Press Release

Morgan Lewis Advises on Asian Legal Business M&A Deal of the Year

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

HONG KONG and BEIJING, April 30, 2019: Morgan Lewis has been recognized by Asian Legal Business as an adviser on its M&A Deal of the Year – Premium as part of its 2019 China Law Awards. The annual awards honor the achievements of law firms and in-house counsel in China.

The recognition relates to the firm’s work on behalf of Sequoia Capital in the consortium's $9.5 billion sale of Ele.me, one of China's largest online food delivery platforms, to Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba. Morgan Lewis partner Ning Zhang led the representation.

Our Beijing and Shanghai offices operate as representative offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. In Hong Kong, Morgan Lewis operates through Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which is a separate Hong Kong general partnership registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong as a registered foreign law firm operating in Association with Luk & Partners. Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC is a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.