White & Case LLP - Lawyers

Practice Experience
Mr. Leary has been the managing partner in the Shanghai office of White & Case since 2005. During his career, Mr. Leary has also worked in White & Case offices in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Hanoi, Prague, Mexico City and Palo Alto.

Since joining White & Case in 1992, nearly all of Mr. Leary’s work has had a cross-border component, representing U.S. and foreign corporations in international mergers, financings and ventures. He has led greenfield projects for several high-technology companies, supervised mergers and acquisitions teams in the US, Eastern Europe and Latin America, represented Mexican airlines in their fleet acquisition and restructuring and represented the Czech Republic and Government of Vietnam in privatization and debt restructuring matters.

In Shanghai, Mr. Leary has represented multinationals in their acquisition of Chinese assets or enterprises and formation of joint ventures. He has also represented Chinese entities in their acquisitions abroad. Recent and current representations include:

China Development Bank, in its proposed acquisition of a stake in Citigroup.
China Development Bank, in its proposed acquisition of a controlling interest in Dresdner Bank.
A European group in its $250 million investment into a Chinese steel company.
Haier, in their purchase of a Thai division of a Japanese company.
An Indian multinational in their $300 million investment into a Chinese SOE.
An Asian investment group in their ethanol projects in China and Indonesia.
The National Football League in connection with their activities in China..
China Merchants China Investments Management Limited in its investment in NBA China LLP.
An American baseball bat manufacturer in its operations in China.
A leading multinational media company in three acquisitions and a joint venture in China.
A European consumer products company in its proposed acquisition of the assets of a Chinese SOE including participation in the auction process for state-owned assets.
A US NASDAQ-listed company in their acquisition of a Chinese internet content provider and the associated restructuring.
A Chinese startup company in the wireless consumer industry in its formation and financing.
A European internet company in the "roll-up" acquisitions of several internet companies located throughout China in a specific consumer services sector.
A US semiconductor company in its joint venture, technology transfer and technology license with a Chinese SOE.
A Chinese company in its purchase of a line of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from Philips Semiconductors, Inc.
A leading original design manufacturer for GSM handset devices in its $200 million sale to NASDAQ-listed Flextronics, Ltd.

Mr. Leary was an adjunct professor at UC Hasting College of the Law teaching Contract Writing during the 2002-2003 academic year. He regularly lectures on cross-border transaction topics, with an emphasis on China.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 1992

Education
JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1992
BSFS, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, 1987

Recent Publications
Co-author, "No Need to Q!," Bloomberg Corporate Law Journal, Issue 2, Spring 2006 (with Seung Chong)
Co-author, "Luxury Brands Take On Landlords" Financial Times, January 30, 2006 (with Patrick Ma)
"Courts Combat Counterfeiting" Financial Times, June 7, 2005 (with Christopher Corr)

Citizenship
United States