Fang Xue is the Chief Representative and Partner in Charge of the Beijing office and a partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Corporate and its Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, International Trade, and National Security Practice Groups. Fang has broad-based corporate and commercial experience. She has represented Chinese and international corporations and private equity funds in cross-border acquisitions, private equity transactions, stock and asset transactions, joint ventures, going private transactions, tender offers and venture capital transactions, including many landmark deals among those. She also advises clients on corporate, compliance, export control and international trade related matters.

Fang is regularly recognized as a leading lawyer and notable practitioner by publications, such as Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Greater China Region, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR1000, Best Lawyers, Asian Legal Business  and China Business Law Journal. In the Chambers Greater China Region  guide, interviewed clients noted that “Fang provided excellent, timely and sensible advice and solutions. I especially applaud her skills in persuasion and communication, sound judgement and being able to remain calm under intense pressure,” and “she is commercial and pragmatic and at the same time she is a tough negotiator. It is rare to see perfect combination of legal skills and business acumen.”

Fang’s experience includes advising:

• CPE in the US$4.8 billion take private transaction of China Biologic Products Holdings
• The Special Committee of Sina Corporation in the company’s US$2.6 billion going private transaction
• CITIC Capital Holdings Limited, Hua Capital Management Co. and Goldstone Investment Co., Ltd.in the acquisition of OmniVision Technologies for US$1.9 billion
• Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. in an acquisition of 100% shares of Key Safety Systems, Inc. for US$920 million
• Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co. (PDSTI) in matters related to its investment in ICON Aircraft, Inc.

Prior to moving to Beijing in 2009, she previously worked at Shearman & Sterling LLP where she spent four years in the New York office and two years in the Hong Kong office. Fang received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law, where she served as Research Editor of the Law and Contemporary Problems and was also a member of the Order of the Coif. She was also the recipient of 2003 Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Business Organization and Finance. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and is qualified to practice in China. She is fluent in English and a native speaker of Mandarin.