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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

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘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

Other key lawyers

Shifang Guo, Evan Sun, Jia Guo, Jinrong Liu, Huawei Lin