Joanna Jiang
Partner
Joanna is a partner at Wei Tu law firm* focusing on M&A, PE/VC investments, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) and private wealth advice. She represents top tier clients including Goldman Sachs, OCBC, listed companies, Fortune 500 companies, and biopharma and high-tech startups.
In the private wealth sector, she has extensive knowledge in cross-border structures, trust and estate planning, and business succession planning. Her practice centres on handling complex issues including corporate restructuring across multiple jurisdictions, and establishing trusts for succession planning and compliance with a view to de-risking and mitigating tax exposure.
Joanna forms strong relationships with her clients. She is attentive, dedicated and can offer innovative solutions.
She was named as a Rising Star by the China Business Law Journal in 2023 and has been recommended in Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. Joanna was invited to contribute to the China chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guides: PE and M&A in the 2016 to 2019 editions. She is an alumna of the China Europe International Business School. She obtained the STEP Advantage Certificate in Trusts: Law and Practice (International).
Prior to joining, Joanna was a partner at a top tier PRC law firm.
* Wei Tu (a PRC law firm registered in Guangzhou) and Stephenson Harwood (a law firm registered in Hong Kong) are in a CEPA association under the name “Stephenson Harwood - Wei Tu (China) Association”. CEPA (Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement) is a free trade agreement concluded between Mainland China and Hong Kong. Under CEPA, Hong Kong based law firms are permitted to operate in association with Mainland Chinese law firms to provide comprehensive legal services in Mainland China governed by Chinese and non-Chinese laws.
