Mr. Richard Yao

Mr. Yao is a partner of Jun He Law Offices and currently practices at our Shanghai Office.

Practice AreasMr. Yao practice is focused on the China related direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and general corporate work.

Professional ExperienceRichard Yao's China experience covers a wide array of industries (including auto, banking, container terminals, food and beverage, insurance, machinery manufacturing and real estate).
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Mr. Yao's practice involves a wide range of merger and acquisition-related matters, including cross-border M&A transactions, spinoffs and joint ventures.
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Mr. Yao is a member of New York State Bar Association and American Bar Association.

Mr. Yao has a LL.B degree from East China University of Political Science and Law in 1992; and has obtained a LL.M degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley in 1996.Before joined Jun He, Mr. Yao has worked with Dorsey & Whitney LLP's Shanghai Office and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; United Technologies (legal department) and GE Advanced Material Group (legal department).Mr. Yao's practice involves a wide range of merger and acquisition related matters, including cross-border M&A transactions, spin-offs, reconstruction and joint ventures.His China experience covers a wide array of industries, including automobile, banking, container terminals, food and beverage, insurance, machinery manufacturing and real estate.
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Mr. Yao made a speech titled ¡°Doing Business in China¡± in the seminar.

¡õ In order to strengthen the business collaboration with investment banks and law firms in Hong Kong and further develop the market in Hong Kong, a group of partners from Jun He visited Hong Kong on November 21 and 22.The Jun He visiting partners conducted business discussion with the management and partners of Everbright Securities, CITIC Capital, Peregrine, Latham & Watkins LLP, Deacons, Cleary Gottlieb, Johnson Stokes & Master and Herbert Smith in Hong Kong.The above companies and law firms have collaborated with Jun He in various manners before.

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International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai OfficeDorsey & Whitney LLP: News: International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office
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International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office

SHANGHAI (October 20, 2003) - Corporate and M&A lawyer H. Richard Yao joined the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a senior lawyer in its China Practice Group.He will be based in the Shanghai office, from which he will continue his corporate and M&A practice in China.

"We are experiencing heavy client demands for M&A activities in China and we want to meet such demands by hiring the top talent from the market in China.Richard will be a real asset to us given his long-time experience in China in representing multinational corporations in their investment and acquisition activities in China," said Z. Alex Zhang, the head of the Greater China Practice and Co-chair of the Firm's Asia Practice Group.
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Before joining Dorsey, Richard Yao practiced at the Shanghai office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, advising multinational companies on a wide variety of corporate, commercial and M&A activities in China.Richard earned law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and the East China Institute of Political Science and Law.During the past decade, Richard practiced both in international law firms and also occupied in-house positions with multinational corporations.

International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai OfficeDorsey & Whitney LLP: News: International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office
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International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office

SHANGHAI (October 20, 2003) - Corporate and M&A lawyer H. Richard Yao joined the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a senior lawyer in its China Practice Group.He will be based in the Shanghai office, from which he will continue his corporate and M&A practice in China.

"We are experiencing heavy client demands for M&A activities in China and we want to meet such demands by hiring the top talent from the market in China.Richard will be a real asset to us given his long-time experience in China in representing multinational corporations in their investment and acquisition activities in China," said Z. Alex Zhang, the head of the Greater China Practice and Co-chair of the Firm's Asia Practice Group.
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Before joining Dorsey, Richard Yao practiced at the Shanghai office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, advising multinational companies on a wide variety of corporate, commercial and M&A activities in China.Richard earned law degrees from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and the East China Institute of Political Science and Law.During the past decade, Richard practiced both in international law firms and also occupied in-house positions with multinational corporations.

International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office

Richard Yao will join as a senior lawyer and will be expected to help cover the increases in client demands for M&A activities in China.

International Corporate Finance Lawyer Richard Yao Joins Dorsey's Shanghai Office