Lawyers
In a wide-ranging interview with Asian Legal Business, corporate partner Judie Ng Shortell discusses the ways in which M&A in China has adapted amid public health policy and economic challenges, and why she expects dealmaking to increase in the near future. In “As China doubles down on Covid zero, deal lawyers stay cautiously optimistic,” published on November 22, Judie talks about the role of multinational companies in bolstering China’s dealmaking sphere; the increased caution among strategic and financial investors; and her expectation that dealmaking will pick up following the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress, among other topics.
“Given the sheer size of China’s population and economy, it will continue to be the centrepiece of Asia’s M&A landscape in the medium and long run,” she says.
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