Areas of Practice

• Media & Entertainment
• Intellectual Property
• Education

About Kevin

Kevin specializes in foreign investment with a strong focus on the media, IT, telecoms and education sectors. He has extensive experience in advising multinational clients on various legal matters relating to market entry, M&A, complex regulatory issues and operational matters and is also a specialist in PRC IP law.

Prior to joining TransAsia, Kevin worked for a leading Beijing-based IP firm, where he advised multinationals on matters relating to trademark registration, copyright protection, licensing and IP-related dispute resolution.

Recent Projects

• Acted as Electronic Arts' PRC counsel for its US$ 300 million acquisition of Playfish (a leading creator of social network games)
  
• Advised Sports Weekly, the PRC's leading sports media publisher, with its international copyright licensing transactions
• Outside general counsel to the China Film Group for its film and television productions, as well as its new media initiatives
• Assisted Bertelsmann in a wide range of PRC investment projects, including the establishment of the first foreign-invested retail chain company and wholesale book company in the PRC
• Advised a leading multinational tobacco company on legal issues involving PRC marketing initiatives and general corporate matters
• Assisted Electronic Arts in its various PRC investments, including its US$ 167 million acquisition of 15% of the common shares in The9 Limited
• Advised The Walt Disney Company on both its filmmaking and Internet activities in the PRC
• Represented Alibaba.com in the largest PRC Internet acquisition to date
• Advised Nokia on its various PRC operational matters
• Assisted a number of major U.S. investment funds in their acquisition of companies in the PRC Internet and education sectors
• Advised Gruhner+Jahr in its PRC acquisitions and general corporate matters
• Assisted Glu Mobile in its acquisition of a leading PRC mobile games company

Major Publications

• China's Media & Entertainment Law, Vol II (TransAsia 2006)
• China's Videogame Industry Regulatory Landscape (Niko Partners and TransAsia 2007)

Key Clients