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Partner

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is a full-service, global law firm with an industry focus on energy & natural resources, financial services including financial institutions, real estate & construction, and technology.

Experienced business lawyer with over 100 international M&A and joint venture deals in more than 40 countries. Special expertise in Asia, having lived for more than two decades in Japan and China, and having opened and led the Shanghai offices of two international law firms. Clients include startups and investors as well as middle-market and Fortune 500 companies. I bring more than 30 years of experience to advising executives and corporate directors on using an international strategy to build enterprise value. I have handled financing transactions (including public and private placements, Reg S offerings, convertible debt offerings and PIPEs); mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and strategic alliances; venture capital and private equity transactions; and greenfield investments in a number of countries. I am currently the leader of Pillsbury's China Practice and a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice group. We focus on inbound and outbound investment transactions as well as intellectual property and licensing transactions. Our value-add is our deep experience in the practical as well as the technical solutions to business transactions in China. Making Sense of China - a series of papers and guides for companies and investors who find China inscrutable - clear, common-sense explanations of how to do business in China - see http://www.pillsburylaw.com/china.