Wuxiao Liang

Mergers & Acquisitions, PE/VC, Capital Markets, Life Sciences

Editor of Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2019 (Oxford University Press) for Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)

Research Assistant for Professor Benjamin L. Liebman

Editor of Columbia Journal of Asian Law (2019-2020)

Focus on mergers & acquisitions, private equity/venture capital investment, foreign direct investment, and general corporate matters across various industries. Mergers & Acquisitions • Advised a leading marketing and brand management services provider in its sales of certain businesses and its reorganization in China. (2019) • Advised a Japanese investor in connection with its acquisitions of an insurance brokerage subsidiary and a financial leasing subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned company. (2019) • Advised a NYSE-listed Chinese car rental and service provider in connection with its US$937.5 million management buyout transaction. (2018) • Advised a Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed Chinese compound semiconductor devices provider in connection with its proposed acquisition of the lighting division of a NYSE-listed U.S. company. (2018) • Advised an Asian investment management group in connection with its RMB5 billion acquisition of three office towers in China. (2017) Venture Capital / Private Equity • Advised a Suzhou-based antibody therapeutics provider in its Series C and C+ financing. (2019) • Advised a NYSE-listed online vehicle service provider in its Series D financing in a leading online vehicle sales company in China. (2018) • Advised a leading Chinese clinical-stage drug development company in its US$117.4 million Series D & Series E financing. (2018) • Advised a leading Hangzhou-based big data service provider in its US$27 million Series B financing. (2017) Foreign Direct Investment / Joint Venture • Advised a NYSE-listed U.S. radiation oncology company in connection with its establishment of a joint venture enterprise in China. (2019) • Advised a leading U.S. high-speed satellite broadband service provider in its strategic partnership with a Chinese state-owned company. (2018) • Advised a U.S.-based coal refinery company in connection with its establishment of subsidiaries and investment in China, and general corporate matters. (2017)

Legal Research & Legal Writing

Reviewing Contract & Drafting Document

Editor of Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy Editor of Columbia Journal of Asian Law Research Assistant for Professor Benjamin L. Liebman Researcher of Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity Best Photography Award by The Morningside Monocle Best in Class Awards (awarded to recognize the single best student in a class with enrollment of 30 or more students) Dean's Honors (a special category of recognition bestowed upon top 3-5% of students in Spring 2020 classes, in connection with the mandatory Credit/Fail grading system implemented in Spring 2020 due to COVID-19)

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot CIETAC Cup International Commercial Arbitration Moot Runner-up Shanghai Outstanding Graduate O'Melveny & Myers Shanghai Legal Scholarship Chinese Government Scholarship for Studying Abroad National Scholarship Shanghai Scholarship First Class Academic Merit Scholarship