Associate at Wei Tu Law Firm*
Karen is an associate at Wei Tu Law Firm. She is experienced in foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, and general corporate advice. Karen also practices cross-border private wealth management services.
Languages - Mandarin, English, Cantonese
Jurisdiction - PRC
Karen’s working experience covers foreign direct investment including start-up businesses, corporate compliance, China-related transactions, also including participation in substantial legal due diligence, advising on deal structures and draft or reviews various types of commercial legal documents, applications and filings.
Karen has assisted on merger and acquisitions and other commercial transactions, bilingual legal documents translation, providing legal advices and professional service to various clients.
Karen also advice on cross-border private wealth management services, providing tailored solutions for high-net-worth clients in wealth planning and cross-border asset allocation.
*Wei Tu (a PRC law firm registered in Guangzhou) and Stephenson Harwood (a law firm registered in Hong Kong) are in a CEPA association under the name “Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association”. CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement) is a free trade agreement concluded between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Under CEPA, Hong Kong based law firms are permitted to operate in association with Mainland Chinese law firms to provide comprehensive legal services in Mainland China governed by Chinese and non-Chinese laws.
Foreign Direct Investment
Assisting a world leading medical service provider in setting up and deregistering clinics in South China and the ongoing compliance of the clinics
Foreign Direct Investment
Advising a leading world leading airport lounge management group in their PRC projects.
Foreign Direct Investment
Assisting a world leading state-owned agricultural company to establish its trading company in Shanghai and providing legal advice on daily operation and labour employment.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Advising a worldwide laboratory testing service provider over its acquisition of an Asian based safety and quality service provider for the consumer product industry.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Participating in a German-based company (the purchaser) to acquisitions of 90% equity of one medical device company in Guangzhou.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Assisting a world leading ship management company to carry out seller due diligence upon its PRC subsidiaries.
Equity Capital Markets
Assisting in advising multiple Chinese companies in overseas IPO.
Private Wealth
Assisting overseas clients (such as those from South Africa, Switzerland, Israel, etc.) in handling cross-border property matters (including estate inheritance, etc.).
Commercial
Assisting/representing PRC companies to deal with the anti-dumping review case (started from year 2007), preparing all the documents and questionnaires, cooperating with US law firm to get settlement with the petitioner in US.
