Wu Jialing

Wu Jialing

 

Partner at Beijing Xinglai Law Firm

Bachelor of Laws from Peking University School of Law, and Master of International Financial Law from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. With over seven years of practice experience in the investment and financing sector at top-tier law firms.

With deep professional expertise, we have long provided end-to-end legal services to prominent U.S. Wall Street firms, renowned Chinese investment institutions, private equity funds, multinational corporations, and leading domestic private enterprises. Our services span the entire lifecycle—from fundraising and investment to management and exit—covering critical areas such as domestic and cross-border financing and investment, M&A transactions, corporate governance, and dispute resolution. Our practice extends across diverse industries, including traditional manufacturing, real estate, as well as cutting-edge sectors like healthcare, bioscience, new-energy vehicles, the internet, AI, e-commerce, education, entertainment, and consumer goods. We also boast extensive experience in helping Chinese companies expand overseas, structure international investments, and execute cross-border M&A deals. Notably, the large-scale foreign-invested M&A project involving a chain of pharmacy retailers that we managed was recognized as the "Outstanding Deal of the Year" by China Business Law Journal in 2024.

Possessing exceptional coordination and organizational skills, coupled with outstanding communication and negotiation abilities, I play a pivotal role in high-stakes, multi-party, and highly complex deal negotiations. By delivering results swiftly and efficiently, I help secure favorable deals for clients while proactively mitigating potential risks.

 

Business Areas

Cross-border investment and financing, companies expanding overseas, M&A transactions, corporate governance, and dispute resolution, among others.

 

 

Typical Case

Part One: Litigation

  1. Representing a foreign fund in a share repurchase dispute involving more than RMB 700 million.
  2. Representing a domestic fund company in a share repurchase dispute involving more than RMB 500 million.
  3. Represented a domestic fund company in an equity buyback arbitration case involving more than RMB 6 million.
  4. Represented a domestic fund company in an equity repurchase arbitration case involving more than RMB 5 million.
  5. Representing a developer in a construction project lawsuit involving more than 20 million yuan.
  6. Representing a chain pharmacy company in a lease contract lawsuit involving 13 million yuan.
  7. Representing a health industry company in an equity transfer lawsuit involving more than 10 million yuan.
  8. Representing a pharmaceutical company in a contract dispute lawsuit involving transactions exceeding 5 million.
  9. Representing a pharmaceutical company in a loan contract lawsuit involving an amount exceeding 3 million.
  10. Representing an artist in a copyright infringement lawsuit involving works valued at over 1 million.

Part Two: Non-Litigious

  1. Providing legal services for Blackstone's real estate investment projects in China, including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, closing procedures, post-investment management, and exit strategies—covering Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Liaoning. Commercial, industrial, and warehousing/logistics properties in Tianjin, Hunan, and other regions.
  2. Providing legal services for KKR's healthcare investment projects in China, including domestic structure establishment and legal support. Including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, closing transactions, post-investment management, and representing clients in both litigation and defense—covering Jiangsu province, among other areas. Medical institutions in Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Hebei, and other regions.
  3. Providing support for Warburg Pincus' long-term rental apartment projects, cold-chain logistics initiatives, and consumer-focused investment ventures in China. Providing legal services, the scope of which includes establishing offshore structures, conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, and closing the deal. Mergers, post-investment management, representing plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, liquidation and deregistration—covering first-tier cities and regions such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Zhejiang. Second- and third-tier cities.
  4. Providing legal services for TPG’s exit from its consumer and entertainment investments in China, including equity sales and redemptions, as well as liquidation. Including cancellations, lawsuits, and responding to legal actions, among others.
  5. Providing legal services for the establishment of domestic and offshore funds for Hong Kong-listed company ESR (EasySun Real Estate), including entity structuring. Drafting and negotiating fund establishment and fundraising documents, filing with the relevant authorities, and providing ongoing legal advice for day-to-day management. Disposal of the project after the fund matures.
  6. Providing legal services for ESR's logistics and industrial park investment projects in China, with services covering domestic aspects External structure setup, legal due diligence, drafting and negotiation of transaction documents, closing, post-investment management, representing plaintiffs in litigation, and responding to lawsuits Litigation, liquidation, deregistration, and more—covering Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hubei, Henan, and Sichuan. And other places.
  7. For Chunhua Capital's healthcare investment projects in China, new energy vehicle initiatives, and investments in financial services companies, Consumer-focused investment projects offer legal services, including legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, Delivery, restructuring, post-investment management, representing plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, pre-IPO preparation, equity sales, and more—covering Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Shanghai, Guangdong, and other regions.
  8. Providing legal services for Schneider's manufacturing investment project in China, including legal due diligence and transaction support. We handle document drafting for negotiations, deal closings, restructuring, post-investment management, equity sales, and liquidation/cancellation processes—serving clients across Shanghai and Zhejiang. Jiang, Henan, Guangdong, and other regions.
  9. Providing legal services for overseas equity investments by a privately-owned Chinese A-share listed company, including structuring the offshore framework and establishing overseas entities. Company, drafting corporate documents and transaction papers, collaborating with overseas lawyers and advisors to ensure smooth implementation—covering the Cayman Islands and the UK. Jurisdictions include the Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, China, Dubai, and others.
  10. Providing legal services for equity and debt financing to several domestic startup teams, including engagement with overseas investment institutions and Financing for domestic investment institutions (private capital and state-owned assets), year-round legal services, as well as litigation—both initiating and defending lawsuits.