Practice areas

Corporate and M&A; Labour and employment; Construction; Compliance

Introduction

Rao Yao has been providing legal services for multinational companies in China since 2002, especially specialized in providing solutions for mergers and acquisitions in highly regulated industries, such as medical devices, medical institutions, medical packaging, nutrition food and mining. He has assisted many Chinese enterprises in outbound investments, including M&A and construction projects. Yao has extensive experience in comprehensive labour law matters. He has also represented many multinational companies to set up various commercial presences in China, and provides consultation in the areas of commercial contract, compliance, construction, competition, tax, foreign exchange, customs, environmental protection and anti-monopoly. Yao is ranked in commercial law by Chambers, won the Client Choice Top 20 Lawyers award from ALB and honours as leading lawyer in corporate and M&A, Construction and Labour from asialaw Profiles. Yao serves as the board member of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide and co-chair of Meritas Asia-Pacific. He has also been selected by the MOJ national talent pool of foreign-related lawyers.

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