Bio

Jessie Chenghui Tang is Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Beijing Office and has practiced in the areas of cross-border M&A, foreign direct investment, commercial contracts, real estate and construction, and labor law in China for 20 years. She has represented many foreign and domestic clients, from multinational industrial companies to financial institutions and large state-owned enterprises, including many Fortune 500 companies, and provided advice on equity investment, financing, joint venture formation, and bidding for large overseas projects. As a participant or as a team leader, Jessie has been involved in many large M&A transactions for Chinese companies, financial institutions, and foreign-invested enterprises, including listed companies. As legal counsel to Chinese and foreign companies, she has extensive experience in structuring investments, due diligence investigations, and other related legal services for M&A projects. Her recent representations include: Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd.'s establishment of a medium and heavy duty trucks manufacturing joint venture valued at RMB 12 billion with Daimler AG; AGIC Capital's joint acquisition of Krauss Maffei with ChemChina; Singapore GIC Group's investments into Shenzhen DJI-Innovations; Primavita Beijing's investments into Holland and Australian dairy products companies; P&G's sale of its equity in Nanfu Battery Company; and Cardinal Health's acquisition of Johnson & Johnson's heart bracket business. Jessie is often featured in Chinese business media on topics related to outbound investment for Chinese companies. She is also a frequent speaker on M&A transaction, contract drafting, labor disputes, and FIDIC contracts. Jessie has been engaged by Peking University Law School as a tutor to graduate students.