Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has boosted its corporate finance and M&A capabilities in China with the hire of special counsel Jie Huang from Australian telecommunications company, Telstra Corp, where she served as its China general counsel.

Huang’s diverse corporate expertise includes M&As, private equity, U.S. securities law work, and other compliance and regulatory matters in Asia.

“Jie is a highly regarded corporate lawyer with extensive experience in what is a rapidly evolving environment for complex business transactions in mainland China,” said Cadwalader chairman, Christopher White, in a statement.

At Telstra, Huang was a part of the international business unit, and advised on M&As, post merger integrations, IPOs, and corporate restructuring in China. Prior to Telstra, Huang worked for DLA Piper, and represented venture capital and private equity funds. ALB

Kanishk Verghese is North Asia journalist at ALB. Follow him on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine.

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