Beijing DaHui Lawyers' impressive client base comprises leading private equity and venture capital investors, as well as hedge funds and other fund-related investors. The practice covers funds' entire life cycle, including the establishment of RMB, USD, parallel, closed-end, feeder, and cross-border funds. It also advises on investment and restructuring stages, as well as dissolutions and fund-related disputes. The team is jointly led by Zheng Zha, who divides his time between Beijing and New York, and whose practice includes advising multinational companies and private equity funds on their investments and joint ventures in China; and Cloud Li, an adviser on fund formations, investments, exits, liquidations, and fund-related dispute resolution. The practice further includes Brendon Wu, who acts for both established and early-stage Chinese internet entrepreneurs on financing transactions; former Morrison Foerster partner Lucy Lu; and venture capital and private equity financing expert Gary Li.
Key clients
- Chengwei Capital
- China International Capital Corporation
Work highlights
- Served as lead counsel to CICC Capital on the establishment of a fund to invest in the B-round financing project of Chinese company Vital Thin Film Materials.
- Successfully assisted a high-profile fund managing company obtain one of the first approvals to establish a qualified domestic limited partnership in China (under a pilot scheme to allow foreign asset managers to raise money onshore for offshore investments).