Li Xiaohao is Senior Counsel of Guantao. Xiaohao focuses on mergers and acquisitions, PE/VC, real estate, and hospitality & leisure. He has advised numbers of multinational companies in their various aspects of legal matters, including merger & acquisition, equity investment, set-up and exit of wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, regulatory and compliance, employment, etc. He has considerable experience working with multinational companies and major investment institutes in their transborder M&A and PE/VC deals. In hospitality & leisure field, and has assisted numbers of domestic owners and international hotel management companies in their hotel management projects and disputes in Greater China.
Practice
Merger & Acquisition, PE/VC, Real Estate, Hospitality & Leisure, Dispute Resolution
Major Involvement
M&A
Xiaohao has advised numbers of major enterprises in their M&A deals, including: advising Walmart in its acquisition of several supermarket properties in Shanghai, Changzhou and Shenyang; advising China Minmetals in its acquisition of a residential property in Sanya; advising an offshore fund of CICC in its acquisition of two logistics properties in Tianjin and Xi'an; advising Lab Corp in its proposed acquisition of Adicon Biotech; advising Origo Partners in its acquisition of several mining companies in China; advising Oracle in its acquisition of MACOM for PRC related matters; advising Michelin in its acquisition of Camso for PRC related matters; advising Rezidor Group in its sales of equity in a hotel joint venture in Beijing; advising Sino Ocean in its acquisition of 40% equity of Meridian Senior Living and co-investment in senior living business; advising Xiamen Yankon in its acquisition of Neonlite; advising Sunshine Insurance Group in its acquisition of a hotel property in Sydney.
Fund, PE/VC
Xiaohao has considerable experience in PE/VC field, he has advised numbers of major companies and institutes in the investments in multiple industries, including education, TMT, and life science, etc. His representative involvements includes: advising Google in its equity investment in Series B financing of Xtalpi; advising Google in its equity investment in Series D financing of Chushoua; advising Google in its equity investment in Series A financing and acquisition of Kai OS; advising Intel in its equity investment in Series A+ financing of Horizon Robotics; advising Intel in its equity investment in Series C financing of Huiying Medical Image; advising Intel in its equity investment in Series A financing of Sky Limit Entertainment Group; advising Intel in its equity investment in Series A financing of CTAccel; advising C.V. Starr in its equity investment in Series C financing of Boxfish Education Group; advising C.V. Starr in its equity investment in Series B-1 financing of Nanyan Insurance; advising Tus-S&T in its equity investment in Series A-2 financing Genewiz; advising CRF&Tus in its equity investment in Series B financing of Admera; advising a clean energy fund of Deutsche Bank in its equity investment in Caso and Rincon; advising OnKure, a US-China medical treatment development company in its restructuring; advising a Singapore fund of Deutsche Bank in its formation of a QFLP in Shanghai.
Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure
Xiaohao has worked in real estate and hospitality and leisure industry for many years and has assisted numbers of domestic owners and international hotel management companies in their hotel management projects and disputes in Greater China, including: advising Lei Shing Hong Limited in its restructuring for the due diligence for its PRC properties; advising Stoneridge's Suzhou subsidiary in its relocation project in Suzhou Industry Park; advising DuPont's Foshan subsidiary in its relocation project in Foshan; advising ALD Group in its greenfield investment project in Taicang advising Medela Holding in its greenfield investment project in Changzhou; advising Beijing Enterprises Group in its development of Kempinski Yanqi Lake and Paulaner Brauhaus; advising Beijing Future Technology City Development Group in its development of a Courtyard hotel in Beijing; advising Tianjin Modern Group in its development of Tianjin Four Seasons Hotel and Residences; advising Genius Group in its development of Bulgari Residence Beijing; advising Hainan Jianfeng Group in its development of Four Seasons Sanya; advising Sunshine Insurance Group in its development of One Hotel Sanya; advising Jing Hope Group in its development of Edison Sanya and related disputes; advising Zendai Group in its dispute resolution of Jumeirah Shanghai; advising Accor in its dozens of hotel management projects in China and several arbitration cases.
Bar Admission
PRC, 2010
Working Experience
Senior Counsel, Guantao Law Firm
Associate, Hogan Lovells International LLP
Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Education
Master of Laws, China University of Political Science and Law
Bachelor of Laws, China University of Political Science and Law
Languages
Mandarin
English
