LIN, Xixiang | Partner
林熙翔
Anti-trust & Competition, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Basic Information

    Mr. Lin is a partner based in the Beijing office.  He has extensive experience in the areas of antitrust and competition, M&A corporate.  

  • Professional History

    Mr. Lin joined the firm in 2013 and became a partner since 2022.

  • Experience Highlights

    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.

  • Education

    He received his LLB and B.A. (Dual Degree), Psychology from Peking University and LLM from Peking University.

  • Language

    His native language is Mandarin, Cantonese and he speaks English fluently.

News

Contact Us
Address:20/F Fortune Financial Center 5 Dong San Huan Central Road Chaoyang District Beijing 100020, China
Telephone:+86 10 8560 6888
Fax:+86 10 8560 6999
Mail:haiwenbj@haiwen-law.com
Address:Unit 2605,Jing An Kerry Center Tower 1 No.1515 Nan Jing West Road Jing'an District Shanghai 200040, China
Telephone:+86 21 6043 5000
Fax:+86 21 5298 5030
Mail:haiwensh@haiwen-law.com
Address:Suites 1101-1104, 11/F, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong, China
Telephone:+852 3952 2222
Fax:+852 3952 2211
Mail:haiwenhk@haiwen-law.com
Address:Room 3801, Tower Three, Kerry Plaza 1 Zhong Xin Si Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 518048, China
Telephone:+86 755 8323 6000
Fax:+86 755 8323 0187
Mail:haiwensz@haiwen-law.com
Address:Unit 01, 10-12, 20/F, China Overseas International Center Block C, 233 Jiao Zi Avenue, High-tech District, Chengdu 610041, China
Telephone:+86 28 6391 8500
Fax:+86 28 6391 8397
Mail:haiwencd@haiwen-law.com
Address:Room 3508-3509, 35/F, Hainan Building 5 Guoxing Avenue, Meilan District Haikou 570100, China
Telephone:+86 898 6536 9667
Fax:+86 898 6536 9667
Mail:haiwenhn@haiwen-law.com

Beijing ICP No. 05019364-1 Beijing Public Network Security 110105011258

关于提示公众注意的声明

海问律师事务所近期收到反映,有不法分子冒充本所律师,推销投资产品。该行为涉嫌诈骗,且严重损害了本所声

誉,本所对此表示高度重视,并特此向公众声明。

×