Xinyu Hu

Xinyu Hu joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2018 and became a partner in 2024. He is head of the firm's China Desk. He practices in Corporate/M&A with a focus on commercial companies, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and joint ventures. He advises Chinese investors and companies on complex cross-border investment projects. He regularly assists Chinese companies and investors in their transactions in France and Europe. He has extensive experience in Chinese investment flows in France (takeovers of insolvent companies, negotiating French-Chinese joint ventures, monitoring property development projects, and company formation). Xinyu Hu also advises on general legal issues facing Chinese companies setting up in France and coordinates the work of the firm’s other departments, particularly on matters relating to employment and labour law, corporate law, commercial contracts, litigation, international mobility, banking and finance, tax law, intellectual property, and commercial leases. · CMS Francis Lefebvre

FranceCorporate/M&A, Mergers and AcquisitionsFrench, English, Chinese

About

Partner at CMS Francis Lefebvre and head of the firm's China Desk. Advises Chinese investors and companies on cross-border investment projects in France and Europe, with expertise in Corporate/M&A, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring.

Practice areas

Corporate/M&AMergers and AcquisitionsJoint VenturesCorporate Restructuring

Office

France

CMS Francis Lefebvre · Xinyu Hu joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2018 and became a partner in 2024. He is head of the firm's China Desk. He practices in Corporate/M&A with a focus on commercial companies, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and joint ventures. He advises Chinese investors and companies on complex cross-border investment projects. He regularly assists Chinese companies and investors in their transactions in France and Europe. He has extensive experience in Chinese investment flows in France (takeovers of insolvent companies, negotiating French-Chinese joint ventures, monitoring property development projects, and company formation). Xinyu Hu also advises on general legal issues facing Chinese companies setting up in France and coordinates the work of the firm’s other departments, particularly on matters relating to employment and labour law, corporate law, commercial contracts, litigation, international mobility, banking and finance, tax law, intellectual property, and commercial leases.

France

Expertise

Cross-Border InvestmentsChinese Outbound InvestmentMergers & AcquisitionsJoint VenturesCorporate Restructuring

Education

Docteur en Droit - Universite d'Angers (2010)
DEA in private law - Universite Robert Schuman – Strasbourg III (2004)
Master's degree in international economic law - East China University of Political Science and Law (2000)

Languages

FrenchEnglishChinese