Clifford Chance He Ping advises LB Group on its acquisition of relevant assets relating to Venator's titanium dioxide business in the UK

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29 October 2025

Yong Bai, Fang Bao, Melissa Coakley, Erik O'Connor, Alis Pay, Stephen Reese, Alastair Windass, Sarah McAleer, Herbert Swaniker, Adam Hedley, Simon Corzberg, Harini Viswanathan, Andrew Quaile, Alex Currie, , Lauren Royers, Antonia Donaldson, Molly Margiotta,
Shanghai, Beijing, London, Hong Kong

Clifford Chance He Ping advises LB Group on its acquisition of relevant assets relating to Venator's titanium dioxide business in the UK

Clifford Chance He Ping Joint Operation Office* is advising LB Group Co., Ltd (LB Group) on its acquisition of relevant assets in relation to the titanium dioxide (TiO₂) business from Venator Materials UK Ltd (Venator UK).

The acquisition includes assets related to the TiO₂ business held by Venator UK, a subsidiary of Venator Materials PLC, including real estate, machinery, spare parts, business records, intellectual property, inventory, and other related assets.

LB Group is a leading manufacturer of high-performance TiO₂ pigments. With over 35 years of TiO₂ pigment manufacturing experience, LB Group manufactures a wide range of TiO₂ pigments for all major applications using the sulfate process and the chloride process.

The combined Clifford Chance He Ping team* advised on various aspects of this complex cross-border transaction. The team includes:

China: Glen Ma (Head of Corporate at Clifford Chance He Ping)⁺, partner Bai Yong, local partner Julia Peng⁺, counsel Fang Bao, senior associates Carol Jia, Xiang Li⁺ and Michael Yan, associates Wanghao Jiang and Ziwen Wang, and trainee Yiyang Wang in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong;
UK: Partners Melissa Coakley, Erik O'Connor, Alis Pay, Stephen Reese, Alastair Windass, Sarah McAleer, Herbert Swaniker and Adam Hedley, director Simon Corzberg, senior associates Harini Viswanathan, Andrew Quaile, Alex Currie, Katie Kempthorne, Adam Hunter and Lauren Royers, and associate Antonia Donaldson, Molly Margiotta and Ella Burnside in London.

The completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other applicable closing conditions.

* Clifford Chance LLP and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm have established a Joint Operation in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone under the name Clifford Chance LLP and Shanghai He Ping Law Firm (FTZ) Joint Operation Office with the approval of the Shanghai Bureau of Justice.

⁺ From Shanghai He Ping Law Firm.

和平高伟绅联营办公室就龙佰集团收购泛能拓英国钛白粉业务相关资产提供法律服务

和平高伟绅联营办公室*就龙佰集团股份有限公司（“龙佰集团”）收购泛能拓材料英国有限公司（VENATOR MATERIALS UK LIMITED）（“Venator UK”）持有的与钛白粉业务相关的资产，为龙佰集团提供法律服务。

本次交易的标的资产是Venator Materials PLC旗下Venator UK 持有的与钛白粉业务相关的资产，包括土地房屋、机器设备、备品备件、业务账簿、知识产权、存货等。

龙佰集团是全球领先的高性能钛白粉生产商，拥有逾35年的钛白粉生产经验，同时掌握硫酸法和氯化法两种工艺，可生产涵盖所有主要应用领域的全系列钛白粉产品。

和平高伟绅联营办公室团队为该项复杂跨境交易提供了全方位法律服务，团队成员包括：

中国：马云（和平高伟绅联营办公室公司业务负责人）^†、柏勇（合伙人）、彭绪秋（合伙人）^†和团队成员包昉、贾冰、李响^†、严骏捷、姜王豪、王资文和王逸扬；
英国：合伙人Melissa Coakley、Erik O'Connor、Alis Pay、Stephen Reese、Alastair Windass、Sarah McAleer、Herbert Swaniker和Adam Hedley，以及团队成员Simon Corzberg、Harini Viswanathan、Andrew Quaile、Alex Currie、Katie Kempthorne、Adam Hunter、Lauren Royers、Antonia Donaldson、Molly Margoitta和Ella Burnside。

本交易的交割尚需获得相关监管机构的批准和其他适用的交割条件的满足。

*和平高伟绅联营办公室是经上海市司法局批准由上海市和平律师事务所与高伟绅律师事务所在中国（上海）自由贸易试验区成立的联营办公室。

^†任职于上海市和平律师事务所。