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Clifford Chance LLP
33/F China World Office Building 1
No 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie
Beijing 100004
China
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Position

Ying White is a partner in the Funds and Investment Management Group of Clifford Chance.

Ying has advised numerous global fund managers and institutional investors on their investments in public and private markets and funds in China. She also advises Chinese clients on the structuring, establishment and operations of offshore private equity funds and hedge funds.

Ying joined Clifford Chance as a Partner in 2012. Prior to that, she was a legal counsel at the World Bank in Washington, DC for seven years.

Ying was admitted in the District of Columbia.

Ying is a native Mandarin speaker and fluent in English.

Career

Peking University (BA) 1992
Stetson University (JD, magna cum laude) 1997
Columbia University School of Law (LLM, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) 1998
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the District of Columbia 1998
Counsel, Finance, Legal Vice Presidency, The World Bank, Washington DC 1999-2007
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2012

Lawyer Rankings

China > Investment funds: foreign firms

(Leading partners)

Ying WhiteClifford Chance LLP

The private funds and private equity practice at Clifford Chance LLP acts for both international and regional fund managers on high-end mandates across Greater China and Asia-Pacific. In addition to the firm’s notable hedge fund sector credentials, it is experienced in the establishment and structuring of exchange-traded funds and real estate investment trusts. Working between the firm’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices, Matthias Feldmann advises on the structuring, legal and regulatory aspects of hedge and private real estate funds. Over on the mainland, Ying White acts for fund managers, private equity firms, financial institutions and corporations on private equity, infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds. Back in Hong Kong, Viola Lui specialises in closed-ended and open-ended private investment funds.