 60 Starbucks retail stores in Beijing and Tianjin
  • Huaxia Bank, a PRC listed commercial bank on introducing Deutsche Bank as the strategic investor by way of private bidding
  • Fairmont Raffles, Four Seasons, Jumeirah and Starwood in connection with their hotel management agreements in China

Formerly a law professor at a leading law school in Beijing and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, Ying is a frequent speaker on legal and regulatory developments related to mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance in China and is quoted extensively by the Chinese press.