About Pascal

Pascal is an experienced corporate lawyer with a practice focusing on M&A, inbound and outbound investments, joint ventures and commercial transactions. He actively works across a wide range of industries, including natural resources, renewable energy, IT and telecoms. A founding member of the Outbound Investment team, he has extensive experience advising Chinese clients on their investments in the minerals and natural resources sectors, particularly in Australia and SE Asia.

Recent Projects

• Advised China Shenhua on its acquisition of the exploration rights to a coal mine in New South Wales 
• Advised Oz Minerals on its AU$ 2.6 billion asset sale to China Minmetals 
• Advised Indophil Resources NL on its AU$ 545 million takeover by Zijin Mining Group 
• Represented Research in Motion in concluding its sponsorship agreement with the Shanghai Expo 2010 to be the official smart-phone provider of the Expo. 
• Represented Carbon Trust in forming a foreign-invested venture capital enterprise with China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation 
• Served as counsel to II-VI on the establishment of a joint venture in Hubei Province, and on an offshore share acquisition 
• Represented Sperian Protection in its acquisition of assets in Jiangsu Province 
• Represented a multinational retail company on the resolution of a highly contentious labor dispute involving several hundred employees