China

SRZ is actively involved in cross-border transactions with China and often works in cooperation with local resident counsel. Our attorneys’ global range of expertise includes multilingual and multicultural proficiencies that allow us to deliver seamless high-quality service to our clients in transactions including joint ventures, foreign direct investments mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate and the establishment of inbound and outbound investment funds and vehicles.

Representative clients and transactions include:

• Cerberus Capital Management LP, a leading global investment firm with over $25 billion in assets under management, in its acquisition of a minority stake in HKC (Holdings) Limited, a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
• Chrysler LLC in negotiations with Daimler AG concerning Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co. Ltd., a joint venture with BAIC, and Chrysler’s potential joint ventures with other local auto companies.
• A New York based hedge fund, in negotiating a potential joint venture in Shenyang with other co-investors.
• China Mining Resources Group Limited and its affiliates in general corporate and bankruptcy matters related to their acquisition of convertible notes issued by China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Inc. and related Exchange Act securities filings.
• Directors of a publicly traded Chinese company in general corporate governance and potential litigation.
• Asian Strategic Investments Corporation in general corporate governance and direct investments in Chinese companies.
• An institutional investor in a PIPE transaction with a China based issuer, Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. (senior convertible note and warrant offerings).
• An institutional investor in a PIPE transaction with a China based issuer, China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. (senior convertible note and warrant offerings).
• An institutional investor in a PIPE transaction with a China based issuer, General Steel Holdings Inc. (senior convertible note and warrant offerings).
• A major asset management firm in connection with portfolio investments focused on markets in China, Hong Kong, Korea, India, Japan and other countries in the Asian region.
• A private equity fund primarily in connection with making privately negotiated investments in China and Hong Kong consisting of portfolios of multi-credit non-performing loans as well as of other distressed assets in China and Hong Kong.
• A private equity fund primarily in making privately negotiated investments in China consisting of portfolios of multi-credit, non-performing loans (which potentially will include settled and foreclosed real estate and other assets) as well as of other distressed and non-performing assets, such as real estate and equity positions in China.
• A hedge fund designed to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns through an actively traded portfolio of long and short equity investments in the Greater China region, which includes China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and surrounding countries.
• A hedge fund organized to take long and short positions primarily in equity securities of companies in the Greater China region.
• A hedge fund organized primarily to invest in assets and companies headquartered in, or primarily doing business in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, including with respect to the trading of underlying shares of such companies on stock exchanges in any jurisdiction.
• Strategic Short Duration Bond Fund, a hedge fund, in connection with investing in a diversified portfolio of debt securities and other credit related instruments in China, among other places.
• A hedge fund designed primarily to invest in long and short positions in equity positions listed on Asia Pacific exchanges and/or equity positions of companies with linkages or businesses in the Asia Pacific region.