Roderick’s practice focuses on cross-border private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters.

Roderick is experienced in advising private equity firms, strategic investors, as well as public and private companies on complex cross-border transactions, including take-privates, control and minority investments, PIPE (private investment in public equity) transactions, de-SPACs, joint ventures, equity financings, restructuring and corporate reorganizations. His experience spans a range of sectors, including technology, financial services, digital assets, healthcare and life sciences, energy and infrastructure, consumer products, and industrials and packaging.

Prior to joining MoFo, Roderick practiced in Beijing and New York as an associate at two leading international law firms.

Roderick is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Representative Experience

• A global technology company and its affiliates in the establishment of a U.S. joint venture to oversee the U.S. operations of its social media platform.
• A leading global digital payment and financial technology provider in its Series A equity financing.
• A leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses in its acquisition of a campus in Johor, Malaysia.
• A leading global investment firm in a GP-led secondary transaction involving its majority-owned portfolio company, a China-headquartered fungal biotechnology company.
• A New York-based private investment firm in its going-private acquisition of a Nasdaq-listed pet medication, health, and wellness company.
• A global energy company in its structured sale of a minority interest in its captive insurer.
• A group of first-lien lenders in the comprehensive out-of-court recapitalization of a global logistics provider, under which the existing lenders acquired majority ownership of the company.
• An affiliate of a global confectionery group in its acquisition of a U.S. confectionery company.
• A cyber defense company in its acquisition of a cybersecurity SaaS company from an information technology solutions provider.
• A special purpose acquisition company in its de-SPAC merger with a provider of customer loyalty and text message communications solutions.