Allens Arthur Robinson

About this office:

Our expertise and experience in foreign investment, general corporate and regulatory work in Beijing and Shanghai have seen us consistently ranked as a leading foreign law firm within the PRC. We are named as a leading foreign firm in corporate and M&A in China by Chambers Global 2004-2005; and named a leading foreign firm in China in banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial and foreign direct investment by Asia Pacific Legal 500 2005-06.

Recent projects include:

- advising Lion Nathan on the sale of its China operations to China Resources Breweries for US$154 million;

- advising Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi on the introduction of a new domestic/international multi-currency trade receivable finance product and a new multi-entity RMB funds pooling and cash management product;

- advising Zuellig & Woo ¿ the large European pharmaceutical distributor ¿ on a ground-breaking JV in China, the first foreign-invested pharmaceutical distribution project allowed by the Chinese authorities;

- acting for First China Property Group Limited, a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank, in relation to a US$44 million capital-raising for residential property developments in Shanghai;

- advising a large resources company which was looking to acquire a US$20 million interest in an oil field in China in Hebei Province;

- acting for Brambles Industries Limited on projects in Beijing, Xian and Cheng Du which involved gaining control of the management of land fill sites, managing the gas emissions and converting the gas emissions to electricity for interconnection to the local mains electricity power supply;

- advising BlueScope Steel (then BHP Steel) China on the establishment of plants, the restructuring of assets and continuing advice on maximising returns on investments through corporate reorganisation and reinvestment;

- advising the Ministry of Labour People's Republic of China on the development of a third tier pension system for the country;

- advising numerous multinational companies on mergers and acquisitions in the PRC including Schneider Electric, CRL, Iluka, Boral; and

- advising on one of the largest liquidations of a foreign-invested enterprise in the PRC, including serving on the three person liquidation committee responsible for the liquidation.