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Yan (Jackson) Guo
Officer
Email: jguo@fredlaw.com
Office: +86.21.3852.5192
Assistant: Lina Wang, +86.21.3852.5105
Overview
Jackson’s practice focuses on foreign direct investment into China, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate, commercial and regulatory matters.
Jackson counsels American and international companies on their business ventures in and out of China. He advises clients on foreign direct investments, cross border mergers and acquisitions, China investment expansion, relocation and restructuring, foreign investment project approvals, labor downsizings, regulatory permitting and compliance issues, and various corporate and commercial issues.
Jackson has significant experience handling mergers, acquisitions and due diligence investigations. Additionally, he has advised companies on employment, intellectual property and commercial matters. Jackson has a wide range of industry experience, including electronics, chemicals, auto parts, industrial components and consumables, building materials, talent recruitment and retailing.
Experience
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Represented US electronics companies in:
- £118 million equity acquisition of an EU company
- US$50 million assets acquisition of a Taiwanese company
- US$86 million acquisition of the subsidiaries of a Japanese company
- US$60 million acquisition of the assets of a Chinese company
- Represented a US telecommunications equipment company’s US$800 million acquisition of a Singapore company
- Represented a US chemical company’s assets acquisition of a Chinese company in Dalian
- Represented a US industrial components company in:
- US$143 million equity acquisition of a Chinese company in Guangdong
- RMB160 million buy-out of the Chinese partner of a JV in Shanghai
- US$2 million buy-out of the Chinese partner of a JV in Shandong
- Represented a Chinese company’s NZ$90 million equity acquisition of a New Zealand company
Foreign Direct Investment
- Represented a US chemical company’s US$38 million equity JV with a Chinese chemicals company in Shanxi
- Represented a US engineered components company’s US$5 million JV with a Chinese company in Shandong
- Represented a US career and talent recruitment service provider’s VIE structure in China
- Assisted in the incorporation of numerous WFOEs for US/EU companies in various industries
Corporate
- Assisted with various US companies’ restructurings of Chinese businesses, including equity/assets transfers and mergers
- Assisted with various US companies’ liquidation/deregistration of their Chinese entities and offices
- Represented a US electronics company’s liquidation of its manufacturing WFOE in Tianjin
- Represented a US company’s liquidation of its WFOE in Beijing
Employment & Labor
- Represented a US company’s layoff of over 2,500 employees in Shenzhen
- Represented a US electronics company’s layoff of over 300 employees in Tianjin
- Represented a US company’s layoff of over 40 employees in Beijing
- Assisted with various US/UK companies’ termination of employees and resolution of labor disputes
Intellectual Property
- Drafted and reviewed technology/trademark licensing and/or assignment agreements
- Registered and transferred trademarks for various US/EU companies
- Represented a US industrial components company’s Chinese IP restructuring
Commercial
- Negotiated various US/EU companies’ supply, contract manufacturing, distribution, consignment, agency, franchising, licensing and other commercial arrangements in China
- Advised clients on resolution of commercial disputes and draft/review indemnity/settlement agreements
Regulatory
- Advised clients on regulatory compliance issues, including environmental permitting, land zoning and construction permitting, work safety, fire control, manufacturing permits and mandatory standards, data privacy, merger control filing, government expropriation, etc.
Honors & Education
EDUCATION
- University of California, Berkeley, LL.M., 2009
- Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, Master of Laws, 2002
- Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, B.A., 1998
BAR ADMISSIONS
- National Bar Qualification, PRC (Inactive)
- New York, 2009
LANGUAGES
- Mandarin
- English