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Experience | Education | Activities | Publications
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Biography
Xiao Yong's practice focuses on all aspects of joint ventures, foreign direct investment, telecommunications, information technology, retail services, franchising, technology transfer and large infrastructure and construction projects. He is experienced in structuring all forms of direct investments in the PRC, as well as in seeking approval authority from high-level government agencies. In recent years, Xiao Yong has represented large international companies in the establishment of nationwide distribution networks, retailing companies, leasing companies, and other businesses in the services section in China.
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Representative Experience
View All- Represented Chinese clients on the purchase of companies owning the oil and pipeline interests of EnCana Corporation in Ecuador for approximately $1.42 billion
- Represented Chinese state companies in connection with the acquisition of companies and assets in Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Nigeria and Ecuador
- Represented one of China's largest state-owned petroleum and petrochemical companies in connection with the bid for and attempt to acquire an interest in the Kashagan oil field in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea from BG Group plc
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Education and Professional Background
- UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School, LL.M., 1999
- University of New York Law School, visiting scholar, guest lecturer on Chinese Law, 1992
- International Development Law Institute of Italy, 1986
- Wuhan University Law School, B.A./LL.B., 1985
- Assistant Chair of the Foreign Investment Law Department of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Trade and Cooperation (MOFTEC) Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs
- Admitted to practice: China, 1987
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Activities and Affiliations- Fellow: All China Law Society
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Publications and Presentations
- "New Methods for the Conduct of International Business," published by CITIC Publishing
- "Legal Problems of Foreign Investment Enterprises," International Trade News
- "Legal Problems of the Establishment of a Holding Company in China by Foreign Investors," Hong Kong East Asia Business Review
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