Kexin Li

Ms. Li has more than 10 years of experience advising merger control and other antitrust-related issues in relation to the TMT industry. Ms. Li was recognized as a Rising Star for antitrust and competition issues by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024.

Ms. Li’s recent experience, including prior to joining Skadden, includes representing:

• ANSYS, Inc. in Synopsys, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of the company
• Juniper Networks, Inc. in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s proposed acquisition of the company
• Jabil Inc. in the sale of its Mobility business to BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc. in:
  • the sale of an 80.1% ownership interest in the Delrin® acetal homopolymer business to an affiliate of TJC LP
  • its proposed acquisition of Rogers Corporation
  • International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.’s acquisition of its Nutrition & Biosciences business
• Renault S.A. in the restructuring of its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
• Intel Corporation in its proposed acquisition of Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
• Activision Blizzard Inc. in Microsoft Corporation’s acquisition of the company
• Xilinx, Inc. in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.’s acquisition of the company
• Coherent, Inc. in II-VI Incorporated’s acquisition of the company
• Konecranes plc in:
  • its proposed merger with Cargotec Oyj
  • the merger control filing in China with respect to its acquisition of Terex Corporation
• SK hynix Inc. in its US$9 billion acquisition of the NAND memory and storage business of Intel Corporation
• Cisco Systems, Inc. in its acquisition of Acacia Communications, Inc.
• ABB Ltd in:
  • Hitachi, Ltd.’s acquisition of its Power Grids business
  • its acquisition of General Electric Company’s Industrial Solutions business
• WABCO Holdings Inc. in ZF Friedrichshafen AG’s acquisition of the company
• NXP Semiconductors N.V. in:
  • its acquisition of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity assets
  • the merger control filings in China, Japan and South Korea with respect to Qualcomm Incorporated’s proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors, N.V.
• Ctrip.com International, Ltd. in its share exchange transaction with Naspers Limited (South Africa), pursuant to which Naspers will exchange its stake in MakeMyTrip Limited (India) for newly issued shares in Ctrip
• Cavium, Inc. in Marvell Technology Group Ltd.’s acquisition of the company
• LANXESS AG in its acquisition of Chemtura Corporation
• E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in:
  • the merger control filings in the EU, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Indonesia with respect to its merger with The Dow Chemical Company, including remedy negotiations with Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM)
  • the sale of a portion of its crop protection business, including certain research and development capabilities, to FMC Corporation in connection with DuPont’s merger with Dow. As part of this transaction, DuPont agreed to acquire substantially all of FMC’s health and nutrition business
• Reichhold, Inc. in the merger control filing in China with respect to its merger with Polynt Group sarl
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. in the merger control filings with respect to its acquisition of Amlin plc
• Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. in the merger control filing in China with respect to its merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V.
• General Electric Company in the merger control filing in the EU with respect to its acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses
• Nokia Corporation in the merger control filings in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and seven other jurisdictions with respect to its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
• EMC Corporation in the merger control filing in China with respect to Dell Inc.’s acquisition of EMC Corporation
• Merck KGaA in the merger filings in China, Taiwan and the EU with respect to its acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation
• TTM Technologies in the merger filing in China with respect to its acquisition of Viasystems Group
• Marubeni Corporation in its continuous compliance with MOFCOM’s remedies imposed on its acquisition of Gavilon Holdings LLC
• a European building materials company in the merger filing in China with respect to its merger with another European building materials company
• a Japanese multinational chemicals manufacturer in the merger filing in China with respect to its joint venture in South Korea
• a multinational oil and gas company in the merger filings in China with respect to several joint ventures and acquisitions
• a multinational technology company in its complaint submitted to MOFCOM against a transaction then under review
• a Japanese company in antitrust issues under Chinese law with respect to patent disputes in the U.S. with its largest competitor
• a multinational technology company in its response to the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China’s (NDRC’s) questions with respect to the agency’s antitrust investigation against another multinational technology company and its meeting with NDRC officials

Ms. Li joined Skadden in 2014 and, prior to that, worked at a leading U.K. international law firm on its China antitrust team.

Ms. Li speaks fluent Mandarin and English, and also is proficient in Japanese.