Nanda has extensive experience in advising clients on doing business in China and cross-border transactions with a China element, and also leads our Shanghai office.
Nanda's practice covers a wide range of corporate and commercial work including cross-border M&A transactions, foreign direct investment, private equity, joint ventures and corporate restructurings in China. She also advises clients on general corporate and commercial matters, and regulatory issues arising from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, digital infrastructure and data.
Her clients include multi-national corporations and Chinese companies in a broad range of sectors, including aerospace, automobile, consumer goods, food and beverages, financial services, industrial, pharmaceutical, real estate and TMT.
Accolades
- Notable practitioners - Corporate M&A, China
Chambers & Partners 2021-2024 - "Nanda Lau is so commercial, available and so practical" and "knows what the client wants from a corporate legal perspective."
Chambers & Partners 2022 - Leading individual – Corporate M&A, China
Legal 500, 2020-2024 - Winner of Lexology Client Choice
Lexology, 2020 - China TOP M&A Lawyer 2019
Asian Legal Business - Acritas Star – independently rated lawyer
Acritas 2018, 2019
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- SF Holding, parent company of SF Express on its over RMB5 billion acquisition of Germany logistics group DHL's supply chain operations in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau
- SF Holding on the acquisition from Kerry Logistics Network Limited of its express delivery businesses across 10 jurisdictions in Asia Pacific and Europe
- Associated British Foods on a joint venture with an Asian leading food company in China to create a key player in the bakery ingredients sector in China
- British American Tobacco's corporate venture capital arm in its investment in a Chinese domestic private equity fund through a bespoke deal structure
- Diageo with the joint venture with Yanghe, a Chinese well-known spirits manufacturer
- Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited on the establishment of a USD 6.7 billion joint venture in Wuxi with other State-owned enterprises including China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund II.
- Jaguar Land Rover on its joint venture project with Chery Automobile Corporation in China
- a global leading power management solution provider on its strategic investment into a China-based leading intelligent electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider
- a renowned client which provides investment and data centre services on its investment alongside a local partner in a joint venture company to develop data centres in China
- an international blockchain consortium specialised in consumer goods sector on its proposed launch of services in China
Sectors
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