Michael X.Y. Zhang

Michael Zhang is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group, Antitrust Practice Group and the Intellectual Property Practice Groups. Michael is also the Managing Partner of the firm's Shanghai office. He has a deep understanding of China’s legal system and business practices.

Areas of Practice

Michael has broad experience in the areas of corporate law, antitrust law and intellectual property law in China.

He has represented many U.S. and European clients in a wide range of industries with respect to their mergers and acquisitions, joint venture projects and operations in China and Asia regions, including life science and healthcare, internet technology, co-working space, automobile, logistics, material hi-tech, telecommunication and software sectors.

With extensive knowledge of international business transactions, Michael has represented leading Chinese companies in their outbound equity and asset transactions outside Mainland China, in the industries of life science and healthcare, e-commerce and green technology.

With rich knowledge of China’s and other East Asian countries’ antitrust laws, Michael counsels U.S. and international clients, as well as Chinese local companies on international and PRC antitrust issues, with respect to pre-merger control, price fixing and monopolistic agreement issues.

Michael is experienced with IP licensing, IP due diligence and corporate IP protection within M&A transactions and joint venture projects. He also has expertise with the protection of his client’s IP rights against counterfeiting and piracy in China.

Honors

Best Lawyers in China, Best Lawyers, 2020

China’s Elite 100 lawyers (Foreign firm), China Business Law Journal , 2019

Client Choice Top 20 Lawyers in China, Asian Legal Business, 2018

Client Choice Top 20 Lawyers in China, Asian Legal Business , 2016-2017

Recommended by China Business Law Journal at Healthcare, Pharma & Life Science Award of 2016 China Business Law Awards

Digital Media

Nota Bene Episode 74: Emerging from COVID-19: China Restarts Its Engine with Shanghai’s Michael Zhang

Nota Bene Episode 41: China’s Perspective on the U.S.-China Trade War and the Impact on Both Economies with Michael Zhang

Insights

Articles

•Suggestions On Regulatory Compliance With The New Anti-monopoly Law For Multinational Companies In China
China Law & Practice, 10.01.2007
•Impact of New Anti-Monopoly Law of PRC on International Mergers and Acquisitions
China Legal Review, 09.01.2007

Antitrust Law Blog Posts

• China Hands Milk Producers the Largest Anti-Monopoly Violation Fine, August 19, 2013
• Qihoo 360 v. Tencent: A Landmark Decision under China's Anti-Monopoly Law, July 22, 2013
• China's Supreme Court Issues New Rules On Civil Cases Based On Monopolistic Conduct, May 31, 2012
• China Announces First Administrative Anti-Monopoly Case, August 22, 2011
• Chinese Authorities Reject Coke-HuiYuan Acquisition Deal, May 13, 2009
• Chinese Pre-Merger Notifications: Anti-monopoly Bureau of MOFCOM Plans to Launch Series of New Rules, March 6, 2009
• China's New Merger Rules, August 15, 2008
• Private Civil Lawsuits Under China Anti-Monopoly Law, April 7, 2008
• The Current Anti-Monopoly System of China and Impact of New Anti-Monopoly Law, November 14, 2007
• Covenant Not to Sue and Its Technology Monopoly Impact, June 6, 2007
• China Premerger Notification Rules, May 7, 2007

China Law Blog Posts

• Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (PFTZ), October 9, 2013
• New Developments for Foreign Special Purpose Companies and Round-Trip Investment, July 5, 2011
• Chinese Pre-Merger Notifications: Anti-monopoly Bureau of MOFCOM Plans to Launch Series of New Rules, March 17, 2009

U.S. Legal Insights for Korean Businesses Blog Posts

• New Red Flag for Multinationals: Retail Price Maintenance on Chinese AML Regulator’s Radar, May 10, 2015

Speaking Engagements

•Speaker, Recent Trends in Inbound and Outbound M&A Transactions for China, Sheppard Mullin, Seoul, Republic of Korea, August 2017
•Speaker, Are You Really Ready To Be a Transactional Lawyer? East China University of Politics Science and Law, Shanghai, China, October 2016
•Speaker, On Your Way to China? - Basic ABCs for Corporate Investment in China, Korea In-house Counsel Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea, October 2014

Events

•New Trends in Life Science Transactions in the US and China
05.24.2018