Hilton Yin is a Partner Dacheng’s Shanghai Office. Hilton has more than 16 years working experience specializing in Corporate M&A, Labor and Employment, Anti-bribery, Anti-corruption, and Compliance Investigation. His practice sector includes Pharmaceutical, Life Science, Automobile, and Manufacture.

Hilton Yin has extensive experience in Corporate M&A and Restructuring. He has advised numerous multinational companies and Fortune 500s on equity and assets M&A transactions and joint venture projects. This includes transaction structuring, drafting of purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, and joint venture contracts, as well as negotiation and closing. Hilton Yin has also assisted clients with merger control filings. He has also advised PRC clients on outbound investment and franchising, including investment structure, transaction documents drafting, negotiation, and closing.

In the field of Labor and Employment, Hilton Yin has vast experience. He has advised multinational companies on labor and employment issues arising from re-organization, enterprise re-form, re-location, bankruptcy, and massive lay-offs. This includes plan designing, preparation of legal documents, negotiation, and implementation. Hilton Yin has also conducted labor due diligence and compliance investigations. He has structured and implemented stock incentive plans and assisted clients with labor contract drafting, negotiation, and termination. Hilton Yin has also provided labor dispute resolution services, including representing clients in labor arbitration and litigation cases.

Hilton Yin is highly experienced in Anti-bribery, Anti-corruption, and Compliance Investigation. He has assisted clients with compliance investigations and provided legal advisory services relating to Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption. Additionally, Hilton Yin has worked in an investment company where he gained experience in acquiring and restructuring distressed assets.

Hilton Yin's practice sector includes Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Life Science, Automobile, and Manufacture. In particular, he has extensive experience in Life Science. He has assisted multiple pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies with compliance investigations, M&A projects and License-in/License-out transactions. He is a member of the Pharma and Healthcare Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association.

With rich experience in the field of corporate M&A and excellent client reputation, Hilton has been consecutively selected as a notable practitioner in the Asia-Pacific region by the internationally renowned legal rating agency "International Financial Law Review" (IFLR 1000) in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Prior to joining Dacheng, Hilton Yin worked at a member law firm of the Big Four (Deloitte). Before that, he practiced law at a prominent international firm and a PRC firm. Hilton Yin also gained work experience in a distressed assets investment company. Hilton Yin holds LL.B and LL.M from East China University of Political Science and Law, and LL.M from Columbia University in the USA.

Advising a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company's numerous acquisitions of PRC wholesaling pharmaceutical companies, including legal and labor due diligence, transaction documents drafting, negotiation, closing and legal advisory concerning post-transaction integration;

Advising a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company's acquisition of e-commerce pharmaceutical retail company, including legal due diligence, transaction documents drafting and negotiation, and compliance review service concerning the target company’s daily operation;

Assisting in PRC merger control/anti-monopoly clearance filing for a US Fortune 500 on its equity acquisition of a PRC pharmaceutical distribution company; including collection of legal documents and information, legal documents preparation and communication with relevant regulator;

Three-month secondment in a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, providing closing assistance for its M&A projects, reviewing of business contracts and ad hoc legal advisory for its daily operation;

Advising a PRC drug R&D company for its license-in transaction (it is listed as top 10 license-in transaction in PRC jurisdiction) and cross-border drug R&D collaboration projects, including drafting, review and negotiation of numerous legal documents with CRO companies and drug manufacture company.

Advising a private equity investment company for its equity investment on a new drug company and licensing-in transaction.

Advising a biotech company for its licensing-out transaction, including legal advisory on its pharmaceutical licensing agreement.

Advising a MNC pharma company for its licensing-in transaction, including advisory on transaction structure and preparation of licensing agreement.

Advising a PRC pharmaceutical company for its licensing-out transaction with a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in US, including preparting transaction documents, legal negotiation and general advisory on structuring;

Advising a PRC medical devise company for its share disposal to a Swiss listed company, including structuring, legal documents preparation and negotiation, and closing assistance.

Ad hoc legal advice to a PRC listed biotech company on its daily business operation concerning its bio-product manufacturing, registration, exportation, etc;

Providing legal and labor due diligence service to a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company on its share acquisition of a PRC medical device manufacture company;

Assisting a PRC pharma R&D company on its IP infringement analysis and FTO project and providing legal advice on the same.

Advising a PRC biotech company on its global re-organization project, including structuring, legal documents drafting and closing assistance;

Assisting a Japan automobile company on its share acquisition on a PRC company, including legal and labor due diligence, legal documents drafting and negotiation, and transaction closing;

Advising a French listed automobile manufacturing company on its share acquisition on a new energy automobile component (hydrogen gas cylinder) manufacturing PRC company;

Advising a Switzerland listed company for its share acquisition on a PRC furniture manufacturing company, including legal and labor due diligence, structuring of call option/put option mechanism, legal documents drafting and negotiation, and closing assistance;

Assisting a Brazil company in its reorganization of its multiple PRC companies; including structuring, legal feasibility of merger, relocation and liquidation; legal documents drafting and legal advisory on the restructure of human resources;

Assisting a German company in cross-border relocation of manufacturing facilities and business unit of its PRC subsidiary, and legal advisory concerning the associated massive lay-off and human resources restructure;

Assisting a Taiwan automobile company for its land reservation and relocation of its manufacturing facilities; legal negotiation with local government and drafting of relevant legal documents;

Assisting a US manufacturing company in its reorganization of its five (5) PRC subsidiaries; including preparation of restructure of roadmap, preparing of legal documents and assisting the registration and filing of the restructure;

