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Catherine Is A Leading Lawyer On U.s.-china Cross-border Legal Matters; She Solves Complex Legal Problems Effectively And Efficiently. Catherine is a Partner and Corporate Group Head in the firm’s New York office and chairs the firm’s globally recognized U.S.-China Practice. Catherine serves as a member of the Firm’s Management Committee, the executive body of the Firm. As a highly skilled attorney and trusted advisor, and one of the most prominent Chinese-speaking business lawyers in the U.S., Catherine is relied on by our clients to handle their strategic corporate transactions and to solve complex legal problems for their business. She has a strong client following among some of the world’s largest corporations, financial institutions and business leaders. She frequently serves as their chief outside legal counsel. The strategic corporate transactions Catherine handles include foreign direct investment (FDI), greenfield and brownfield projects, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt financings, and other cross-border corporate and commercial transactions. In addition to her transactional experience, Catherine also oversees regulatory compliance (focusing on national security, export control and sanction), government investigation and dispute resolution matters for corporate clients as their chief outside general counsel. She works closely with our regulatory compliance and litigation teams in litigation prevention and risk management, as well as in mapping out important international strategies for our corporate clients. Catherine employs highly successful and proven techniques to solve complex business disputes. Catherine was elected Partner in 2012, one of our youngest attorneys to make partner. Outside of her legal work, Catherine is a supporter of the arts and education. She is a Member of the Committee of 100, a Trustee of China Institute and a member of the Board of Governors of the University of St. Thomas School of Law. For a more comprehensive list of deals and cases Catherine has handled, please see the Experience (Representative Work) section.
