Of Counsel
China Practice
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Email: pengyi@yuanhepartners.com
Ms. Peng’s main practice areas are: cross-border mergers and acquisitions, traditional and new energy investment, development, operation and dispute resolution.
Ms. Peng has nearly 20 years of experience in investment, project development and operation in the energy field. She has worked in BP Exploration and CNOOC for a long time. While working at BP, she participated in drafting and revising oil and gas field sales agreements and various equipment and service contracts related to project operations. While working at CNOOC, she represented the company in more than 20 overseas acquisition projects, post-investment asset operations, dispute resolution and asset disposals, with a transaction volume of more than US$30 billion, involving overseas listed and unlisted companies in the oil, gas and LNG fields. Equity acquisition, asset acquisition and management, with assets spread across nearly 20 countries and regions in North America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, South America and Asia. The counterparties and partners are all mainstream international energy companies in the oil and gas industry. In the abovementioned acquisitions and asset disposals, Ms. Peng, as one of the leaders, participated in the pre-project legal research, due diligence, transaction negotiations, government approvals in various investment jurisdictions, including U.S. CFIUS and Canadian ICA investment approvals, as well as project operations. Full-process work including legal affairs management, arbitration and litigation.
Work Experience and Educational Background
In recent years, Ms. Peng has served as a senior consultant on mergers and acquisitions at the American law firm Latham & Watkins, and has participated in domestic and overseas mergers and acquisitions in a wider range of industries, including traditional oil and gas, new energy, new technology, food, luxury goods, and textiles. Acquisitions, asset disposals, joint ventures, and overseas direct investments provide investors with a Chinese legal perspective and unique cross-cultural communication solutions for mergers and acquisitions involving “Chinese elements” carried out globally.