Han Kun Law Offices‘ large investment fund team is routinely mandated to handle RMB and offshore USD fund formations. It also assists institutional investors with regulatory, compliance and tax issues, as well as business structuring. It is additionally experienced in fund formation projects and LP investments in offshore jurisdictions, such as the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, HongKong, Singapore and Delaware. Lu Ran consistently assists with the formation, management and operation of fund entities; while Lin Zhou is a fund formation and asset management expert. Other key figures are Vincent Song, whose broad  practice covers fund formations; Pei Zhao, an adviser to fund sponsors in China; Li Yang, who ’has extensive experience in RMB fundraising’; and RMB and USD fund formation specialist Jin Qian.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team has comprehensive business capabilities and can find solutions for almost all investment fund-related businesses.’

  • ‘The team keeps up with the current pain points of fund managers, can capture industry changes in a timely manner, and respond accordingly.’

  • ‘Reasonable billing and flexible charging model.’

  • ‘Good and solid knowledge of investment fund formations and operations.’

  • ‘Lu Ran is very experienced in handling GP work and negotiating with various types of LPs.’

  • ‘Lu Ran is adept at communicating in a clear and persuasive way.’

  • ‘Li Yang has extensive experience in RMB fundraising matters and a deep understanding of investors.’

  • ‘Li Yang’s legal team is very professional and efficient.’

Key clients

  • CICC Capital
  • China Broadband Capital
  • CPE
  • Goldstone Investment
  • Matrix
  • IDG Capital
  • FountainVest Partners
  • Micro Connect
  • CDH
  • Gaorong Capital
  • XVC
  • CEC Capital
  • Hui Capital
  • Hike Capital
  • Venturous Capital
  • Qiming Partners
  • Tencent
  • Taikang Investment
  • Jadespring Capital
  • BOCIPE
  • Everbright
  • China Growth Capital
  • SOSV-SCGC
  • SummitView Capital
  • Eastern Bell Capital
  • Meituan Longzhu
  • Source Code Capital
  • Sequoia Capital
  • Joy Capital
  • YuanBio Venture Capital
  • Nio Capital
  • K2VC
  • China Structural Reform Fund Co
  • SDICFOF
  • Everybright Trust
  • Minmetal International Trust
  • SAIF Partners
  • Xiaomi Fund
  • Monolith Management
  • CBC Capital
  • Xiang He Capital
  • Hidden Hill Capital
  • GLP
  • AIA
  • SVB Capital
  • Bosch Ventures
  • Philips
  • Future Capital
  • TR Capital
  • Shoucheng Holdings
  • Shougang Fund
  • CMC Capital
  • China and South Korea Fund
  • Maotai Private Fund Management
  • NRL Capital
  • BOC Capital
  • Jinqiu Fund
  • Ziroom
  • Hozon Auto
  • InnoventBio
  • Hike Capital
  • Sky9 Capital
  • Genesis Capital
  • Visionplus Capital
  • China Pacific Insurance
  • Capital O
  • Root Venture Partners
  • Sunic Capital
  • Orinno Capital
  • Shanghai AI Fund

Work highlights

  • Assisted Goldstone and Moutai PE with the formation a fund-of-fund with Moutai Group.
  • Assisted China Culture Industrial Investment FOF II with its investment in a RMB fund that was established by Challenjers Venture.
  • Advised CBC Group on the establishment of its Beijing QFLP Fund.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lu Ran

Other key lawyers

Ally Hu, Jin Qian, Min Luo, Chenchen Jiang, Xiao Ding, Pengxiang Zhang, Xi Chen, Zhihao Pei