Walker J. Wallace
Partner
Walker J. Wallace is a partner in O'Melveny'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 and structuring business operations in numerous industries, including media and entertainment, consumer products, real estate, software, retail and education.
Illustrative Professional Experience
- Numerous acquisitions of office and residential buildings by U.S. financial institutions in China
- Formation of several China-focused private equity funds
- Financing of innovative television auction program
- Fund investment in a leading Chinese company operating for-profit universities
- Fund investment in one of China's leading pharmaceutical retail chains
- Investment by syndicate of funds in China's leading out-of-home advertising company
- Sale of Chinese banking subsidiary by an international conglomerate
- Co-investment by consortium of funds in the acquisition of a leading European heavy machinery manufacturer by a Chinese listed company
- Financing and acquisition of various Chinese-language media properties by international media companies
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?”
Walker was named by Chambers Global 2008 in “The World's Leading Lawyers for Business” under the Private Equity category for the China/Hong Kong region.
Professional Activities
Language, Mandarin Chinese