Lawrence Wang

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Lawrence Wang focuses on advising clients on antitrust and competition law matters in major jurisdictions worldwide. He has experience advising clients in premerger notifications, antitrust government investigations and enforcement actions, antitrust counseling and compliance, and private antitrust litigation. He also has experience representing clients in other criminal investigations and litigations in the United States involving government regulation matters. He has represented clients across different industries, including aviation, automotive, chemical, cosmetics, e-commerce, energy, health care, real estate, semiconductor, and technology.

Lawrence has represented Air China Limited and Air China Cargo to successfully resolve a multidistrict, class action litigation brought by customers alleging an international conspiracy to impose fuel surcharges on air cargo shipments. Lawrence has represented clients on numerous premerger notifications, including PotashCorp in the notification for its $38 billion all-stock merger-of-equals with Agrium, NVIDIA in its $7 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, as well as Safran in the notification in connection with its €8.7 billion agreed tender offer targeting Zodiac Aerospace's shares. He has represented a confidential Fortune 500 client in an antitrust investigation in relation to alleged abuse of dominant market position. Lawrence has experience representing clients in internal investigations as well as providing relevant legal advice to clients. In addition, he has represented a confidential Fortune 500 client in a cross-border internal investigation involving potential horizontal anticompetitive agreement, anticorruption, and data protection issues.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2014, Lawrence worked as a legal advisor at an American law firm in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Experience

  • ENEOS invests in C2XJones Day is advising ENEOS Corporation in its Investment in C2X LTD, a developer of green methanol projects.
  • International Automotive Components Group sells Chinese businessJones Day advised International Automotive Components Group, LLC in the sale of its Chinese business to Ningbo Huaxiang Automotive Door Systems Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic Co., Ltd.
  • Major U.S. software company conducts enhanced end user due diligence requirementsJones Day assisted a major U.S. software company with enhanced end user due diligence requirements in compliance with a procedure from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
  • P&G sells Vidal Sassoon brand in Greater ChinaJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in the sale of its Vidal Sassoon hair care consumer products business to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA.
  • WEG acquires industrial electric motors and generators business from Regal Rexnord CorporationJones Day advised WEG S.A. in the $400 million acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation.
  • China Post Group Limited invests $128 million in Ule Holdings LimitedJones Day advised China Post Group Limited with its $128 million investment in Ule Holdings Limited through Telpo Philatelic Company Limited ("Telpo"), a subsidiary of China Post.
  • PTTGC acquires allnex from AdventJones Day advised PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited in the €4 billion acquisition of allnex Holding GmbH from Advent International.
  • Cooper Tire & Rubber sold to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for approximately $2.5 billion enterprise valueJones Day advised Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in its $2.5 billion sale to The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
  • Greystar announces $1.3 billion final close of GAMV IJones Day acted as antitrust counsel to Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC in its closing of Greystar Australia Multifamily Venture I (“GAMV I”), Australia's largest Build-to-Rent venture to-date.
  • Diodes acquires Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation for approximately $446 millionJones Day advised the Special Committee of the Board of Diodes Incorporated in the acquisition of Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation for approximately $446 million in cash.
  • SunPower closes sponsored spin-off of solar panel production operationsJones Day advised SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), one of North America's largest solar-panel makers, in a sponsored spin-off of its solar panel production operations into a new public company – Maxeon Solar Technologies – which will be headquartered in Singapore.
  • Qisda completes public tender offer for 19% stake in Alpha NetworksJones Day advised Qisda Corporation (TSE: 2352) in its public tender offer (unsolicited) to purchase up to 103,071,688 common shares (or approximately 19% stake) of Alpha Networks Inc. (TSE: 3380) at NT$30 per share.
  • NVIDIA acquires Mellanox Technologies for approximately $7 billionJones Day advised NVIDIA Corporation in its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., an Israel-based leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage.
  • JERA acquires minority stake in Formosa 1 offshore wind power projectJones Day advised JERA in the acquisition of a minority stake in the Formosa 1 offshore wind power project, located off the north-western coast of Taiwan.
  • Greystar Asia Pacific forms Greystar China Multifamily Venture I LP with initial $450 million of commitmentsJones Day advised Greystar Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. in connection with the formation of its first fund vehicle, Greystar China Multifamily Venture I LP, a Singapore-based fund that will acquire and develop multifamily real estate and real estate related assets in targeted cities in the Peoples Republic of China.
  • Mitsui Chemicals establishes new polypropylene compounds company in NetherlandsJones Day advised Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. in the establishment of Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites Europe B.V. in the Netherlands.
  • Nutrien sells its equity position in Arab Potash Company to SDIC Mining Investment Co. Ltd. for $502 millionJones Day advised Nutrien Ltd. in its $502 million sale of 23,294,614 common shares of Arab Potash Company to SDIC Mining Investment Co. Ltd.
  • Glencore Singapore forms joint venture with Zhejiang Provincial PetroleumJones Day advised Glencore Singapore Pte. Ltd. on the formation of Zhejiang Petroleum Trading Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Zhejiang Provincial Petroleum Co., Ltd.
  • Safran completes €8.7 billion agreed tender offer targeting Zodiac Aerospace's shares creating global leader in aircraft equipmentJones Day represented Safran in connection with its €8.7 billion agreed tender offer targeting Zodiac Aerospace's shares to create a global leader in aircraft equipment.
  • Cardinal Health sells its Cardinal Health China distribution business to Shanghai Pharmaceuticals for $1.2 billionJones Day advised Cardinal Health in the $1.2 billion sale of its Cardinal Health China distribution business to Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.
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