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Weil Gotshal & Manges M&A practice enjoys a growing presence in China and is increasingly handling complex M&A deals. The firm’s top private equity practice has been a useful source of deals for the firm’s practice.

One client compliments Weil’s China partners: “Steven Xiang and Tony Wang gave us good advice on how to pitch our bids, and helped us with the China aspect. From a technical perspective it was impressive. It was important that we formed a good relationship with the entrepreneur, so the firm’s help in dealing with him added value. The advice was commercial, clear, straightforward and not too legalistic. Tony Wang did especially excellent work.”

In the past few years, Weil Gotshal has been heavily investing in developing its pipeline of M&A deals from leading private equity clients. “On the experience level, the firm is very good,” says one client. “Sometimes it exceeds its role in helping a client. It is very responsive to clients’ needs.”

The M&A partners are representing General Electric in its joint venture formation agreement with Chinese state-owned aircraft producer Aviation Industry Corp.

Akiko Mikumo, Anthony (Tony) Wang and Steven Xiang are all leading partners in the practice.