Dr. Zhaoxia Chen has more than 16 years of experience advising clients on M&A and other corporate transactions, with a special focus on cross-border transactions. She has extensive experience advising clients investing in China as well as Chinese companies entering into the European market. In addition, she has in-depth experience in the hospitality, machinery, and automotive industries.
Zhaoxia recently advised ReLive Biotechnologies with the acquisition of the business operations of co.don Aktiengesellschaft, a German manufacturer of personalized cell therapies for the treatment of cartilage defects listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. She also advised Pandox Group on various hotel transactions (including its acquisitions of 10 hotels in Germany from HR Group for €393 million, two hotels in Germany and the Netherlands from Grape Hospitality for €83 million, and 18 hotels from the Leonardo Group in Germany for €400 million) and Goldman Sachs on its acquisition of K + K Hotels and the subsequent disposal of these hotels. She advised Dallah Al-Baraka Group on the sale of its minority stake in World Sport Group to the Chinese company LeTV; a Chinese-listed automotive supplier on its bid for a business unit of a German automotive supplier and its formation of a global joint venture with a German automotive supplier; a Chinese state-owned postal company on its formation of a joint venture with several German partners; and a leading Chinese construction company on its bid for the water construction business of a leading European construction group.
Zhaoxia is a former scholar of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. She publishes and lectures frequently on European and Chinese law regarding foreign investment.
Experiência
- November 10, 2023
M&A Projects and Doing Business in Germany, Lecture at Peking University Law School - June 14, 2023
Carrier as Woman in “Big” Law Firms, Speech in Legal Clinics at Freiburg University Law School - August 12, 2022
Recent Trends in China's Outbound Investments and Overseas M&A, Jones Day Webinar Series - May 27, 2021
Newest Developments in Germany Law – Possible Impacts on Chinese Investors, Jones Day Webinar Series - December 2, 2020
Overview of M&A in Germany, Lecture at Peking University Law School - April 16, 2019-April 18, 2019
New Investment Policies in EU and USA in the new political era, Jones Day Legal Forum 2019 - April 15, 2019
New developments of investment environments in three major European countries (UK, Germany and France) - May 8, 2015
Investing in Germany seminar - May 7, 2015
Investments in Germany Through M&A Transactions, China Association of Private Equity - November 21, 2014
Investments in Germany through M&A Transactions, Beijing Private Equity Association (BPEA) Seminar - 2013年11月15日
中国企业海外投资的风险管控研讨会
- University of Frankfurt, Germany (Ph.D. in Law 2007); University of Aix-Marseille III, France (LL.M. in European Business Law 2003); Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China (LL.B. 2002)
- Federal Republic of Germany (attorney-at-law PR China)
- Native speaker of Mandarin, fluent in German and English, and advanced skills in French