Carolyn is a trusted adviser to Chinese clients on their overseas investments and to international investors for their investments into China. She is especially valued for her work in energy and infrastructure. She is a full service lawyer, able to advise on transactional, corporate and operational issues.
For more than 36 years, Carolyn has been involved in cross-border transactions involving China, advising major Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies in outbound M&A transactions, acquisition financing, project development, and Sino-foreign joint venture projects. She also advised Fortune 500 companies on their inbound investments. Her clients include Sinopec, China Energy Group, China Huadian, PetroChina, CNOOC, Datang Group, ENN Group, China Development Bank, Exim Bank of China, China Cinda Assets Management Company, Wengfu Group, and Siemens.
Prior to joining DLA Piper in 2013, Carolyn had 27 years of corporate, private practice and academic experience (in both Chinese SOEs as well as MNCs), having spent time at King & Wood Mallesons (Beijing), BP (Hong Kong & Singapore), Sinopec (Beijing Headquarters), Clifford Chance (Hong Kong) and at the Faculty of Law of a university in Beijing. Carolyn has a deep understanding of bridging Chinese and international commercial culture and practices. She is adept at finding practical solutions for both Chinese and international investors in solving commercial issues in Sino-foreign joint ventures whether incorporated in China or overseas.
Carolyn has been ranked as a leading energy lawyer in IFLR1000, Chambers, Legal 500, Asian Legal Business and the Euromoney Business Law Awards for many consecutive years. In 2020, Carolyn was named an Acritas star lawyer in Asia, and was also awarded the title of "100 Excellent Lawyers of Foreign Law Firms" in the selection of "Legal Elite 200" by China Business Law Journal in 2020.