Global Law Office
With considerable breadth and depth of expertise of the Chinese PE market, Global Law Office regularly supports various onshore and offshore companies across a number of key sectors including technology, TMT, education, healthcare and financial services. The Shanghai practice is co-led by Steven Yu, who has close to two decades of experience advising PE and VC funds in their investment in China-based TMT companies. Co-head Jeffrey Zhu works with multinational corporations and PRC enterprises in the fields of internet, education, hospitality and petrochemicals. Beijing-based managing partner Jinrong Liu is also a PE specialist, having represented a diverse range of major clients in this field including CVC, Primavera Capital and Blackstone. Evan Sun is highly sought after by multinationals investing in Chinese companies, with his practice covering a broad range of industries from food and automobiles to culture and entertainment.
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Testimonials
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‘Based on the red-chip structure, it has rich legal expertise in financing.’
‘Evan Sun has rich practical experience.’
‘The in-depth service of Global Law Firm's ensures the partners are all personally involved, and a responsible team will deliver.’
Key clients
- China Merchants Capital Investment Co., Ltd.
- Baidu Capital
- Blackstone
- GLP
- Primavera Capital
- MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
- ESR
- YF Capital
- Xiaomi
- China Internet Investment Fund
- Shunwei Capital
- Sinovation Ventures
- SIG
- Oceanpine Capital
- Wise Road Capital
- Source Code Capital
- China Merchants Capital
- National Council for Social Security Fund (NCSSF)
- Blackstone
- GLP Hidden Hill Capital
- Primavera Capital
- ESR
- YF Capital
- Xiaomi
- Shunwei Capital
- State Development & Investment Corp., Ltd. (SDIC)
- SIG
- Continental AG
- Wise Road Capital
- Source Code Capital
- Changjiang Securities Innovation Investment
- SBCVC
Work highlights
- Advised Primavera Capital Group on its $600m investment in Envision Group.
- Advised Chipone Technology on its ¥6.5bn Series E+ financing.
- Advised ZTO Freight (Cayman) inc. on its Series B financing of more than $300m.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Steven Yu, Jeffrey Zhu