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Foreign Direct Investment

JunHe is proud of its contribution to the economic reform of China M88 game APK its global interactions over the past three decades. The firm has represented numerous multinational companies, family businesses, M88 game APK investment funds in their greenfield investments, mergers M88 game APK acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, M88 game APK exit projects in China. Many foreign investment enterprises continue to use JunHe as their long-term legal counsel after the firm assisted in their setting up. JunHe has also represented domestic clients in various types of business transactions with their foreign business partners. Our clients hail from industries such as real estate, mining, energy, banking, insurance, securities, industrial products, FMCG, automobiles, aviation, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, technology, Internet, media, advertising, entertainment, sports, logistics M88 game APK public utilities. We adapt M88 game APK evolve international common practices to fit the unique investment M88 game APK business requirements in China to provide practical M88 game APK innovative legal services to our clients. Many of our clients have been with us for over 10 years.


Our Team


JunHe’s foreign investment team consists of over 180 attorneys, including approximately 60 partners M88 game APK counsel across China. Our attorneys are graduates of leading Chinese M88 game APK international law schools M88 game APK many are qualified to practice not only in mainlM88 game APK China, but in other jurisdictions including the United States, New ZealM88 game APK M88 game APK the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. More than 90% of our attorneys are bi-lingual M88 game APK can work in both Chinese M88 game APK English. As experts with extensive experience in their respective areas of practice, our attorneys frequently give presentations, publish papers, M88 game APK are invited to comment on draft legislation in China.


Our professionals hail from diverse backgrounds. Many of them have worked in international law firms, the legal departments of multi-national companies, investment banks, regulatory authorities, courts, procuratorates M88 game APK accounting firms. The diversity of our professional staff ensures that we understM88 game APK M88 game APK respond to the needs of our clients M88 game APK provide value-added M88 game APK cost-effective legal advice.


Core Areas of Practice


Our legal services in foreign investment include:

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  • providing Chinese legal opinions on business models of foreign companies in China;

  • assisting foreign companies in establishing, altering M88 game APK terminating their business operations in China, which may be in the form of representative offices, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, Sino-foreign equity joint venture enterprises, Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises, partnerships, venture capital enterprises, equity investment enterprises, investment companies, regional headquarters, etc., M88 game APK to draft M88 game APK review relevant legal documents;

  • providing advice regarding regulatory matters such as government approvals, filing M88 game APK registration, M88 game APK assisting clients in complying with regulatory requirements;

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  • advising on legal issues encountered by foreign investment enterprises during their daily operations, M88 game APK assisting clients in improving their corporate governance;

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  • providing legal review M88 game APK training support to foreign investment enterprises with respect to major legal issues that may impact their daily business operations.


Team Highlights


Our attorneys have excellent professional skills, extensive business experience M88 game APK specialized practice areas. We borrow from international common practices M88 game APK adapt them to fit the unique investment M88 game APK business requirements in China to provide practical M88 game APK innovative legal services to our clients. We closely follow the latest legal developments in the industrial sectors regulated for foreign investment M88 game APK keep our clients abreast of the latest legal changes.

Recent Representative Cases

Acquisition of Special Materials Manufacturing Company: On March 31, 2025, Hahn & Co. Seventeenth Co., Ltd. (Hahn & Co.), South Korea's largest private equity fund management company, announced the acquisition of an 85% stake in SK Specialty from SK Corporation, for approximately KRW 2.6 trillion. Following JunHe's work in 2022 for Hahn & Co's successful acquisition of SKC's film business unit and completing the merger control filing in China, Hahn & Co. once again engaged JunHe as its Chinese legal counsel in this project. JunHe provided comprehensive and in-depth legal services for the acquisition of 100% equity in SK Specialty's three Chinese subsidiaries—SK New Materials (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., SK New Materials (Xi'an) Co., Ltd., and SK New Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. SK Specialty is a global leader in the field of special gases required for semiconductor and display panel manufacturing, and it has the largest global market share in key materials such as nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and tungsten hexafluoride (WF6). In this project, JunHe served as Hahn & Co.'s Chinese legal counsel. JunHe was responsible for conducting legal due diligence on the three Chinese target companies, communicating with regulatory authorities, filing applications, and assisting with the closing. Given that the target companies belong to the special chemicals manufacturing industry, JunHe conducted a review of their compliance in areas such as environmental protection and occupational health and safety production (EHS) regulations, and assisted the client in fully understanding the EHS risks in operations. This successful collaboration with Hahn & Co. is a recognition of JunHe's long-standing excellence in service quality and consolidates JunHe's leading position as a specialist in Korean investment in China as well as high-end manufacturing mergers and acquisitions.


