Siyu Gao

Siyu Gao
Associate

Suite 4401, HKRI Centre One

Shanghai, China 200041

sgao@mofo.com

86 (21) 23225272

REGIONS

China

BAR ADMISSIONS

China

New York

EDUCATION

Fudan University, LL.B.

Columbia Law School, LL.M.

Siyu’s practice focuses on private equity investment, and mergers and acquisitions with an emphasis on the telecommunications, media, and technology industry.

Siyu graduated from Columbia Law School with an LL.M. in 2022 as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Prior to joining MoFo, she worked at a leading PRC law firm.

Siyu is fluent in Mandarin and English. 

Representative Experience

  •  A leading media and entertainment conglomerate in its acquisition of a fast-growing mobile game company in China. 
  •  A leading fintech company in China in its joint venture with a top-three global asset management company to provide investment advisory services in China. 
  •  A leading Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology in its VIE restructuring.
  •  A leading Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology in its acquisition of a top-two on-demand delivery and local services platform in China. 
  • A leading Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology in its equity investment in a leading Chinese supplier of mobile intelligent communication terminals and IoT navigation, and consumer electronics microchips. 

Rankings

Leading Associate China: Private equity: foreign firms

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025

Recommended: China Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms

Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024