Advising a Finland consumer company on its share acquisition of a Fortune 500's multiple subsidiaries in HK and PRC China; including legal and labor due diligence, structuring, closing assistance and post-closing integration;

Advising a MNC consultancy company on its assets acquisition (including acquisition of commercial contracts, IP and employees) from a PRC company; including legal due diligence, structuring, legal documents drafting and negotiation and closing assistance;

Advising a Taiwan listed chemical company for its assets and share reorganization in PRC;

Assisting a US manufacturing company for its reorganization in PRC, including documents drafting and approval and registration for such reorganization;

Providing legal and labor due diligence and structuring service for a Japan listed chemical company in its acquisition of a PRC metal smelter company;

Providing legal and labor due diligence service for a German listed manufacture company on its share acquisitions on multiple companies in China, Hongkong and Vietnam;

Assisting a Swiss listed medical device manufacturing company for the equity incentive plan of its PRC subsidiary, including the structuring, planning, documents drafting and implementation;

Advising a Hi-tech manufacturing company on its share acquisition of a PRC company and legal advisory on its equity incentive plan.

Advising a PRC company in its share acquisition of a Spanish High-tech environmental protection company, including legal and labor due diligence, structuring, transaction documents drafting and negotiation, and assisting its joint venture company establishment in Hongkong;

Advising a PRC listed automobile company on its share acquisition of Spanish, Romanian and Turkish auto component companies;

Assisting a PRC listed manufacturing company's acquisition of a Korean lighting device manufacturing company, including legal and labor due diligence, transaction documents drafting and negotiation, and closing assistance;

Advising a PRC listed shipping company on its outbound investment in Germany, including structuring, documents drafting, negotiation and closing assistance.

Advising a PRC listed furniture manufacturing company on its share acquisition on a Australia company, including legal and labor due diligence; transaction documents drafting and negotiation, and on-site closing;

Assisting a PRC state owned real estate enterprise in its share acquisition on a French real estate company, including legal and labor due diligence, legal documents drafting and negotiation;

Advising a PRC infrastructure construction company on its EPC project in Indonesia, including legal due diligence, and legal advisory on the drafting and negation of consortium agreement;

Advising a PRC listed manufacturing company for its structuring of global franchising program and assisting in legal documents drafting; and

Advising a state-owned consumer company for its joint venture project in Spain.

Advising a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in its compliance review for business operation and labor related matters for the PRC legal entities. Providing legal advisory on its corporate re-structuring;

Assisting a British listed chemical company on in its anti-bribery, anti-corruption investigation on its PRC subsidiary and legal risk assessment and advisory on the related employment matters;

Assisting a German medical device company in its compliance investigation on its PRC subsidiary and provide legal advisory on compliance related questions; assisting in litigation concerning the issues identified in the compliance investigation;

Assisting a German electronic switch manufacturing company in its compliance investigation on its PRC subsidiary and assisting in its labor related issues;

Assisting a Fortune 500 US company for its compliance investigation on the high executives of its PRC subsidiaries and legal advisory on the following up actions;

Assisting a Japan listed manufacturing company in its compliance investigation on its liquidation related matter, and provide legal advisory on its massive lay off plan, legal documents drafting and on-site supporting service;

Assisting a Japan manufacturing company in massive lay off of its PRC subsidiary, including providing labor advisory, roadmap, drafting legal documents and on-site implementation supporting;

Assisting a PRC clothes manufacturing company in its compliance health check, and provide legal advisory concerning the labor contract termination, social insurance payment and severance payment related issue;

Advising a High-tech manufacturing US company on the massive layoff of its PRC subsidiary; including planning, legal documents drafting, on-site implementation;

Assisting a German glass manufacturing company in compliance investigation on its PRC subsidiary and assisting litigation relating to the infringement of business secrete;

Advising a German listed automobile company on its compliance investment on its PRC subsidiary and legal advisory on its litigation with its suppliers concerning the construction project;

Advising a Fortune 500 German manufacturing company for tis compliance investment on its management of PRC subsidiary and legal advisory on the labor arbitration with its management; and

Advising a German medical device company for its compliance investment and representing the client for its labor and civil litigation against its ex-management; and

Advising a PRC listed financial company on its employment health check, and legal feasibility study on its working from home project and prepare the corresponding legal documents.

Advising a Swiss healthcare company for its IPO project for its PRC subsidiaries, including providing legal opinion on pre-IPO reorganization and listing, and assistance on the implantation of corporate reorganization related to IPO project;

Advising a high-tech biological and environmental PRC company on its listed on regional security exchange and providing legal due diligence and legal opinion;

Advising a high-tech manufacturing PRC company on its listed on regional security exchange and providing legal due diligence and legal opinion;

Advising a state owned PRC company on its debt and equity transfer project and preparing the corresponding legal documents and closing assistance;

Advising a bankruptcy administrator on its bankruptcy project, and providing legal advisory on the corresponding litigation disputes; and

Providing legal advisory service with a MNC auto parts manufacturing company on its bankruptcy procedure, and assistance on the bankruptcy relevant contract disputes.

Provided legal advisory services for a USD 400 million equity sale project for a medical device company, including legal due diligence for the seller, consulting on transaction structure, negotiation of transaction documents, W&I Insurance, and advice on transaction closing.

Provide legal consulting for the establishment of a joint venture of a Japanese motorcycle manufacturing company in China, and assist in completing the operator concentration filing procedure.

Provide legal consulting for a major automobile parts manufacturing company's business and equity restructuring project in China.