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Stephen Wu

Counsel

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Stephen Wu

Counsel

Contact
CMS China
Shanghai Representative Office
3108 Plaza 66 Tower 2
1266
Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200040
China
Languages Chinese, English, German

Stephen is Counsel at CMS, China Shanghai Office. He mainly focuses on corporate and commercial practice areas. He has been advising clients in M&A, foreign direct investment, general corporate law and restructuring since 2007. His expertise also covers other legal areas including corporate governance and commercial contracts.

Before joining CMS, China, Stephen worked in another international law firm.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising a German automotive enterprise on acquisition of a Chinese domestic manufacturer of automotive components in China;
  • Advising a leading German chemical enterprise on acquisition of Chinese domestic companies in pharmaceutical and chemical sectors in North and South China;
  • Advising a German shipping management company on establishment of a Sino-foreign equity joint venture located in Shanghai Free Trade Zone;
  • Advising on the dispute and management control between the foreign and the Chinese shareholders of a joint venture company located in Jiangsu Province, and advising on company restructuring and legal form conversion via arbitration process.
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Education

  • 2012 – Passed PRC Bar Exam
  • 2005 – Passed the First State Exam of Law in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • 2005 —LL.M. from University of Cologne, Germany
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Expertise

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17/11/2020
China En­acts First Ex­port Con­trol Law
On 17 Oc­to­ber 2020, the Na­tion­al People's Con­gress of the People's Re­pub­lic of China ("PRC") has ad­op­ted the first Ex­port Con­trol Law of the PRC ("PRC Ex­port Con­trol Law"). The new law will be­come ef­fect­ive...
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17/11/2020
China En­acts First Ex­port Con­trol Law
On 17 Oc­to­ber 2020, the Na­tion­al People's Con­gress of the People's Re­pub­lic of China ("PRC") has ad­op­ted the first Ex­port Con­trol Law of the PRC ("PRC Ex­port Con­trol Law"). The new law will be­come ef­fect­ive...
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05/10/2020
Re­struc­tur­ing and in­solv­ency law in China
1. What is the primary le­gis­la­tion gov­ern­ing in­solv­ency and re­struc­tur­ing pro­ceed­ings in your jur­is­dic­tion? The PRC En­ter­prise In­solv­ency Law (“In­solv­ency Law”, pro­mul­gated by the Stand­ing Com­mit­tee...
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Comparable
06/08/2020
PRC Su­preme Court is­sues Guid­ing Opin­ion on us­ing 'Pre­ced­ent­s'
On 27 Ju­ly 2020, the Su­preme People’s Court of the People’s Re­pub­lic of China (“SPC”) is­sued the Guid­ing Opin­ions on Uni­fy­ing the Ap­plic­a­tion of Laws through the Strengthened Re­triev­al of Sim­il­ar...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
01/07/2020
PRC Su­preme People's Court An­nounces Guid­ing Opin­ions (III) on Tri­al of...
On 08 June 2020, the Su­preme People's Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Re­pub­lic of China (“PRC”) pro­mul­gated the Guid­ing Opin­ions (III) on Sev­er­al Is­sues Con­cern­ing Law­ful and Prop­er Tri­al of Civil...
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01/07/2020
PRC Su­preme People’s Court An­nounces Guid­ing Opin­ions (III) on Tri­al of...
On 08 June 2020, the Su­preme People's Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Re­pub­lic of China (“PRC”) pro­mul­gated the Guid­ing Opin­ions (III) on Sev­er­al Is­sues Con­cern­ing Law­ful and Prop­er Tri­al of Civil...
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22/06/2020
Leg­al term for pay­ments in China
1. Are there any spe­cif­ic leg­al re­quire­ments in re­spect of pay­ment terms? No, there are no spe­cif­ic leg­al re­quire­ments in this re­spect un­der PRC law ex­cept the fol­low­ing pro­vi­sions in the PRC Con­tract...
Expert Guide Commercial
25/05/2020
PRC Su­preme People's Court An­nounces Guid­ing Opin­ions on Hand­ling of En­force­ment...
On 13 May 2020, the Su­preme People's Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Re­pub­lic of China (“PRC”) pro­mul­gated the Guid­ing Opin­ions on Sev­er­al Is­sues Con­cern­ing Law­ful and Prop­er Hand­ling of En­force­ment...
Law-Now Dispute Resolution
25/05/2020
PRC Su­preme People’s Court An­nounces Guid­ing Opin­ions on Hand­ling of En­force­ment...
On 13 May 2020, the Su­preme People's Court (“SPC”) of the People’s Re­pub­lic of China (“PRC”) pro­mul­gated the Guid­ing Opin­ions on Sev­er­al Is­sues Con­cern­ing Law­ful and Prop­er Hand­ling of En­force­ment...
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21/05/2020
Autonom­ous vehicles law and reg­u­la­tion in China
1. Is the test­ing of AVs (SAE Levels 3-5) per­mit­ted on pub­lic roads in your jur­is­dic­tion? Ex­plan­at­ory note: so far the People's Re­pub­lic of China (PRC) has not of­fi­cially re­leased any stand­ards or ad­op­ted...
Expert Guide Commercial
02/01/2020
Yangtze River Delta fur­ther fa­cil­it­ates For­eign In­vest­ment
In or­der to im­ple­ment the “in­teg­rated de­vel­op­ment of the Yangtze River Delta” which has been sup­por­ted and pro­moted by Pres­id­ent Xi Jin­ping as na­tion­al strategy, the Shang­hai Mar­ket Su­per­vi­sion Ad­min­is­tra­tion...
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