Weil represented the Chairman/CEO and other senior members of management of Smart Share Global Limited (d/b/a “Energy Monster”) as members of a buyer consortium, which includes Trustar Capital, in connection with the acquisition and take-private of Energy Monster (the “transaction”), for an equity value of approximately US$327 million. This is the first announced U.S. going-private of a China-based company since 2024. The transaction signed on August 1, 2025 and is currently expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

Listed on Nasdaq under “EM”, Energy Monster is a leading consumer tech company providing mobile device charging services through an extensive network of shared power banks in China. As of December 31, 2024, it had 9.6 million power banks across more than 2,200 counties and county-level districts in China.

The Weil team was led by Hong Kong M&A and Private Equity partners Charles Ching and Chris Welty, and included Qi Zhang, Max Chu, Graham Price, and Isolde Tsukabayashi (all Hong Kong).