Mengfei (Olivia) Xie

Ms. Xie’s broader transactional experience spans a range of industries, including technology, digital assets, life sciences and health care, media and gaming, among others.

Prior to and since joining Skadden, Ms. Xie’s representations include:

Financial Institutions, Asset Management and Specialty Finance

• First Carolina Bank in its acquisition of BM Technologies, Inc.
• ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust in its acquisition by Community Financial - Mode Eleven Bancorp in its proposed Chapter 11 sale of Summit National Bank
• Celtic Bank in its equity investment in American Savings Bank
• Valley National Bank in its equity investment in a credit management fintech company
• East West Bancorp, Inc. in its acquisition of a noncontrolling interest in Rayliant Global Advisors
• Glendon Capital in its noncontrolling equity investment in Grasshopper Bank
• Kiwoom Securities in its acquisition of the U.S. broker-dealer business of Shinhan Securities

Fintech and Digital Assets

• Ally Financial Inc. in its acquisition of a major financial technology platform
• Goldman Sachs in its sale of Financeit Canada to Wafra Capital Partners
• Public Pension Capital in its noncontrolling equity investment in Indus Valley Partners
• Citadel Securities in co-founding and launching EDX Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, alongside Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab
• Northern Data AG in its sale of the then-largest bitcoin mining facility in North America to Riot Blockchain, Inc.

Insurance and Insurance Distribution

• Chubb Limited in its acquisition of the personal accident, supplemental health and life insurance businesses of Cigna Corporation in seven Asia Pacific markets, which was recognized as M&A Deal of the Year at ABL’s Korea Law Awards
• China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Genworth Financial, Inc. (terminated) - Trustmark National Bank in its sale of Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance, Inc. to Marsh McLennan Agency

Private Capital

• JSB Capital Group in a noncontrolling equity investment transaction
• Oaktree Capital in its noncontrolling equity investment in Primary Wave Music
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in multiple transactions, including:
  • its acquisition, together with TPG Capital, of a minority equity interest in Viking Cruises
  • a subsequent additional equity investment in Viking Cruises
• Dompé Farmaceutici in its sale of venture capital fund interests
• a sovereign wealth fund in multiple coinvestment transactions

Life Sciences and Health Care

• BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its acquisition of Astria Therapeutics, Inc., which was recognized as a 2026 Mid-Market Deal of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine
• Selecta Biosciences, Inc. in its reverse merger with Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
• Koninklijke Philips N.V. in its acquisition of BioTelemetry, Inc.
• Emergent BioSolutions Inc. in the sale of its RSDL assets to SERB Pharmaceuticals
• Johnson & Johnson in an asset acquisition and codevelopment transaction
• AstraZeneca in multiple transactions, including:
  • the sale of an FDA priority review voucher
  • the sale of manufacturing facilities and related assets to National Resilience, Inc.
• AbbVie Inc. in its acquisition of DJS Antibodies Ltd.
• Cronos Group Inc. in its acquisition of a noncontrolling interest in PharmaCann Inc.

Other Industries

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in its acquisition of Axis Security
• DraftKings Inc. in its acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc.
• Unisys Corporation in the sale of its U.S. federal business to Science Applications International Corporation
• United Rentals, Inc. in multiple transactions, including its: · acquisition of BlueLine Rental
  • successful topping bid to acquire Neff Corporation
  • acquisition of General Finance Corporation
  • acquisition of BakerCorp
  • acquisition of Acme
• DiamondPeak Holdings Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its acquisition of Lordstown Motors Corp.
• Andeavor in its merger with Marathon Petroleum Corporation