Terrence PANG Partner
PE/VC, M&A | Regulatory and Compliance Dispute Resolution
+86 021- 5253 3508 tao.pang@meritsandtree.com Shanghai

Mr. Pang is a partner at Merits & Tree. Prior to joining Merits & Tree, Mr. Pang was a partner at a well-known law firm in Shanghai and has served a Fortune Global 500 multi-national company covering its compliance work.

 

Mr. Pang has rich experience in the areas of M&A, regulatory and compliance and dispute resolution. Mr. Pang has assisted numerous foreign (covering countries and regions including Thailand, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Canada and the United Kingdom, etc.) and local enterprises to successfully handle their projects related to investment, M&A and liquidation, involved in industries such as advanced manufacturing, value-added telecom, Internet, education, biological technology, etc. He has provided a number of high-growth companies in their life cycle with full legal guidelines, including providing legal service of financing, acquisitions, corporate governance and compliance. Mr. Pang's years of working experience in multi-national company and law firms facilitates him to be very familiar with both lawyer skills and business rules, and make him furnish clients with commercially feasible legal resolutions in a better way.

Achievements
Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment
  • Advising a Chinese listed company on its investment in new construction and expansion for factory premises in Vietnam;
  • Advising a Chinese listed company on its establishment of a joint venture with a Vietnamese partner in Vietnam;
  • Advising an US-invested BPO company its acquisition of a Hong Kong and Vietnamese company;
  • Advising a Guangzhou-based marine fuel company on its overseas direct investment project in Hong Kong;
  • Advising a Chinese company on its investment in a Kazakhstani company and the project for the harmless treatment of oil residues controlled by the company;
  • Advising a Chinese education and training institution on establishing an international school through a joint venture in Thailand;
  • Advising a Chinese education and training institution on establishing a company and conducting educational training cooperation in Vietnam;
  • Advising a German company on localized employment management matters for its Indian subsidiary;
  • Advising an Indian company in providing legal services for a transaction involving Chinese law during its acquisition of the global operations of a multinational corporation in the automotive electronics sector;
  • Advising a Chinese individual on his participation in a Canadian company's equity incentive plan;
  • Advising a Chinese investors in the acquisition of an international school offering A-level courses in Cambridgeshire, UK;
  • Advising the investors in the joint establishment of an international school in Germany with German investors;
  • Advising a US-invested company Silberline on its acquisition by a German company ALTANA Group, providing legal services in respect of transactions involving Chinese law;
  • Advising a Chinese certification industry company in its joint venture project with an Italian company to establish a joint venture in China, preparing legal documents including the Letter of Intent and Joint Venture Agreement, as well as negotiating with the foreign partners;
  • Advising Chinese leading real estate company Seazen Holdings Co., Ltd. (SH601155) on its acquisitions of numerous  properties in Eastern China as well as Central China;
  • Advising an angel investment guide fund under a Wuxi-based state-owned enterprise group on its investment and acquisition of several technical innovative enterprises, including chip manufacturing, semiconductors, industrial robotics, and electronic component production;
  • Advising the Canadian company named Telus International on its acquisition of the Lionbridge AI global business related to Chinese law;
  • Advising an AI robot R&D and food sales company on its Pre-A Series equity financing project of promoting corrective measures, reviewing and amending transaction documents;
  • Advising a driverless vehicle technology development company on its A Series equity financing project of promoting corrective measures, reviewing and amending transaction documents;
  • Advising a beauty cosmetic technology R&D company on its A Series equity financing project of promoting corrective measures, reviewing and amending transaction documents;
  • Advising a Chinese company on its acquisition of SPACE, a fitness industry company;
  • Advising a Chinese company on its acquisition of a financial guarantee company in Chongqing;
  • Advising several global leading BPO operators (such as Convergys, Alorica and Sutherland based in the US, or Telus International based in Canada) on their investments projects in China of designing legal structure (assisting or representing the companies in site selection, reviewing and amending investment cooperation agreement and negotiating with the local government, recruiting personnel, and leasing office space);
  • Advising the Uruguayan company named IDEAL, Spanish company named BOIX MAQUINARIA, S.L., the Belgian companies named Culobel N.V. and DEBA N.V., and the Netherland company named The Magic Boiler Company B.V on their establishments of the wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) or the Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise (JV)in China.
Regulatory & Compliance
  • Advising an US-invested BPO enterprise to take over partial employees of Dell Dalian;
  • Advising a fashion company in the project of downsizing its staff in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other places;
  • Advising a foreign fashion company on the demolition project of its Suzhou factory such as the demolition compensation negotiation with the government, strike response, employee relocation, new location settlement and so on;
  • Advising a Canadian telecom company on its project to downsize employees of its investment company in China;
  • Advising the Belgian company named Culobel N.V. on the liquidation of its Suzhou company and dismissal of all the employees;
  • Advising the US-invested company named Fast Guard on the liquidation of its Suzhou company and dismissal of all the employees;
  • Advising a US-invested company on the project of its complete withdrawal from China including employee resettlement, supplier management issues, company dissolution and deregistration procedures, and other legal issues;
  • Advising a Japanese stationery company in the project of downsizing its staff in Shanghai;
  • Advising a German automotive components manufacturer company in the project of downsizing its staff in Changchun, Chengdu and other places;
  • Advising a leading global agricultural technology company in the relocation project of Nantong factory, including relocation compensation arrangements and employee resettlement and other legal issues.
Dispute Resolution
  • Representing the US company named Rhino Software to successfully obtain tort indemnity in software copyright litigations against 10 Chinese companies in China courts;
  • Representing the US company named Alt-N Technologies to successfully obtain tort indemnity in software copyright litigations against multiple Chinese domestic companies in China courts;
  • Representing the US company named Meyer to sue a supplier in Suqian city for product quality liability, and helping Meyer successfully reach settlement agreement with the counter party;
  • Representing the CZ company named Stauner Palet to sue Changxing Flying Power Energy Technology Co.,Ltd. for product quality liability, and helping the client obtain a verdict in favor of it;
  • Representing Seazen Holdings Co., Ltd. to sue a company in Zhejiang and a company in Anhui for unfair competition and trademarks infringement, and helping the client obtain a verdict in favor of it;
  • Representing a Taiwan manufacturer named Taiyi in the investment litigation versus a listed company, and protecting this Taiwan company's legal interest;
  • Representing a Taiwan resident Wu to sue mainland residents Gu and Liang, and helping this Taiwan resident successfully reach settlement agreement with the counterparties;
  • Representing the Uruguayan company named IDEAL to participate in the  international trading contract litigation.
Education
  • LL.B., Nanjing University Law School
  • Diploma, The Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies
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