Deacons

Machiuanna specialises in cross-border M&As, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, and investment structure and advisory.

Machiuanna counsels companies in a diverse spectrum of industries including energy and resources, asset management, property development, and product manufacturing and distribution. She also advises private equity and hedge funds on joint ventures and corporate restructuring. Machiuanna regularly advises clients on protection of shareholders' interests, corporate governance and structuring of multinational business operations.

Machiuanna also advises on foreign direct investment in the PRC including investment structures, establishment of foreign investment enterprises, labour issues, property issues, sino-foreign fund management joint ventures, corporate restructuring and investment exits in the PRC. She also counselled various property developers on acquisition of land use rights in the PRC, project development, and sale and purchase of property development and hotel projects in the PRC.

Machiuanna is the Chief Representative of Deacons' Guangzhou Office since 2012.