Joe is a partner of JunHe and is practicing law at JunHe Shanghai Office.
Joe’s practice focuses on corporate and M&A, private equity/venture capital, foreign direct investments and Chinese company outbound investments.
Joe advises global and regional multinational corporate clients and private equity funds (and their portfolio companies) on their investments and M&A transactions in China (acting as acquirers or sellers), including control acquisitions public and private companies, minority investments, take-private, divestures, joint ventures, restructurings, liquidations and other cross-border transactions. He represents clients in a wide range of industries, including health care/life sciences, technology and artificial intelligence, traditional and emerging manufacturing, chemicals, real estate, consumer products, automobiles and retail.
Before joining JunHe in 2004, Joe worked with Sidley Austin at its Shanghai office from 1999.
Joe is listed as a leading lawyer for M&A and Private Equity by various reputable international legal ranking publications such as Chamber and Partners Global, The Legal 500, International Financial Law Review 1000 China, Asialaw Profiles, etc. He has also been recognized by Asian Legal Business as one of Dealmakers of Asia 2023, China Top 15 M&A Lawyers 2020 and China Top 15 Rising Lawyers 2013.
Joe published more than twenty legal papers on domestic and foreign periodicals discussing Chinese legal issues.
LL.M., Columbia Law School, 2010 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
LL.M., East China University of Political Science and Law, 2001
LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law, 1998
China, 2005
New York, 2011
Chinese (native), English