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Joanna focuses on M&A, PE/VC investments, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and wealth management, representing clients including Goldman Sachs, OCBC, listed companies, Fortune 500 companies, and biopharma and high-tech startups. In private wealth management, she has extensive knowledge in cross-border structures, trust and estate planning, and business succession planning. Her practice centres on handling complex and tricky issues such as structuring corporate and trusts to mitigate future risks and tax exposures. She obtained the STEP Advantage Certificate in Trusts: Law and Practice (International) with a merit grade. Attentive to clients, she knows how to identify their needs and offer innovative solutions. She was named as one of the Rising Star lawyers by the China Business Law Journal in 2023 and recommended in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2019. Joanna was also invited to contribute 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. Before joining Stephenson Harwood Wei Tu, she worked as a partner at a top tier PRC law firm.