Walker Wallace
Partner
Walker Wallace is a partner in the firm's China practice and has worked from the firm's Shanghai office for more than ten years. He is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Walker has significant experience in international transactions and has helped clients in a wide range of projects across Asia, from multi-nationals seeking to invest in China, to private equity funds pursuing investment strategies in Southeast Asia. In China, Walker has helped clients negotiate the complexities of investing in and structuring business operations in numerous industries, including media and entertainment, consumer products, real estate, software, retail and alcoholic beverages.
Illustrative Professional Experience
- Representation of Thai conglomerate in sale of Chinese bank subsidiary
- Representation of U.S. financial institutions in numerous acquisitions of office and residential buildings in China
- Formation of a China-focused private equity fund
- Representation of private equity fund investing in a major Chinese pharmaceutical retail chain
- Representation of foreign multinational selling an international business division
- Representation of a foreign cinema chain investing in China
Walker has also been involved in several film and television deals and numerous China venture capital projects involving investment in diverse industries, including, oil services, hospitality and Internet.
Before moving to Shanghai in 1997, Walker practiced in New York for several years. He is the former Chairman of the Legal Committee for the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce, and is the co-author of “Acquisitions of Companies with Chinese Assets” and “Foreign Private Equity Investment in China: Which Way to the Exit?”
Professional Activities
Language, Mandarin Chinese