King & Wood Mallesons

With enviable longstanding experience in the funds sector, King & Wood Mallesons' sizeable team acts on a diverse range of funds. Its expertise covers the business, legal, tax and regulatory aspects of funds; and the practice is active in relation to both RMB and offshore funds, along with cross-border deals. The group's coverage extends to fund formation and structuring; negotiations on terms with investors; drafting joint venture and partnership agreements; the appointment of fund administration representatives; and fund custodian agreements. Beijing office managing partner and finance and securities group head, Mulong Gong, specialises in onshore and offshore IPOs, private equity fund formation, downstream investments, and M&A; and fellow-practice co-head Ma Tianning is a securities, M&A and foreign direct investment expert. Also key to the practice, Alan Du, Joanne Wang, Minxiu Wan and Jia Diyan all maintain active investment fund practices.