Bobby Afshar

Managing Director Shanghai Office at LehmanBush

Bobby Afshar has had work experience in different companies and roles. Bobby started working as a Foreign Legal Consultant at the China National Intellectual Property Administration in May 2014 and ended in October 2015. In September 2015, they joined LehmanBush as the Managing Director of the Shanghai Office. In May 2018, they became a member of the Board of Governors at the American Chamber of Commerce US.

Bobby Afshar's education history includes a BA in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2007. Bobby then pursued an MBA in International Finance through the Great Wall Program at Oklahoma City University in 2007-2008. Later, in 2010, they obtained a CERT in Chinese Law from Peking University. Bobby went on to complete an LL.M. in Chinese Foreign Investment Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from 2011 to 2013, and a J.D. in International Business (China) Law from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law from 2009 to 2012.

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Austin, United States

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LehmanBush

LehmanBush is a mid-market merchant banking, private equity, and strategic advisory services organization with a worldwide reach. Co-founded by Neil Mallon Bush (son of former US President #41 George HW Bush younger brother of former US President #43 George W Bush) and Edward Lehman, Chair AmChamUS, international lawyer, media-contributor, and long-time China-hand. LehmanBush advise clients on mergers, acquisitions, private company sales, corporate disposals, capital raises, private equity exits, commodities trade, carbon credits, and other strategic and financial transactions and investments. Headquartered in Shanghai, we serve a global client base of international corporations, private equity firms, families, and significant shareholders with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, primarily between Asia and the Western economies. We provide industry focused M&A advice in industries including commodities, carbon credits, direct sales, chemicals, industrials, TMT, healthcare, food & consumer, and energy and environment. LehmanBush is organised both geographically and by sector. Our team operates from offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Ulaanbaatar covering the following sectors: Auto, Electronics & Industrial, Minerals, Mining, Direct Sales, Commodities Trade, Consumer/Branded Goods, Financial Services, Healthcare, Media, Telecoms, and Support Services Natural Resources, and Primary Industry, including Chemicals Retail, Leisure, and Real Estate Our understanding of policy and government in Asia enables us to advise on transactions in highly-regulated sectors, both in Asia and internationally.


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Beijing, China

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51-200

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