Martin Hu

Professional Experience

• Martin Hu is a Senior Partner of MHP Law Firm, qualified to practice in the People's Republic of China. He was also admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio, USA, and had practiced corporate and tax law in Columbus, Ohio for several years. He has been retained by many well-known multinational companies as lead counsel for major projects from the planning to the closing stage.
  Martin Hu has over 27 years of extensive experience and has advised a number of remarkable projects and cases. His representative clients include P&G, Amsted, Coventry University, BorgWarner, IQVIA, CBMG, China Pacific Insurance Group, Shanshan Group, which Martin Hu has counseled actively and extensively on their market entry strategies, joint venture transactions, mergers & acquisitions, technology licensing arrangements, and other major legal and political endeavors in China.

Published Articles

• “From Taboo To Feast - Still good perspectives for foreign investment in China”, China Business Law Journal (January 2011)

• “Relocation of Foreign Invested Enterprises in China”, China Business Law Journal (January and February, 2010)

• “Practical Issues in a CLS Restructuring”, China Law & Practice (June 2004)

• “Utilizing the CLS for Group Restructuring”, China Law & Practice (May 2004)

• “Company Limited by Shares (CLS): A Powerful Legal Vehicle for Group Restructuring”, China Law & Practice (April 2004)

• “WTO's Impact on the Rule of Law in China”, The Rule of Law, Mansfield Foundation (2001)

• “Business Ventures in China: Choosing the Company Form and Structure”, the USAsians (1995) (Co-author)

• “Foreign Recognition and Enforcement of Chinese Arbitral Awards”, Law Review (1990)

Professional Awards

• Martin Hu received the following professional awards for his outstanding achievements in those practice fields:
  · Top 10 Lawyers in Shanghai Award” by Shanghai Bar Association in 2011
  · Outstanding Lawyers of China Award” by All China Lawyers Association in 2011
  · China Top 15 M&A Lawyers” by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in 2019
  · Leading Lawyer in Corporate/Commercial” by Chambers Asia
  · Leading Lawyer in Corporate/M&A” by Chambers Asia