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Weiguo (William) He
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Biography

Mr. He practises in the Vancouver office of Davis LLP. Prior to joining Davis LLP, he worked as a legal analyst in Canada at one of the world's largest companies in the insurance industry, and as a legal consultant at a top-tier bank in China.

Mr. He frequently advises clients on Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs, CPC Qualifying Transactions, investment fund, secured lending and international trade. He is also experienced in Chinese foreign direct investment laws and corporate laws, having assisted clients set up joint ventures and wholly-owned-foreign-enterprises in China. He has about ten publications on Canadian and Chinese laws by such publishers as Lawyers Weekly of Canada and Law Press of China.

Professional Experience

M&A & Corporate Finance

• Acted for a large Chinese State-Owned-Enterprise in its substantial investments in a Canadian company with significant mining assets in Africa.
• Acted for a Chinese company in its efforts to acquire an oil and gas asset of multi hundred million dollars.
• Acted for a Canadian listed company in its joint venture agreements with a large Chinese explorations company.
• Acted for a Chinese company in its business cooperations with certain aboriginal groups in BC.
• Acted for a Chinese State-Owned-Enterprise in its acquisition and management of a forest licence in British Columbia.
• Represented a Chinese company in its acquisition of an uranium exploration company in Canada.
• Acted for a Canadian subsidiary of a Chinese company in an reorganization valued at US$66 million.
• Represented the financing bank in China Gold Corporation Group's acquisition of 42% shares of Jinshan Gold Mines Inc. (TSX: JIN) at the price of CAD 218 million.
• Acted for a Chinese bank in its fund settlement agreement with one of the largest Canadian banks.

Canadian Listings

• Acted for a Chinese mining company in its Qualifying Transaction with CPC on the TSX Venture Exchange.
• Acted for a Chilean mining company in its listing at the TSX-V.
• Acted for a Canadian company with major gold mine assets in China in the IPO at the TSX-Venture.
• Acted for several CPCs in their IPOs and Qualifying Transactions with companies from China and elsewhere.
• Represented several Chinese companies in their proposed reverse takeovers of mining companies in Canada.

Recognition

• Graduated with Distinction, McGill Faculty of Law, 2006
• The LSA Graduating Student Award, awarded to students who have made outstanding contributions to the Faculty during their years of study, McGill Faculty of Law, 2006
• Aubrey Senez Scholarship for Law, McGill University, 2001
• National Second Prize for the Best Publications in China, Awarded by the State Copyright Bureau of China, 2001

Publications & Seminars

• Presentation on "Going Public in Canada: Options and Strategies for Chinese Companies" at the TSX Roadshow in China, October 2008
• Presentation on "Going Public in Canada and Reverse Takeovers" to the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver, May 2008
• Presentation on "Securities Law and Corporate Law for Immigration Lawyers" to the Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Immigration Section, March 5, 2008
• Presentation on "Doing Business in China" at ABF Financial Group, September 11, 2007
• "The Domination of Majority Shareholders in Chinese Listed Companies" (2002) 3 Jiangxi Journal of Social Sciences 39, co-author
• "Punitive Damages in the American Contract Law" (2001) 4 Journal of Science of Law 28, co-author

Media Commentary

• Keynote speaker and commentator on Securities Investments Risks at Shaw TV, May 2009
• Keynote speaker on Canadian Securities Laws and Going Public at Dawa News Group HY TV, multiple times, 2009
• "Going Public in Canada TSX Exchange - Are you Ready?", China Land & Resources News, March 2, 2008, author
• "New Tax Regime in 2008 Will Impact Chinese Foreign-Invested Businesses", The Lawyers Weekly, August 10, 2007, co-author
• "China's Corporate Laws Get Major Overhaul", The Lawyers Weekly, February 16, 2007, co-author
• "China Floats Share-swap Plan for New Investors", Business in Vancouver, October 3-9, 2006; issue 84, key interviewee
• "Law and Environment in China", radio program LegalEase (CKUT 90.3 FM), October 14, 2005, guest speaker

Education

• LL.B. & B.C.L., (with Distinction), McGill University, 2006
• LL.M., International Business Law, McGill University, 2003
• Master of Civil and Commercial Law, Tsinghua University, 1999
• Certificate of Common Law, University of Hong Kong, 1997
• B.A., English Language and Literature, Tsinghua University, 1996

Place and Year of Call

• National Lawyer Qualification Certificate of China, 1999
• British Columbia, 2007
• Massachusetts, 2007
• New York, 2008

Languages Spoken

• English
• Mandarin

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