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英文介紹
Z. Julie Gao
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Ms. Z. Julie Gao is widely recognized as one of Asia’s preeminent corporate attorneys. Ms. Gao has advised companies in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, private placements, regulatory compliance, strategic investments, offerings of equity, convertible notes and debt securities, MBOs, PIPE transactions, anti-takeover measures, going-private transactions and crisis management. She also has advised recognized private equity funds in their investment transactions. Ms. Gao is a member of Skadden’s Policy Committee, the firm’s highest governing body.
Ms. Gao has been recognized by various prestigious legal publications. The American Lawyernamed Ms. Gao as one of the 45 under 45 outstanding women lawyers, and The Asian Lawyer, one of its sister publications, honored her as an All-Star lawyer in Telecommunications, Media and Technology and as Asia M&A Lawyer of the Year. She also repeatedly has been selected for inclusion in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
Ms. Gao has advised on the IPOs and/or other capital markets transactions of nearly 50 China-based companies in a variety of industries, including the following:
•Internet and Internet Infrastructure: 58.com, Autohome, Baidu, Bitauto, Cheetah Mobile, ChinaCache, China Online Education, Ctrip.com, Dangdang, JD.com, Jumei, Leju, Momo, Perfect World, Renren, Sina, Tuniu, Vipshop, Weibo, Yirendai, Youku, YY and Zhaopin.
•Technology and Media: AutoNavi, AirMedia, NQ Mobile, RDA Microelectronics, Sina, Weibo, Bona Film (representing the underwriters) and Phoenix New Media (representing the underwriters).
•Consumer, Retail and Other Services: Ctrip, Country Style Cooking, Dangdang, E-House, JD.com, Jumei, Jupai, Homeinns, Noah, Tuniu, Vipshop, Yirendai and Zhaopin.
•Education: China Online Education, New Oriental Education, TAL Education, Tarena and China Distance Education (representing the underwriters).
•Health Care: ShangPharma and China Cord Blood Corporation (representing the proposed underwriters).
•Renewable Energy: Daqo New Energy Corp, Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd. (representing the underwriters) and China Hydroelectric Corporation (representing the proposed underwriters).
Ms. Gao’s representative M&A and private equity experience includes the following:
•Didi Chuxingin its acquisition of Uber China and in its merger with Kuaidi Taxi;
•Dianping Holdings Ltd.in its strategic transaction with Meituan Corporation and the combined company Internet Plus Holdings’ subsequent financing, valued at over $18 billion in total;
•Ctrip.com International, Ltd.in its acquisition of a significant stake in Qunar from Qunar’s controlling shareholder Baidu, acquisition of a significant stake in eLong from eLong’s controlling shareholder Expedia, and strategic partnership with and issuance of convertible bonds to Priceline, valued at over $10 billion in total;
•58.com Inc.and other purchasers in their acquisition of Ganji.com, and 58.com in its PIPE issuance of shares and convertible bonds to Tencent, valued at over $10 billion in total;
•Youku Tudou Inc.in its $5.6 billion change of control cash transaction with Alibaba, $1.1 billion merger with Tudou and $1.22 billion PIPE issuance of shares to Alibaba and Yunfeng Capital;
•Baidu, Inc.in many transactions, including its investment in Uber and its acquisition of Nuomi;
•JD.comin a series of transactions with Tencent valued at $5.2 billion, including JD.com’s acquisition of e-commerce businesses and assets from Tencent;
•LeEco Holdings Ltd.in its pending $2 billion cash acquisition of Vizio;
•special committee of the board of directors ofPerfect World Co., Ltd.andQihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.in Perfect World’s $1.1 billion and Qihoo’s $9.3 billion going-private transactions, respectively;
•BTG Hotelsand the buyer consortium in their $1.1 billion taking-private transaction involving Homeinns Group;
•Bitauto Holdings Limitedin its $1.55 billion equity issuance to JD.com and Tencent, its strategic transaction with AutoTrader, and its subsidiary Yixin Capital’s $500 million equity and strategic transactions with a consortium including Baidu, JD.com and Tencent;
•SINA CorporationandWeibo Corporationin connection with the sale of certain Weibo shares to Alibaba;
•UCWeb Inc.,AdChina Ltd.and their respective shareholders in their trade sale transactions with Alibaba, valued at several billion dollars in total;
•CAR Inc.in its acquisition of Hertz China and issuance and sale of shares to Hertz Global;
•private issuance and sale of equity interests by a number of companies, includingAutoNavi,Dada,Internet Plus,Dianping,Fanli,Innolight,JD.com,Leju,Tarena,Tuniu, and58Daojia, etc.;
•themanagementof Bitauto, E-House, SINA, Tarena and Tuniu in their respective MBO transactions; and
•recognized private equity funds, includingHillhouse Capital,Hony Capital,New Horizon Capital, SAIF PartnersandSequoia Capital China, in their investment and disposition transactions.
