Joseph HE Jun co-heads the China Practice and is a Partner in both the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and the Equity Capital Markets Practice.

His main practice areas are corporate finance, equity capital market, foreign investment in PRC, mergers and acquisitions and property development in PRC.

Transactions of significance which Joseph has been involved in include acting for Ascendas in relation to its joint venture with Hangzhou Economic Development Area General North Co, a Chinese government-linked company, to develop a S$700 million information technology park, which is the group's first development project in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province in China; Parkway Holdings Limited ("PHL"), in its acquisition of a 60 per cent stake in the World Link chain of clinics operating in Shanghai, PRC, for over US$43 million, via the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Medical Resources International Pte. Ltd by PHL's wholly-owned subsidiary Parkway Group Healthcare Pte. Ltd., from Hong Kong incorporated WorldLink Medical Systems Limited; Ascendas Land International Pte Ltd in the acquisition of Ocean Towers in Shanghai from Sing Holdings Limited, Keppel Land Limited and Temasek Capital (Private) Limited (through their respective subsidiaries); and Millennium & Copthorne International Limited, in the investment in the development of a five-star hotel for the Beijing Fortune Plaza, a mixed-use scheme of about 720,000 square metres located at 23 North Dongshanhuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC.

Joseph graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yunnan University (PRC) and obtained Masters of Law from both China University of Politics and Law in Beijing and McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (USA). He was also a Visiting Scholar at the School of Law, Columbia University (USA) from 1990 to 1991. Joseph was admitted to the Bar of PRC.

Prior to joining the Firm, Joseph was a law lecturer at the School of Law, Yunnan University from 1989-1990. He acted as the Legal Consultant for the Far East Law Firm In Guangxi (PRC) and was the Assistant Legal Consultant for the Emperor Group of Hong Kong.

Joseph has authored a chapter on Legislative Requirements in the Investors and Entrepreneur’s Guide “Setting Up Business in China - The Essential Handbook” published by Key Media Pte Ltd (2002). He also presents and participates in panel discussions at regional and local conferences on PRC-related topics.

You can contact Joseph at joseph.he@wongpartnership.com.sg.

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