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Structuring Funds and Portfolio Companies to Withstand U.S.-China Decoupling Contingencies

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In this timely webinar, our leading corporate, intellectual property, national security, and tax partners will share their insights on how PE/VC investors and their portfolio companies can build resilient structures to withstand this current period of geopolitical instability. Our focus will be on group company structures, cross-border intellectual property development and data flows.

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In this timely webinar, our leading corporate, intellectual property, national security, and tax partners will share their insights on how PE/VC investors and their portfolio companies can build resilient structures to withstand this current period of geopolitical instability. Our focus will be on group company structures, cross-border intellectual property development and data flows. Important considerations for planning and executing new rounds of equity financings and exit options within and outside of China will also be discussed.<h4>Speakers</h4><ul><li>Thomas Chou – Partner, Co-head of Asia Private Equity Group</li><li>Matthew Lau – Partner, Tax</li><li>Ruomu Li – Partner, PE/M&A</li><li>Chuan Sun – Partner, Technology Transactions</li><li>B. Chen Zhu – Partner, National Security</li></ul>To access the full recording of the webinar, please complete and submit the form below. Please note that this video replay does NOT qualify for MCLE/CLE/CPD credit.<iframe src="https://www2.mofo.com/l/323401/2022-09-19/8dbk2" width="100%" height="384" title="iframe"></iframe><hr>

Structuring Funds and Portfolio Companies to Withstand U.S.-China Decoupling Contingencies

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Thomas Chou is the Managing Partner of Morrison Foerster’s Los Angeles office, where he advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity and venture capital financings, with a focus on the U.S. and Asia. With more than 25 years of experience, Thomas brings deep cross-border expertise, having practiced in MoFo’s Palo Alto, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and now Los Angeles offices. During his time in Asia, he served as head and co-head of the firm’s Asia Private Equity practice for 15 years.Thomas’ clients include industry-leading emerging growth companies and a broad range of investors who fund them (traditional private equity and venture capital funds, prominent Asian family offices, the corporate/strategic investment arms of large corporates, insurance companies, and sovereign wealth funds). His broad industry coverage includes media, entertainment and gaming; CPG/food and beverage; hard tech; Fintech; biopharma, MedTech, health and wellness.Clients and outside ranking organizations routinely cite Thomas’ accomplishments:<ul><li>Thomas is “a strong advocate for his client, offering strategic and actionable advice, evaluating and clearly prioritizing the key issues in complex situations and proactively anticipating concerns from counterparties in negotiations."</li><li>“Thomas Chou is excellent in understanding the industry and leads the team in working on the same. He is very responsive and works 24 hours responding to the clients.”</li><li>“Thomas has significant experience handling complex cross–border transactions across the Asia–Pacific region. His counsel is frequently sought by global technology corporations to advise on their investments in the region. He also commands considerable respect from private equity clients.”</li><li>His clients pinpoint his “decades of venture capital experience both in the United States and in Asia,” with one noting: “He is patient, attentive to details and someone who has clearly conquered many battlefields.”</li><li>Thomas is particularly praised for his communications skills, with clients saying, “Any issues we had he would always provide a solution. He is not only interpreting regulations, but he is also commercially savvy.”</li></ul>Thomas is on the Board of the Morrison Foerster Foundation and a member of the board of directors of the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

周至恒（Thomas Chou）律师在公司业务领域非常活跃，重点处理跨境并购（中国境内外）、合资、私募股权和风险资本融资业务。他的客户包括新兴成长型公司，传统以及非传统投资者（私募股权和风险投资基金，家族办公室，公司/公司的战略投资部门，金融机构以及主权财富基金）。他的执业领域主要是技术、媒体和电信、医疗和生命科学以及消费和零售业。客户和外部评级机构都经常称赞周律师的成就：<ul><li>“周律师在处理亚太地区复杂跨境交易方面经验丰富，全球科技公司常因在该地区的投资而寻求其意见，他也广受私募股权客户推崇。”</li><li>“（周律师）资历深厚，精于各种风险投资及私募股权事宜，包括前期与后期的投资及并购，他在科技领域的经验尤其丰富。”</li><li>客户赞赏他“在美国及亚洲均有数十年风险投资经验”，并称其“非常耐心，注重细节，实战经验丰富”。</li><li>周律师的沟通技巧尤其为人所称道，他的客户指出：“不管我们出现任何问题，周律师都能提出解决方案。他不仅能准确把握法律条文，同时极具商业头脑。”</li></ul>周律师是美富亚洲私募股权业务的联席主管，也是新兴公司 + 风险投资业务组和并购业务组的活跃成员。他在上述业务领域均持续受到独立的法律行业排行榜和律师评级机构的高度认可。周律师还是星光儿童基金会的董事会成员。

