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As well as managing all legal and risk functions, Gordon Chin sits on many of Lunar’s funds’ investment committees, keeping him exceptionally close to the business. ‘Lunar is a very entrepreneurial firm, and I was given a broad mandate to execute my vision on the legal side of the business,’ he says. ‘My biggest challenge in the role has also been my biggest accomplishment – namely the ability to apply a very rigorous institutional framework to a very fluid and dynamic environment – by that I mean not just Lunar but China’. Formerly general counsel at ARC China, Gordon Chin’s role at Lunar Capital requires him to deal with complex, cross-border structures. ‘We are pretty robust team which engages in the whole investment process, especially the portfolio management side,’ says Chin. Andrew Ostrognai of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP says: ‘Gordon’s careful, rigorous and thoughtful approach to issues, and to working with outside counsel, makes him a superb corporate counsel’. Looking forwards, Chin sees continued growth for the organisation, particularly as smaller family business owners in the jurisdiction may potentially begin selling to funds like them. ‘The challenge is going to be to keep continually pushing forward to become more business-oriented, professional and institutional as you expand. When you grow a business, you need to have that infrastructure and platform or you can’t handle the growth’.