Billy CHEUNG
Senior Lawyer

He has been practicing at a well-known law firm in China for over ten years. His legal practice primarily focuses on areas such as corporate acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations, corporate finance and capital markets, foreign direct investment, administrative law, and insurance law. He has provided legal services to a wide range of clients, including numerous large state-owned enterprises, multinational companies, and government departments.

Areas of Expertise

  • cross-border investment, M&A, capital markets, corporate governance, litigation & arbitration

Working Language

  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)

Achievements

  • During the past 14 years, Billy has assisted dozens of international companies, well-known international private equity funds and a few overseas investors to invest in China.
  • Billy is well acquainted with laws and practices in cross-border investment, mergers & acquisitions.

Representative Cases

  • CORPORATE/FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
  • Advised on the Joint Venture Project – Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Center –between Guangzhou Yuexiu Group Corporation and GL events SA (France);
  • Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on incorporating Guangzhou COSCOCS-DEME New Energy Engineering Co., Ltd. with GEOSEA NV, which is the subsidiary of DEME group (Belgium);
  • Advised Giorgio Armani (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd to merge the assets from Shenzhen Hemei Group Co., Ltd;
  • Advised Henderson Land on a project related to the old urban area transformation in Shenzhen;
  • Advised Hong Kong Jockey Club on the establishment of the joint venture;
  • Advised Dell (China) Co., Ltd. on the equity transfer project of its Zhuhai Subsidiary;
  • Advised Gemdale Group on the establishment of Gemdale Love Fund;
  • Advised Giorgio Armani on its general operations;
  • Advised CO-RO Food (China) Ltd. on its general operations;
  • Advised Jinkuiding (Tianjin) Trading Co., Ltd. on its general operations;
  • Advised California Innovations Inc. on its general operations;
  • Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) as its perennial legal counsel;
  • Advised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of the shares of one foreign invested company;
  • Advised the subsidiary of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the potential bidding of the equities of one real estate group from Southern United Assets & Equity Exchange;
  • Advised Guangzhou Development Zone Caihui Venture Service Co., Ltd. as the subsidiary to Guangzhou Development Zone Talent Working Group on the acquisition of the new issued shares of Guangzhou Sailong Additive Manufacturing Co., Ltd.;
  • Advised Poly Group Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project in Chengdu;
  • Advised Guangdong Junfeng spectrum Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project;
  • M&A AND CAPITAL MARKETS
  • Advised Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the acquisition of Guangzhou International Finance Center for CNY 8.85 billion;
  • Advised Dongguan Communications Investment Group Co., Ltd. to acquire 50.995% shares of Happy Life Insurance Co., Ltd. jointly with Champion Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. from China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd.;
  • As the legal counsel of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) advising Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) upon the acquisition of a high-quality commercial project from Yuexiu Property Company Limited (00123.HK) in the central downtown area of Wuhan. The value of the project transaction was RMB 2.28 billion, and the Transaction was approved by fund holders with a high favorable rate of 99.98% at the fund shareholders’ special meeting held by Yuexiu REIT;
  • Advised the famous American private equity fund, Platinum Equity, on acquiring Chinese Manufacturing Businesses from Broadway Industrial Group Limited, which covers 11 PRC entities separately located in the Mainland of PRC and Hong Kong Special Administrative Regions (“HK SAR”);
  • Advised COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd. (600428.SH) on Non-public Offering of A Shares, and acted as legal counsel for the issuer COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers Co., Ltd., successfully raising RMB 2.499 billion
  • Advised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of the shares of one foreign invested company;
  • Advised the subsidiary of Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust (00405.HK) on the potential bidding of the equities of one real estate group from Southern United Assets & Equity Exchange;
  • Advised Guangzhou Development Zone Caihui Venture Service Co., Ltd. as the subsidiary to Guangzhou Development Zone Talent Working Group on the acquisition of the new issued shares of Guangzhou Sailong Additive Manufacturing Co., Ltd.;
  • Advised Poly Group Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project in Chengdu;
  • Advised Guangdong Junfeng spectrum Co., Ltd. on the acquisition project;
  • ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL SERVICES
  • Advised Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, and have handled more than 100 cases;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration as its perennial legal adviser;
  • Advised Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation on the compilation of laws and regulations in the fields of quality supervision, industrial and commercial administration, food and drug supervision and intellectual property rights;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the selection of typical cases of administrative review and administrative litigation;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of industrial and commercial administrative regulations;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the compilation of the list of rights and responsibilities for administrative punishments;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the guideline for the preparation of evidence guidance for execution connection between the administration and criminal;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce on the amendments to the registration and the cooperation execution matters;
  • Advised former Guangzhou Haizhu District Market and Quality Supervision Administration on giving a legal lecture with the topic as “discuss relevant issues of administrative punishment from the perspective of administrative litigation”;
  • Advised Guangdong Provincial Highway Management Bureau as its perennial legal adviser.