Katherine Yang has over twenty years’ experience practicing at leading international law firms in China. Her practice focuses on foreign direct investments, M&A, restructuring, general corporate and commercial as well as regulatory matters. Katherine assists multinational clients from a wide range of sectors, including pharma and medical device, large energy groups, mining groups, commodities trading companies, machinery manufacturers, foodstuff companies as well as media and entertainment groups. In addition, she also has particular focus on the environment, work safety and health, sustainability and carbon footprint aspects of ESG.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Represented a leading Australian banking group. Assisted the client in the legal due diligence on the Chinese target company and business, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc..
Represented a leading Australian banking group. Assisted in the legal and HR due diligence on the Chinese target company and business, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc.
Represented an European Fortune Global 500 company in relation to its first investment in a wind farm project in China. Assisted the client in the legal due diligence on the project, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc.
Represented a leading Australian banking group. Assisted the client in the legal due diligence on the Chinese target company and business, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc..
Represented a leading Australian banking group. Assisted in the legal and HR due diligence on the Chinese target company and business, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc.
Represented an European Fortune Global 500 company in relation to its first investment in a wind farm project in China. Assisted the client in the legal due diligence on the project, regulatory analysis, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, preparing for closing deliverables, etc.
Represented an European Fortune Global 500 company in relation to its series C and D investments in a Chinese electric car rental group. Assisted the client in the legal due diligence, negotiating SPA, SHA, and constitutional documents of the investee company.
Advising multinational mining companies, commodity trading houses and financial institutions on PRC financial regulatory aspects for their participations in various commodities (physical or paper, including CCER or other certificates representing environment attributes) trading activities in China or with Chinese counterparties via different market access routes.
Advising digital asset/crypto business operators on PRC financial regulatory/compliance risk
Advising an European global payment service provider on PRC financial marketing guardrails in respect of its cross-border payment services.
Advising a leading international commodity trading house on QFII application and regulatory risk
Advising a leading international bank on trading precious metal on Shanghai Gold Exchange, including access route, SGE trading and delivery rules, insolvency risk analysis
Advising a multinational company on approval/license requirements for its current physical precious metal trading business model and proposed model.
Advising numerous multinational companies on various PRC employment law issues, preparing employment contracts, termination, non-competition and post-termination restriction agreements as well as counseling clients in respect of labor arbitrations and labor lawsuits in China.
Advising a leading Latin American banking group on share purchase of a company in Shanghai and related corporate restructuring.
Advising an international fund on PRC legal and regulatory due diligence questionnaire in relation to proposed metals trading via bonded warehouses in China
Assisting a leading global cloud business in establishing a number of health and safety policies and make supplements to these policies based on PRC laws, regulations and standards.
Preparing high-level responses in relation to COVID-19 prevention requirements, health and safety obligations in a multi-employer workplace, and the inspection powers of Health and Safety regulators, among others.
Delivering regular updates on regulations in relation to the new health and safety obligations as well as restrictions to the import/export and transport of goods in relation to COVID-19.
Represented a US company in relation to its sale of a wholly owned subsidiary to a domestic Chinese company
Represented a UK commodities company in relation to structuring and establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in China
Advised a European company in respect of its corporate procurement of renewable energy certificates and/or renewable energy projects in China
Advised a Fortune 500 European energy company in relation to carbon emission trading under Chinese pilot ETSs and establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in China
Advised an international oil major in respect of OTC transactions under Chinese pilot carbon emission trading system
Advised a European power group in respect of its participation in Chinese carbon emission trading market, including the routes of access to different pilot exchanges, nature and structure of such exchanges, trading products, trading modes, accounts opening, etc.
Advised an international carbon emission trader in respect of its transfer of CCER projects and drafting template documentation.
Advised a European energy group on the regulatory and legal aspects of procuring used cooking oil (UCO) in China and exporting the UCO to the EU.
Advised an international foodstuff company on Chinese food safety law and standards in connection with import and distribute the company’s products under both conventional channel and e-commerce business models.
Advised an international company on Chinese volatile organic compounds (VOC) standards and their application to the electronic products of the company requirements in China
Advised a European disinfection manufacturer on Chinese law and regulation with respect to product registration and market authorization
Advised a European medical device company on Chinese law, regulation and national standards with respect to medical device labelling and marketing materials to be used in China.
Represented a UK broadcasting group in relation to its co-production feature film project
Advised a UK Music TV company on licensing its contents to a Chinese leading video audio streaming service provider
Represented a leading multi-national oil company in its divestiture of its interest in a joint venture in China
Advised a European automobile company on its proposed business strategies for developing electrical vehicle business in China
Represented a French media and advertising group in relation to its acquisition of an e-marketing service company in China
Advised a wholly foreign-owned company on its internal investigation into alleged employee misconducts and other employment-related matters
Represented a leading multi-national oil company in its US$ 130 million acquisition of a Chinese lubricant company
Advised several Chinese SPs on their sales to a UK listed mobile company utilizing offshore holding company structure
Advised a UK based carbon fund on its participation in a China CDM project
Advised a major Japanese company on its participation in multiple CDM projects in China
Advised an electronic commerce company on its daily operational matters (as a secondee)
Advised a world leading marketing and advertising group on its acquisition of 80% equity interest in a Chinese marketing company
Advised a leading generic pharmaceutical company on its joint venture project in China
Represented two international financial institutions in their strategic investment in a Chinese rural cooperative bank
Credentials
Education
Education
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 2008, LL.M., with honours
- China University of Politics and Law, 2004, LL.M.
- Sichuan University, 1998, LL.B.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- China
- New York
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