Danhai Mu
Counsel
Boston
dmu@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4023Danhai Mu
Counsel, Boston
dmu@goulstonstorrs.com+1 617 574 4023Related Expertise
Public and private companies with China-based operations turn to Danhai Mu for strategic counsel on cross-border transactions, securities compliance, and international business expansion. Danhai also guides clients through public offerings, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, and technology licensing.
Danhai’s practice spans a full range of corporate law matters for companies operating across many industries. His deep understanding of cross-border transactions informs structuring strategies to address both U.S. regulatory requirements and international operational needs.
Multinational Corporate Background
To provide the best possible legal strategies for clients, Danhai calls upon his experience as Associate International General Counsel for a product brokerage company with offices in the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. In this role, he handled all legal matters for the company's international expansion and operation. This firsthand experience allows him to identify and plan for the challenges that multinational companies face when completing transactions.
Danhai is proficient in Mandarin.
Related Representative Matters
Issuer's counsel in the IPO on the NYSE of Sogou Inc., an innovator in search and a leader in China’s Internet industry; continued to represent the company as U.S. general corporate and securities counsel. Most recently, represented Sogou in its going-private acquisition by Tencent Holdings Limited.
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of China Distance Education Holdings Limited, as the U.S. legal counsel. Through a going-private merger, a consortium consisting primarily of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the target company acquired all of the outstanding ordinary shares of the target, including ordinary shares represented by American depositary shares, that they did not already own.
A leading Chinese online game developer and operator in China, in the U.S on a variety of business matters including corporate and securities concerns.
Sohu.com Inc. in connection with the sale of a leading Chinese gaming Company to Sohu’s majority-owned subsidiary Changyou.com Limited.
A leading Chinese online game developer and operator, in its initial public offering on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) as the company’s U.S. legal counsel.
eLong, Inc., a leading mobile and online travel service provider in China, as U.S. securities, general corporate, and M&A counsel, and in connection with its 2016 going-private transaction.
A leading Chinese online search and Internet service provider in the U.S on a variety of business matters including corporate and securities concerns.
Sogou Inc. in a $450M investment in Sogou by a leading provider of internet services in China. Negotiate strategic business collaboration agreements between Sogou and provider.
Sogou Inc., a leading Chinese online search and Internet service provider, in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange as the company’s U.S. legal counsel.
Outside U.S. general corporate, securities, M&A, and U.S. tax counsel to Sohu.com Limited, the Sohu Group’s Nasdaq-listed Delaware holding company. Sohu.com is a leading Chinese online media, communications, search, online games, and mobile value-added services company (Nasdaq SOHU); representation has included multiple acquisitions as well as international transaction, U.S. securities, and U.S. tax counsel in the complex reorganization of the publicly-traded top-tier holding company from a Delaware corporation to a Cayman Islands company.
A China-based credit card services company in its private placement of $21M preferred stock in a venture capital financing.
A Hong Kong based public toy manufacturing company in connection with its asset acquisition of a US toy company.
Fox Financial Technology Group Limited, the developer and operator of an Internet-based platform for peer-to-peer lending in China, in its private placement and venture capital financing transactions.
A domestic telecommunications company in connection with its $150M acquisition by a global public telecommunications company by way of a tax-free, stock-for-stock merger.
A developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostic imaging systems in connection with its private offering of preferred stock and convertible debt to a strategic investor with joint-development, technology licensing and buy-sell arrangements.
An internationally recognized teaching and research hospital in its multi-year collaboration with a leading life science publisher on continuing medical education.
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- New York
Education
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School ( J.D. , cum laude , 1998 )
Peking University, Beijing, China ( B.S. , 1995 )