Carl Erik Heiberg is an established corporate transactional lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investments into China, fund formation, private equity investments, and international anti-corruption investigations and compliance. Prior to joining O’Melveny, Carl clerked for a New York State Supreme Court Justice for two years. Additionally, he worked in the Shanghai office of another law firm for approximately four years before attending law school.
Languages
Admissions
Education
- University of Minnesota, J.D.: cum laude
- The Johns Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, Certificate, International Relations
- Swarthmore College, B.A., Economics and Chinese Studies
Professional Activities
Law Clerk
- Honorable Jane S. Solomon, New York State Supreme Court
Author
- Practice Note, “Due diligence process in China acquisitions,” Practical Law China (2018)
- Practice Note, “Due diligence process in China acquisitions,” Practical Law (2014)
- Note, “American Films in China: An Analysis of China's Intellectual Property Record and Reconsideration of Cultural Trade Exceptions Amidst Rampant Piracy,” 15 Minn.J.Int'l L.219 (2006)
Co-Author
- “China Tightens Restrictions on Foreign Representative Offices,” the China Business Review (September-October 2010)
- “Ministry of Culture Issues Comprehensive Regulation on Online Games,” Asia IP (September 2009)
Articles Editor
- Minnesota Journal of International Law
Teacher
- Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York (1996-98)