Thomas Chou

Managing Partner, Los Angeles

Matthew’s practice focuses on the structuring of cross‑border M&A transactions and corporate reorganizations, particularly involving the United States, China, Japan, and the rest of the Asia‑Pacific region. He specializes in guiding clients through the intricacies of cross‑border transaction structures and intellectual property management from a tax perspective.Matthew has deep experience advising fund sponsors and institutional investors on tax issues relating to the formation of, and investments in, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, and other alternative investment products. He has particular expertise in the U.S. taxation of government‑linked investors such as sovereign wealth funds and central banks.Matthew has represented multinational corporations and funds in transactions across more than 30 jurisdictions covering a wide range of industries, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, real estate, consumer, media, and energy.Matthew is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.While at Columbia Law School, Matthew was a three‑year Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

刘恩安（Matthew Lau）律师的业务侧重于跨境并购交易和企业重组的结构设计，特别是涉及美国、中国、日本和亚太地区其他国家的交易。他擅长从税务的角度协助客户处理复杂的跨境交易结构和知识产权管理。刘律师在为基金发起人和机构投资者就私募股权基金、风险投资基金、房地产基金和其他另类投资产品的成立和投资相关的税务问题提供法律咨询方面拥有丰富的经验。他尤其擅长处理美国对政府相关投资者（如主权财富基金和中央银行）的征税事宜。刘律师曾代表多家跨国公司和基金在30多个司法管辖区处理交易，涵盖科技、电信、医疗保健、房地产、消费品、媒体和能源等多个行业。刘律师是香港律师会注册外地律师。在美国哥伦比亚大学法学院就读期间，刘律师连续三年获得哈伦•菲斯克•斯通（Harlan Fiske Stone）奖学金。

Matthew Lau

Partner

Chuan Sun is Managing Partner of the Shanghai office and Co-Managing Partner of the Hong Kong office.Chuan focuses his practice on cross-border M&A transactions; sophisticated technology, media, and telecom (TMT) transactions; and complex IP/commercial matters across Greater China.With more than 20 years of experience in both Asia and the U.S., Chuan regularly advises multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, private companies, and PE/VC firms in complex cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business separation transactions.Chuan has extensive experience in complex corporate-commercial and technology transactions across the Fintech, e-commerce, and broader TMT sectors. His work covers payment technology, eKYC, credit technology, blockchain, e-platform arrangements, R&D, co-development, technology collaborations, and IP licensing. He also advises on strategic outsourcing, manufacturing, distribution, supply, and franchising arrangements across various industries.Chuan regularly counsels clients on cutting-edge technology and IP regulatory matters, including Fintech, data privacy, cybersecurity, data localization, cross-border data transfers, cloud computing, telecommunications, telematics, and third-party payment services.Prior to joining MoFo, he worked in the Hong Kong office of a Magic Circle firm and the Chicago office of another leading international firm.Chuan co-authored the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media, 2014, 2015 & 2016; the Hong Kong & mainland China chapters of Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media, 2015; and the Hong Kong chapter of Sourcing World 2nd Edition 2015.Chuan is fluent in Mandarin and English.“Chuan Sun has a wealth of knowledge on his clients’ existing products and services offerings and a good understanding of what terms they are or are not willing to accept. This helps tremendously with contract negotiations.”“Chuan Sun has extensive experience in the technology space. Many other competitor firms in the technology space are not really pure IT lawyers, as they are more focus on privacy and trade marks or other related fields, as opposed to technology contracts such as SAP or Microsoft software license agreements. A normal general commercial lawyer would not be able to identify the same issues or raise the right questions, as they are not equipped with the technology know-how of the products and services, their benefits, and general industry standard terms and trending patterns in the market.” Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020Chuan’s recent blockchain experience includes:<ul><li>Leading Global, China-Headquartered Fintech Company. Advise the company in connection with its first provision of blockchain and Real World Asset solutions in the fintech industry to a leading Chinese securities company for the latter’s first launch of structured product tokens, enabling secure, transparent, tamper-proof transactions for fixed-income and principal-protected tokenized products linked to US equity ETFs.</li><li>Leading Global, China-Headquartered Fintech Company. Advise the company in connection with the international expansion of its various business operations that are based on cutting-edge technologies, including blockchain and crypto, into multiple jurisdictions. </li></ul>

