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Katherine Yang

katherine yang

Associate

Beijing

T:
+86 10 6536 9542 (Beijing)
F:
+86 10 6536 9501 (Beijing)
E:
kyang@reedsmith.com
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Katherine has gained extensive experience in representing clients in foreign direct investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, compliance matters, and other general corporate matters from her role as in-house counsel at a large state-owned company and as a lawyer practising in international law firms for over six years.  Katherine also has experience in handling CIETAC arbitrations.  The clients Katherine has served include multi-nationals and Chinese companies engaging in retails, advertising, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, value-added telecom services, heavy equipment industry, financial services, oil and gas, etc. 

Katherine has also worked on some of the groundbreaking renewable energy projects and Clean Development Mechanism (“CDM”) Projects in China.

Representative Matters

  • Represented a leading multi-national oil company in its US$ 130 million acquisition of a Chinese lubricant company

  • Represented a leading multi-national oil company in its US$ 4.5 million divestiture of its interest in a joint venture in China

  • Advised a leading international nuclear power company on its acquisition/joint venture project in China

  • Advised a Hong Kong power company on its wind farm power project in China

  • Represented two international financial institutions in their US$ 13 million strategic investment in a Chinese rural cooperative bank

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Experience

2008 Reed Smith
2005 Clifford Chance LLP 2005-2007
2004 Coudert Brothers LLP
2002 Lovells (part-time) 2002-2003
1998 Taiji Pharmaceutical Group 1998-2001

Legal Education

2008 Northwestern University School of Law, LLM, with honours
2004 China University of Politics and Law, LLM
1998 Sichuan University, LLB

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

  • China
  • New York (admission pending)

Languages Spoken

  • Mandarin
  • English