Dechert LLP served as international counsel to Shanghai Shenda Co., Ltd. ("Shenda") based in Shanghai, China in connection with Shenda's agreement to form a global joint venture to supply soft trim and acoustics products to automotive original equipment manufacturers with International Automotive Components ("IAC"). A global enterprise, the joint venture will operate 21 manufacturing facilities and 4 technical centers around the world.

The transaction was led by partner David Cho of Dechert's Hong Kong office and included more than 20 Dechert lawyers from more than 10 offices globally, including: partners Abbi l. Cohen (Environmental), Joshua H. Rawson (Intellectual Property), Thomas K. Johnson II and Charles Wynn-Evans (Labor), Steven Clemens (Tax), David Jones (Employee Benefits), Michael Weiner (Antitrust/Competition), Jeremy Zucker (International Trade) ; national partners Lucy Lu, Dr. Katja Heuterkes, Giovanni Russo (Corporate), Clemens York (Antitrust/Competition) and Olaf Fasshauer (Finance & Real Estate); counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas (Finance & Real Estate); associates Yang Wang, Iris Park, Seon Chung, Alex Cao, C.J. Ciarrocchi, Boris De Vleeschouwer, Ysabelle Vuillard, Deepa Parmar, Jan H. Pesek, Carina Klaes-Staudt, Gottfried Bassewitz, Ross Montgomery, Stephanie Kakoschke (Corporate), Issac Bordon (Finance & Real Estate), Jeffrey W. Rubin, Alexis Westwood (Labor), Michael Okkonen (Antitrust/Competition), Kenneth C. Wang (Tax), Zhenghui Wang (Intellectual Property), Sarah A. Burke (Employee Benefits), Lear Liu (International Arbitration); trainee solicitor George Thompson and a team of legal assistants.