Management Team

Joseph Mei

Managing Partner


After obtaining his B.S.E.E. and J.D. from the University of Michigan, Mr. Mei worked for the international law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, Morrison & Foerster and DLA Piper as senior lawyer. He is a New York State registered lawyer and is one of the top 500 recommended lawyer in private equity and M&A field in 2015. Mr. Mei is also a partner at a Chicago-based M&A law firm.

Mr. Mei was a member of the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and worked as an engineer at General Motors Global Headquarters. He also served as an engineer at IBM chip R&D center with solid industrial knowledge.

Mr. Mei has been involved in a number of landmark cross-border M&A transactions in the areas of Fintech, IT, semiconductors and industrials, including Ping An's investment in R3 blockchain consortium, Tsinghua Unigroup's take private of Xueda, Tsinghua Unigroup's take private of Spreadtrum, Focus Media's take private, corporate divestures to Hengst SE & Co by Perma-Pipe International and INEOS Group's acquisition of Calabrian, among many others. Mr. Mei has also worked on the initial public offerings of China Pacific Insurance, AIA and Shanghai Pharmaceuticals.

Mr. Mei has maintained close relationships with strategic players and financial sponsors, as well as a number of top-tier high-technology parks in China, with extensive contacts both in China and the United States.