Contact
Tel: +86 755 2216 3339
Email: wuye@cn.kwm.com
Practice areas
Foreign direct investment; Corporate M&A; Private equity & fund; Cross-border investment
Introduction
Wu Ye specialises in FDI, corporate M&A, private equity and funds, cross-border investment and general corporate matters.
With his in-depth understanding and extensive experience in investment, M&A and general corporate matters (including industry policies, corporate structure, capital operation, financial planning, investment and project management etc.), Wu has provided comprehensive legal service for years regarding investment and financing, M&A and restructuring, operations and regulations and other transactions for various multinational companies, SOEs, private enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises and investment institutions.
His practice covers a wide range of business sectors such as infrastructure; manufacturing; real estate; wholesale and retail; logistics; energy and power; transportation; high-tech; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; environmental protection; fast moving consumer goods; and network technology.
Wu has advised a number of multinational companies on establishing equity joint ventures, co-operative joint ventures, wholly foreign owned enterprises or representative offices, and also provided legal services to them on daily operations, business development, transformation and dissolution and liquidation in China. He has also provided full legal services for various domestic enterprises in their outbound investment and acquisitions, and has also provided perennial or daily legal services to many renowned enterprises in both domestic and overseas markets.
Wu has also accumulated extensive experience in PE and fund investment, infrastructure PPP projects, restructuring of state-owned enterprises, and corporate and business compliance areas. Especially in the railway transportation field, Wu has represented well-known foreign investors in a number of milestone urban metro PPP projects.
Wu graduated from Fudan University with an LLB degree and then from the University of Sheffield with an LLM. Wu has approximately 20 years’ experience in professional legal services and currently serves as the lead partner of the corporate practice team of KWM’s Shenzhen office.