Mr. Lin is a partner based in the Beijing office. He has extensive experience in the areas of antitrust and competition, M&A corporate.
Mr. Lin is a partner based in the Beijing office. He has extensive experience in the areas of antitrust and competition, M&A corporate.
Mr. Lin joined the firm in 2013 and became a partner since 2022.
In the area of Antitrust and Competition, he specializes in competition law and foreign investment related regulatory advice, advising on merger control, antitrust investigation and antitrust compliance matters. He works with a broad range of clients, such as industrial enterprises, financial investors, digital platforms, State-owned Enterprises, with sector experience in energy, media, telecoms, healthcare & pharma, auto, tech, real estate, chemical, agriculture, finance, insurance, consumer goods, etc.
He has recently advised the following clients on PRC antitrust and competition law, and foreign investment related regulatory matters (in alphabetic order): Advent International, Ageas Group, Baidu, Bain Capital, CDH Investment, China Telecom, China Life, ChemChina, CITIC Capital, COSCO Shipping, Daimler, DNE Group, Goldman Sachs, Hillhouse Investment, Havas Group, Hewlett-Packard, Harbin-electric, IDG Capital, Kuaishou Tech, MAHLE, MasterCard, Matrix Investment, Morgan Stanley, Comcast/NBC Universal, Pingan, Sinochem, Syngenta Group, Temasek, Tencent, ThyssenKrupp, Vanke, Warburg Pincus.
His notable matters include advising:
• Advent International on China merger control filings and foreign investment related regulatory matters in connection with its acquisition of Nielsen Global Connect Business, and its acquisition of Serta Mattress business
• Bain Capital on China merger control filings and foreign investment related regulatory matters in relation to its acquisition of IT Automotive, its acquisition of ASATSU-DK, its significant minority investment in Maxford, its investment in Citiustech, its investment in VXI
• Temasek on China merger control filings and foreign investment related regulatory matters in relation to its joint venture with Vanke, its joint venture with Applied Materials, and its investments in a couples of China domestic companies
• Warburg Pincus on China merger control filings in relation to its joint venture with Wensheng Asset management, its acquisition of Leyou
• Hillhouse Capital on China merger control filing in relation to its acquisition of Philips home appliance division, its acquisition of Serta, King Koil mattress business, a couples of other transactions
• AstraZeneca and Hillhouse Investments on China merger control filing in relation to their joint venture
• Comcast/NBCUniversal on China merger control filing in relation to its joint venture (i.e., Beijing Universal Studio Theme Park) with Beijing Shouhuan;
• HAVAS Group on China merger control filing in relation to its joint venture with Guangdong Advertising Group;
• Ageas on China merger control filing in relation to its investment in Taping Reinsurance;
• Morgan Stanley on China merger control filing in relation to its acquisition in Zhongde Hospital;
• CITIC Capital on China merger control filing in relation to its acquisition of China Pest Management;
• thyssenkrupp on China merger control filings in relation to its joint ventures with Ansteel, GAC Auto
• Sinochem on China merger control filing in relation to its strategic merger with ChemChina;
• ChemChina on China merger control filing in relation to its acquisition of agriculture business of Sinochem;
• China Telecom on China merger control filing in relation to its joint venture with China Eastern Airlines;
• China Life Insurance on China merger control filing in relation to its acquisition of China Guangfa Bank
• Baidu Inc. on China merger control filing in relation to its joint venture with COSCO Shipping
In the area of M&A corporate, his recent experience includes advising:
• Platinum Equity on its acquisition of Ingram Micro Inc. from HNA Technology (SH: 600751)
• Daimler on its investment in Bluepark (SH:600733), a back-door listing of Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd;
• Whirlpool on its strategic investment in Hefei Sanyo (SH:600983), and on its sale of home appliance assets to Whirlpool (SH:600983) and Hisense Kelon (SZ:000921);
• Goldman Sachs on MAI’s partial tender offer of Sanonda (SZ: 200553), the first tender offer deal in China B-share market, on Unifrax’s acquisition of LUYANG (SZ: 002088) and on Sanonda (SZ: 200553)’s acquisition of ADAMA;
• CICC on the material asset restructuring (“MAR”) of Kingray New Materials (SH: 600390), a back-door listing of the financial institutions assets of China Minmetals Group and on the MAR of JINAN DIESEL (SZ:000617), a back-door listing of the financial institutions assets of CNPC;
• Easyhome on its pre-IPO financing, introducing Alibaba, Taikang Asset, Sequoia Capital and other investors;
• ThyssenKrupp on its several joint venture and acquisition projects in China;
• A global insurance group on its online insurance joint venture project in China;
Baidu, Inc., Hillhouse Capital, CICC Capital, National Integrated Circuit Fund on a series of private equity or venture capital investments, acquisitions and spin-off transactions.
He received his LLB and B.A. (Dual Degree), Psychology from Peking University and LLM from Peking University.
His native language is Mandarin, Cantonese and he speaks English fluently.
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