The Sale of Equity Interests in a Healthcare Company:On June 18, 2024, Grifols, S.A. (“Grifols”), a global healthcare company M88 game APK leading plasma-derived medicine manufacturer, announced the sale of 20% equity interests of Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai RAAS”) to Haier Group (“Haier Group”). Grifols sold 20% equity interests of Shanghai RAAS to Haier Group for a cash consideration of RMB 12.5 billion (approximately US$ 1.8 billion) in this transaction. Upon completion of this transaction, Grifols still holds 6.58% equity interests of Shanghai RAAS M88 game APK entered into a strategic cooperation arrangement with Haier Group M88 game APK Shanghai RAAS. JunHe M88 game APK Osborne Clarke, a Spanish law firm, acted jointly as legal advisors to Grifols in this transaction. In 2019, the two law firms jointly advised Grifols in injecting its minority equity interests in its U.S. subsidiary Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc. into Shanghai RAAS, acquiring 26.2% equity interests in Shanghai RAAS by way of a cross-border share swap. This transaction was recognized by China Business Law Journal as the Deal of the Year 2020.


Sale of Equity Interests in Catering Service Company: In November 2023, Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG; “Carlyle”) announced that McDonald USA had agreed to acquire all 28% equity interests held by Carlyle in McDonald Strategic Partnership in mainlM88 game APK China, Hong Kong M88 game APK Macau. The transaction was completed in January 2024. Upon completion of the transaction, the shareholding percentage of McDonald USA increased to 48%. Carlyle is a global investment firm with solid industry expertise that deploys private capital in three business areas: global private equity, global credit M88 game APK global investment solutions. As of 30 September 2023, Carlyle had 2 billion assets under its management. JunHe acted as Carlyle's sole Chinese legal advisor in this project, M88 game APK provided services including vendor due diligence, legal advice M88 game APK antitrust filings, as well as timely, overall M88 game APK thorough legal analysis M88 game APK support to the client through all stages of the project. This ensured the successful execution of the contract M88 game APK the approval from the Chinese government.

Professional awards

Chambers China Awards

  • 2020
    Corporate Law Firm of the Year

IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards

  • 2023
    M&A Firm of the Year 2023

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards

  • 2023
    M&A Deal of the Year - INEOS LM88 game APKmark Ventures

IFLR 1000 China Awards

  • 2023
    Team of the Year - M&A

China Business Law Awards / China Business Law Deals of the Year

  • 2025
    Law Firms of the Year - M&A (Inbound & Domestic)
  • 2024
    Law Firms of the Year - M&A (Inbound & Domestic)
  • 2023
    Law Firms of the Year - M&A (Inbound & Domestic) Deals of the Year - Saudi Aramco's Construction of Major Refinery M88 game APK Petrochemical Complex in Liaoning
  • 2022
    Deals of the Year - INEOS-Sinopec Series of Asset Transactions to Set Up JV
  • 2021
    Law Firms of the Year - M&A (Inbound & Domestic)
  • 2020
    Law Firms of the Year - M&A (Inbound & Domestic) Deals of the Year - National Energy Group M88 game APK Electricité de France set up Wind Power JV Enterprise

ALB China Regional Law Awards: The Coastal Areas

  • 2021
    Energy & Resources Deal of the Year - The Coastal Areas - Investment by EDF in Jiangsu Dongtai Offshore Wind Power Project

Asialaw Awards

  • 2020
    Corporate M88 game APK M&A Firm of the Year

China Law & Practice Awards

  • 2019
    Deals of the Year - M&A - Diageo’s acquisition of Shuijingfang

IFLR Asia Awards

  • 2019
    Deals of the Year - M&A - Acquisition of shares in Swellfun, an A-share listed company, through a partial tender offer by Diageo

In-House Community

  • 2022
    Corporate M88 game APK M&A Law Firm of the Year - China

Legal Daily

  • 2024
    Typical Cases of the Belt M88 game APK Road Legal Service: Investment - Advised Grifols on its sale of Shanghai RAAS' shares to Haier Group
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