English version translated by XU Xinyuan (Wayne)

To assist a PE company (“the Client”) in its proposed acquisition of equity in a large pipeline company in Germany (“the Target Company”, with subsidiaries in Germany, Romania, the United States, China, and other regions), Shanghai LANDING Law Offices, commissioned by the Client, conducted legal due diligence on the Target Company’s subsidiary in China. Additionally, LANDING maintained close communication with the German legal team to facilitate the transaction process and provided comprehensive legal services in China throughout the whole process of project.

The Client is a subsidiary PE company of the second largest bank in Germany. Simultaneously, it is a leading equity financing institution for small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is committed to supporting the growth and financing expansion of small and medium-sized family businesses, as well as providing support for corporate inheritance and equity changes. Additionally, it offers majority equity investments, as well as minority equity investments and mezzanine capital.

LANDING Senior Partner TANG Xiang, leading his legal team members Associate GONG Lingxia, Associate WU Xiaowen and Associate WANG Yining, provided comprehensive legal services for this cross-border merger and acquisition project under the Chinese law, which included conducting interviews with the Target Company’s subsidiaries in China in multiple languages such as Chinese, English, and German, conducting legal due diligence, and issuing professional due diligence reports in English and German (especially including special production and operation license). They also participated in meetings with foreign legal experts.