Lei Ye

Lei Ye

Biography

Lei Ye's practice focuses on foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate and commercial matters relating to investment in China.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Represented METRO AG in the sales of a majority interest in its China Business to Wumei Technology Group.
  • Represented GlaxoSmithKline in the sales of its 100% equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary in China.
  • Represented one of the largest financial market operators in the world in the establishment of a joint venture in Southern China in conjunction with a Chinese state-owned financial institution.
  • Advised an US consumer goods distributor in a buy-out of its state-owned Chinese partner's equity interests in a Sino-foreign equity joint venture in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
  • Advised an international freight forwarder in its 100% share acquisition of a Hong Kong freight forwarder with CEPA certificates.
  • Advised an international packaging company in the sales of its 100% equity interests in a wholly-owned subsidiary in China.
  • Advised an international food distributor in a 100% share acquisition of a food distribution company in China.
  • Advised Embraer S.A. on the restructuring its aircraft assembly joint venture in China.
  • Advised a Canadian railway transporter in its sale of equity interest in a Sino-foreign equity joint venture in China.

Admission

People’s Republic of China (2009)

Education

Goethe University of Frankfurt (LL.M.) (2012)

China University of Political Science and Law (LL.M.) (2012)

China University of Political Science and Law (LL.B.) (2010)

Languages

English

Cantonese

Mandarin