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Victor Ho

Registered Foreign Lawyer, California

Email

victor.ho@aoshearman.com

Phone

+852 2974 7288

Offices

Hong Kong SAR

Beijing

Shanghai

V-CARD
Victor is Technology Sector Lead and has extensive experience of working on Asian and PRC-related transactions, having lived and worked in the region since 1991.

Victor’s practice is characterized by its depth and breadth of experience and involves representing multinational clients with their China-related matters, and Chinese clients investing globally. As a strategic adviser to his key clients, his corporate and M&A practice involves advising on a wide range of cross-border transactions, as well as sensitive, significant regulatory and compliance issues.

Victor has spearheaded the build-out of A&O’s multidisciplinary China platform, including actively leading the development of the group’s antitrust, data, IP, regulatory and compliance offerings. Increasingly, this has involved advising clients on the development of their China-related strategies, in which M&A, antitrust, data, digitalisation, partnerships and IP play key and integrated roles. Victor speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A multinational information technology company on the USD2.3bn sale of 51% of its converged infrastructure enterprise business to Tsinghua Holdings and the formation of a new strategic joint venture known as the “New H3C”. The deal won M&A Deal of the Year from China Law & Practice in 2016. 
  • A global semiconductor foundry player on the establishment of its USD9bn cutting-edge China joint venture semiconductor foundry. 
  • Brocade on the China aspects of its sale to Broadcom, including the securing of its merger control clearance and remedy arrangements in China. 
  • Roivant on its launch of Sinovant, its multi-product China-focused innovative biotech company and its strategic support from CITICPE.
  • Ant Financial (China’s largest digital payment and diversified fintech company) on a range of cutting-edge issues. 
  • A multinational pharmaceutical corporation on a number of matters, ranging from its acquisitions in China (vaccines, eye-care and diagnostics), to strategic matters (restructuring, strategic assessments, crisis control, review of legal and business organisational structures), to compliance and regulatory matters (investigations, FCPA/bribery issues, review of distribution arrangements), and a number of antitrust matters.
  • TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel community, on various transactions in China, including: its sale of Kuxun, a Beijing-based online travel business, to Meituan, a prominent Chinese consumer group-buying platform, as part of TripAdvisor’s strategy to reshape its China business; and a potential e-commerce JV to offer entertainment and leisure services to outbound PRC tourists. 
  • International Paper Company on a series of acquisitions and disposals, including the sale of its Asian corrugated box business to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise, a special purpose acquisition fund associated with Xiamen Hexing Paper Packaging (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) and its disposal of its Shorewood packaging business assets in Greater China and Europe into the portfolio company packaging business of private equity firm, Atlas.
  • Magna International Inc on a number of acquisitions and joint ventures in the automotive component sector in China, including advising Cosma, the body stamping division of Magna International Inc., on the strategic combination of its existing China entity with the body stamping operations of Chongqing Xingqiaorui, a leading, privately owned Tier 1 supplier of automotive body-in-white components group in the PRC and a key supplier to Chang’an Ford.
  • Alibaba (one of China’s largest e-commerce and digital companies) in respect of a range of issues and transactions.
  • A telecoms company on its outbound equity investment panel.

Speaking Engagements

  • Moderator, Belt & Road Initiative: Developing partnerships, projects and trade connectivity, the 9th International Capital Conference, 29/11/2018

Recognition

“outstanding lawyer who is an accomplished maestro and able to get us the best result in the most efficient way possible. ”
Chambers Asia Pacific, China Corporate/M&A, 2019
“Excellent, timely, creative and decisive. He helped me work through the ins and outs of the situation and was valuable in securing a good outcome.”
IFLR 1000, 2019

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to the bar, State of California, USA, 1992

Academic

BA (Hons), Amherst College, 1988

Certificate, International Institute for International Law and Human Rights, Strasbourg, 1989

JD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991

Languages

English, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese)
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.