Mao Tong  advises multinational corporations and investors in corporate and commercial matters in China and Asia. Mr. Mao's practice focuses on corporate and commercial transactions, cross-border acquisitions and financings, private equity investments, securities transactions, international joint ventures, corporate strategies and infrastructure, and real estate transactions.

Over the past 20 years, Mr. Mao has been involved in more than 100 Chinese-foreign joint ventures and wholly foreign owned enterprises in China. He has also advised international clients in connection with acquisitions of Chinese entities as well as restructuring existing foreign investment enterprises in China.

Mr. Mao's clients include Fortune 100 companies, private equity funds, Chinese technology companies and Chinese banks and financial institutions.

In 2007, he led a legal team to advise one of the largest Chinese financial institutions in connection with the financing of a US $1.2 billion acquisition of an energy company in Kazakhstan. He has advised major energy companies and investors who acquired interests in power plants in China and Indonesia. He has also advised a major Asian energy company in connection with its oil exploration operations in Africa.

In addition to corporate and financing matters, Mr. Mao has traveled throughout China to provide FCPA, compliance and integrity training courses to more than 2,000 employees of one of the largest U.S.-based conglomerates. In 2006, he advised a Chinese company in connection with its claims against a contracting party before the ICC International Court of Arbitration, which resulted in a settlement on terms satisfactory to the client.

Mr. Mao previously was a partner with other international law firms and also served as general counsel for Greater China for a leading U.S.-based industrial company.

Professional Affiliations

• China Business Association – Founding Member and Past President

Languages

• Chinese (Mandarin)
• English