Prior to joining Han Kun, Mr. Shaolin Luo was a partner of Loyal Valley Capital. Before that, he served as an assistant to the chairman and as the general counsel of YF Capital, and as a partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, based in the firm's Beijing and Hong Kong offices. Mr. Luo has over 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, private equity, and securities transactions. Mr. Luo has represented Chinese, U.S., and European corporations in stock and asset purchase transactions, venture capital and private equity transactions, and in the establishment of Sino-foreign joint ventures. Mr. Luo's core practice includes the representation of large Chinese state-owned companies and private companies in connection with their overseas business development transactions and strategic cooperations with foreign investors as well as the representation of U.S. and European multinational companies and private equity firms in connection with their investments in China.