MAYGLOBE LAW FIRM

May Y. Hao

May Y. Hao, founder of the Firm, received her master of law from China University of Political Science & Law in Beijing in 1988 and her JD from Northwestern University School of Law in 1993. She practiced law at Beijing Kangda Law Firm before coming to the United States.

After graduation from Northwestern, Ms. Hao practiced law with three leading US law firms -- White & Case, Baker & McKenzie and Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw -- in New York, Hong Kong and Chicago for about nine years. She has significant corporate and financing experience and was legal counsel in many highly sophisticated US domestic and cross border transactions.  

At MayGlobe Law Firm, she represents small, medium and large sized US and Chinese companies of various industries in a broad range of business transactions. She has gained high reputation for China-related transactions in the Greater Chicago area for her:

• knowledge of law of both countries

• sensitivity to cultural differences

• negotiation skills and transactional experience
  

• capability to manage and close transactions smoothly and efficiently
  

In addition to her experience in China-related transactions, Ms. Hao has extensive transactional experience in corporate and finance areas. She was lead counsel in representing US and European companies and banks in many highly sophisticated domestic and cross-border financial transactions. 

Her prior transactional experience include:

• Representing oil companies, chemical companies, manufacturers, telecommunications companies and various other entities to set up joint ventures, wholly owned enterprises or other forms of entities in China.

• Representing lenders in project financing transactions relating to power plants, bridges and tunnels, and a geothermal plant in China and in other Asian countries.

• Representing lessors, lessees and lenders in leveraged leasing, synthetic leasing and Eximbank-guaranteed leasing transactions.

• Representing a large Chinese airline in reorganization and privatization and initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

•  Representing Chinese and Hong Kong companies in various asset or stock purchase transactions and commercial paper programs.

• Representing lenders, investors, issuers and borrowers/purchasers in a broad range of domestic and cross-border securitization transactions, using single-seller or multi-seller vehicles funded by commercial paper programs or asset-based debt/equity securities offered through private placement and/or 144A/Regulation S transactions.