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PingshanLi

PartnerCleveland Co-Chair, Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committeemoc.eniHnospmohT@iL.nahsgniP
Cleveland

O 216.566.5630

PingshanLi

Partner
Cleveland Co-Chair, Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committeemoc.eniHnospmohT@iL.nahsgniP
Cleveland

O 216.566.5630

Focus Areas

Securities

  • Represented a New York-based executive recruitment firm in its initial public offering and its listing on American Stock Exchange (originally AMEX, now NYSE MKT).
  • Represented a Chinese energy company and its Nevada affiliate in the affiliate’s going-private transaction in the U.S. and later dissenting shareholders litigation.
  • Represented a Chinese electrical equipment manufacturer and its Nevada affiliate in the affiliate’s going-private transaction in the U.S.
  • Represented multiple publicly traded companies in their 1934 Act filings.
  • Provided legal opinions regarding U.S. operations of multiple Chinese companies in connection with their going-public transactions in China and Hong Kong.
  • Represented real estate developers, manufacturers and restaurant operators in their private offerings of exempt securities.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Represented a China-based public company in its $8 million acquisition of a Portland, Oregon-based environmental technology company.
  • Represented a China-based investment group in its $10 million minority investment in a U.S.-based laser technology company.
  • Represented a China-based investment fund in its $18 million minority investment in a well-known Florida-based augmented reality (AR) technology company.
  • Represented a publicly traded Japanese automotive parts supplier in its $80 million acquisition of an Ohio-based international machine tool supplier.
  • Represented the owner of an Ohio-based chemical company in its $70 million sale to a Mexico-based strategic buyer.
  • Represented a China-based investment group in its U.S. acquisition of real estate assets and restaurant development projects.
  • Represented a Chinese real estate developer in its acquisition of a full-service hotel under the management of InterContinental Hotels Group.
  • Represented a group of international investors in the group’s acquisitions and dispositions of various logistics assets in southern California.
  • Represented an international tire technology company in its spin-off of its main U.S. Subsidiary.

International and Joint Venture

  • Represented a NYSE-listed real estate company in the negotiation of a joint venture project in Las Vegas with a foreign real estate developer.
  • Represented a NYSE-listed mining company in the negotiation of a joint venture mining project in Canada with one of the largest state-owned steel companies in China.
  • Represented a U.S.-based medical group in structuring its offshore entities and the joint venture negotiation with a China-based hospital group.
  • Represented trustee of a U.S.-based electrical wire manufacturer in dissolving its wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in China and liquidated all assets held by the WFOE.
  • Represented a large U.S.-based automotive machinery manufacturer in the establishment of a WFOE in China.
  • Represented a U.S.-based industrial washing machine manufacturer in the establishment of a WFOE in China.
  • Acted as corporate secretary to a U.S.-Sino joint venture of global chemical tank container operator.
  • Represented the largest automotive glass manufacturer in its establishment and expansion in Ohio, USA.
  • Represented a large international tire company in various transactions in its expansion in Ohio and Florida, USA.
  • Represented a global leading lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing company in its U.S. expansions.

General Corporate & Commercial

  • Represented multiple publicly traded large Chinese automotive industry manufacturers in their establishments of U.S. subsidiaries and in risk management and compliance matters.
  • Represented the U.S. trading subsidiary of the largest energy company in China in its general corporate, compliance and commercial matters.
  • Represented a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed biochemical company in establishing its U.S. subsidiary, risk management and compliance matters.
  • Managed large international clients’ substantial commercial and employment litigations in multiple districts in the U.S.
  • Represented international clients in their negotiations of executive employment agreements in the U.S.
  • Assisted multiple large international clients to establish their compliance and risk management programs for their U.S. operations.
  • Advised large international clients on their major commercial transactions (supply/distribution, logistics, sponsorship and promotions, technology licensing, etc.) in the U.S.
  • “Foreign Direct Investments in Ohio – Issues and Solutions,” May 2011
  • “Current Legal Issues of Doing Business With China – Navigating Through a Legal Maze,” Ohio Global Summit, September 2010; Akron Bar Association, April 2011
  • “Different Countries, Different Cultures,” Doing Business With China Seminar, September 2008
  • Named to Ohio Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Named to Lawyers of Color’s Hot List, 2014
  • Selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’s “Who to Watch in Law,” 2014

Professional Associations

  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, chair, International Section
  • Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group
  • New York State Bar Association, International Section
  • American Bar Association, China Committee, International Law Section, Business Law Section
  • China Maritime Law Association
  • Chinese Professionals and Entrepreneurs Association, Board of Directors

Community Activities

  • VeloSano Cycling Event to Support Cancer Research at Cleveland Clinic

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2008
  • University College London, LL.M., 2000
  • Dalian Maritime University, LL.M., 1998
  • Dalian Maritime University, B.S., 1995

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio

Languages

  • Mandarin