孙川律师的执业领域集中在大中华区的跨境并购交易，复杂的技术、媒体和电信(TMT)交易以及复杂的知识产权/商务事宜。孙律师在亚洲和美国有20多年工作经验，他经常代理跨国公司、国有企业、私人企业和私募股权/风险投资机构处理复杂的跨境并购交易、合资、战略联盟和业务拆分等交易。孙律师在战略性的公司商务和技术交易方面也拥有极为丰富的经验，包括外包、制造、分销、供应与特许经营安排，以及跨行业知识产权许可安排等。他在TMT和知识产权监管方面的经验包括电信、电子商务、互联网、网络安全、数据隐私、云计算以及车联网。在加入美富前，孙律师在一家 “魔法圈”律所(Magic Circle)的香港办事处和另一家领先的国际律所的芝加哥办事处工作。孙律师与他人合著了2014，2015和2016版《让交易推进下去––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，2015年版《让交易推进下去：市场情报––电信与媒体》(Getting the Deal Through: Market Intelligence – Telecoms and Media)中的香港和中国大陆章节，以及2015年《采购世界》第二版(Sourcing World 2nd Edition)的香港章节。2018年《亚太法律500强》指出“孙川律师十分高效、负责和实际。他非常擅长处理IT协议，包括软件许可和IT采购合同的相关事宜。他也十分善于处理跨境TMT交易。”孙律师精通普通话和英语。

Chuan Sun

Managing Partner, Shanghai and Hong Kong

Chen is the head of Morrison Foerster’s Sanctions and Export Controls practice for Asia and leads the firm’s government and internal investigations in Greater China. Chen has extensive experience advising on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, securities and accounting fraud, and related governance and corporate compliance issues.Chen frequently advises Chinese, U.S., and European financial institutions on U.S. economic sanctions and export controls in the context of contentious enforcement matters involving OFAC and other U.S. regulators. He also frequently assists banks and corporates with setting up practical, risk-based sanctions and export controls compliance programs.In addition, Chen has been lead counsel on  numerous anti-corruption enforcement actions by U.S. regulators against some of the largest major life sciences, technology, and financial services companies over the past eighteen years. He regularly counsels company boards and senior management on corporate investigations and compliance remediation.His clients include major state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations, and executives from financial services, life sciences, technology, consumer retail, and hospitality sectors, with a particular focus on Greater China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.Chen has been recognized as Up and Coming in Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) by Chambers Greater China 2024-2025 and as a Future Leader by Lexology Index Investigations 2019 – 2025. He is also recommended in China/Hong Kong for regulatory/compliance and dispute resolution: litigation by Legal 500 2022 – 2025 and for life sciences and healthcare by Legal 500 2024 – 2025.Chen is a frequent presenter at legal conferences and client workshops relating to anti-corruption, economic sanctions, and white-collar enforcement.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of a leading U.S. law firm.Chen is a native speaker of English and Mandarin. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Law Society of Hong Kong.

朱晨昊律师是美富亚洲制裁与出口管制业务组的负责人，同时领导本所在大中华区的政府和内部调查工作。朱律师在处理美国经济制裁、反腐败、反洗钱、证券与会计欺诈，以及相关的企业治理和公司合规事宜方面经验十分丰富。朱律师经常在涉及外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）和其他美国监管机构的具争议性执法事务中，为中国、美国和欧洲金融机构就美国经济制裁和出口管制事宜提供法律意见。他还经常协助银行和公司制定切实可行、基于风险的制裁和出口管制合规计划。在过去18年里，朱律师曾担任主理律师处理过众多由美国监管机构发起的，针对一些最大型生命科学、技术和金融服务公司的美国反腐败执法行动。他经常就公司调查和合规补救问题为公司董事会和高级管理层提供法律咨询服务。朱律师的客户包括金融服务、生命科学、技术、消费品零售以及酒店业等多个行业的大型国有企业、跨国公司和高级管理层，其业务重点是大中华区、日本、韩国和东南亚地区。朱律师广获知名法律排名机构认可，曾被评为2024—2025年《钱伯斯大中华区法律指南》 企业调查/反腐败（国际所）“新秀律师”、2019—2025年Lexology Index Investigations “未来领袖”、2022—2025年《法律500强》中国大陆/香港地区监管/合规和争议解决类诉讼业务推荐律师，以及2024—2025年《法律500强》中国大陆/香港地区生命科学和医疗保健业务推荐律师。朱律师经常在与反腐败、经济制裁和白领执法相关的法律会议和客户研讨会上发表演讲。在加入美富之前，朱律师在一家顶级美国律所的香港和纽约办事处任职。朱律师的母语是英文和普通话。他是香港律师会的注册外国律师。

Structuring Funds and Portfolio Companies to Withstand U.S.-China Decoupling Contingencies

14 Sep 2022 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM HKT

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