Ms. Gao practiced in the Los Angeles office of another major global law firm from 1998 to 2004. Prior to her law firm career, Ms. Gao served as an extern law clerk to the Hon. A. Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1998.
中文介紹
擅長領域
高準女士的專業領域包括企業併購、首次公開發行、私募融資、監管合規、戰略投資、股權融資、可轉換債和債務證券、MBOs、PIPE交易、反收購措施、私人交易和危機管理。此外，高準女士也多次參與私募股權基金的投資交易。
主要經歷
高女士曾為將近50所中國公司提供過IPO專業法律諮詢服務或其他資本市場交易，涵蓋多種行業：
網際網路和網際網路基礎設施
58，汽車之家，百度， 易車，獵豹移動，北京藍汛，攜程，正保遠程教育，噹噹網，京東，聚美優品，樂居，陌陌，完美世界，人人網，新浪，途牛，唯品會，微博，宜人貸，優酷網，YY，和智聯招聘。
技術和媒體
高德，航美傳媒，網秦手機，銳迪科微電子，新浪，微博，博納影業(代表承銷商)和鳳凰新媒體(代表承銷商)。
消費者、零售和其他服務
攜程，鄉村基，噹噹網，易居中國，京東，聚美優品，鉅派，如家快捷，諾亞，途牛，唯品會，宜人貸和智聯招聘。
教育
51Talk，新東方教育，學而思教育，達內科技和正保遠程教育(代表承銷商)。
醫療保健
尚華醫藥和中國臍帶血公司。
可再生能源
全新能源，古杉環保能源有限公司(代表承銷商)和中國水電公司。
高女士代表性的併購和私募股權投資經驗包括以下：
- 滴滴出行收購中國優步，與快滴的合併交易；
- 點評網與美團網的戰略性交易，合併後的公司Internet Plus Holdings的後續融資，價值總額超過180億美元；
- 攜程國際有限公司收購去哪兒網的控股股東百度所持有的股份，收購藝龍控股股東Expedia的股份，對戰略夥伴Priceline發行可轉換債券，價值總額超過100億美元。
- 58和其他買家收購趕集網；58向騰訊定向發行股票和可轉換債券，價值超過100億美元的總額；
- 優酷土豆與阿里巴巴進行56億美元的現金收購交易，11億美元與土豆網的合併交易，向阿里巴巴和雲峰基金髮行12.2億美元的股票；
- 涉入百度公司眾多併購交易，包括其投資優步和收購糯米；
- 涉入京東與騰訊進行一系列併購交易，價值52億美元，包括京東收購騰訊的電子商務業務和資產；
- 樂視初步決定以20億美元現金收購台灣瑞軒的交易；
- 完美世界和奇虎360科技有限公司董事會的特別委員。完美世界的11億美元和奇虎93億美元的私有化交易；
- BTG酒店和買方財團的私有化交易，金額11億美元，其中包括如家快捷酒店集團；
- 易車互聯信息技術有限公司向京東和騰訊發行15.5億美元股票；易車與AutoTrader達成戰略協定，它的子公司易鑫資本向財團包括百度、京東和騰訊發行5億美元的股份並達成戰略交易；
- 新浪公司和微博公司將部分微博股份出售給阿里巴巴的交易；
- UC瀏覽器，易傳媒有限公司和各自的股東在與阿里巴巴進行價值總計數十億美元交易；
- 京東與騰訊進行一系列的交易，價值52億美元，包括京東收購騰訊的電子商務業務和資產；
- 神州租車收購赫茲中國，發行和買賣赫茲全球股票；
- 私募發行和出售股權交易涉及多家公司，包括高德，達達，Internet Plus，點評網，返利網，旭創科技，京東，樂居，達內科技，途牛，58到家等；
- 主導易車網，易居中國，新浪，達內科技和途牛各自的管理層收購交易；
- 參與知名的私募股權基金，包括高瓴資本、弘毅投資、新天域資本，賽富資本和紅杉資本中國基金，處理投資和戰略部署事務。
1998年到2004年，高女士服務於另一個全球律師事務所的洛杉磯分所。在加入律師事務所之前，高女士曾於1998年曾擔任美國本地法院Hon. A. Wallace Tashima閣下的外部法律助理。
人物評價
高女士已獲得各類著名法律出版物的高度認可。《美國律師》將高女士評價為45名45歲以下的傑出女律師之一；其姐妹出版物之——《亞洲律師》，將她譽為電信、媒體和技術方面的全明星律師，同時評為亞洲年度併購律師。她還多次被Chambers Global選為“世界傑出商業律師”。
