Ruomu Li

“ I enjoy working with clients on a broad range of transactions in the technology and life sciences sectors.

Ruomu is a partner of Morrison & Foerster (International) LLP. Ruomu focuses her practice on complex mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and venture capital investments. She has extensive experience representing U.S., China and international financial and strategic investors in connection with a broad range of transactions in the technology and life sciences industries, including public and private mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, divestitures, spinoffs, minority investments, and joint ventures.

Prior to joining MoFo, Ruomu worked in the Silicon Valley office of an international law firm. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Ruomu’s representative matters include:

Private Equity/Venture Capital Investments

• Alliance Ventures in its multiple equity investments in technology companies.
• Affinity Equity Partners in its US$123 million investment in Beijing Sunlon.
• Baidu in its multiple rounds of equity investments in iQiyi.
• Joy Capital in its equity investment in a technology company.
• Lilly Asia Ventures in its multiple equity investments in life sciences companies.
• New Enterprise Associates in its multiple equity investments in early-stage and late-stage technology and life sciences companies.
• SJ Semiconductor Corp. in its US$50 million Series A financing and US$280 million Series B financing.
• Tencent in its multiple equity investments in early-stage and late-stage technology companies.
• Xiang He Capital in its multiple equity investments in early-stage and late-stage technology companies.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• China Electronic Corporation (as a consortium member) in its US$693 million taking private transaction of Montage Technology, a semiconductor company.
• China Ming Yang Wind Power, a Chinese wind turbine maker (representation of Duff & Phelps, financial advisor to the Special Committee), in its US$408 million going private transaction.
• eHi Car Services (representation of the Special Committee) in its US$930 million going private transaction.
• KongZhong Corporation, a Chinese online game developer and operator, in its US$299 million going private transaction.
• Ocean Imagination (as a consortium member) in its US$671 million taking private transaction of eLong, a Chinese online travel services company.
• Taomee Holdings, a Chinese children’s entertainment and media company, in its US134 million going private transaction.
• AAC Technologies, a world-leading miniature technologies solution provider, in its acquisition of WiSpry, a US fabless semiconductor company.
• Beijing E-Town International Investment & Development Co. and ChipOne Technology in the US$136 million acquisition of Integrated Memory Logic Limited, a leading provider of analog mixed-signal solutions for flat panel display market.
• Baidu in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of 91 Wireless, a smartphone app distribution platform.
• Baidu in its US$370 million acquisition of PPStream, a Chinese peer-to-peer streaming video network.
• Baidu in its spin-off of Youa.
• Diamond Foods, Inc. in its US$615 million acquisition of Kettle Foods.
• Keystone Lodging Holdings in its RMB8.3 billion sale of controlling stake to Shanghai Jinjiang.
• Luxtera, Inc., a photonic chip maker, in its US$660 million sale to Cisco, Inc.
• Loyal Valley Innovation Capital in its acquisition of Knowles’ mobile consumer electronics business.
• Riswein Health Industry Investment in its acquisition of 51% of GRS-HS, a subsidiary of Genesis HealthCare, a NYSE-listed US healthcare company.
• Tencent in the US$2.7 billion sale of its portfolio company Mobike, a bike sharing platform, to Meituan.

Joint Ventures/Strategic Investments

• Alien Technology, a US provider of RFID tags, chips and readers, in its joint venture with Shanghai Ruizhang Investment Co., a Chinese investment company.
• Katerra, Inc. in its joint venture with Shanghai Dangoo Electronics.
• Keystone Lodging Holdings in its franchise and licensing transactions with premier hotel brands.
• Tencent in its joint venture with Roblox.