Zhong Lun Law Firm
Consistently counselling the most prominent private equity and venture capital firms in China, Zhong Lun Law Firm is noted for its significant experience regarding the establishment and tax arrangement of China-focused funds, as well as advising emerging growth companies on equity financing and restructuring for IPOs. The level of expertise is reflected in the calibre of clients represented, with the likes of Blackstone, Clearlake and SoftBank Vision Fund seeking the firm’s guidance. The mainland based practice sees Catherine Chen and Lefan Gong leading from Shanghai, as well as Ping Zhang and Borong Liu heading the Beijing team. Victor Yu is also a key contact in Beijing, particularly strong in the TMT, healthcare and life sciences sectors.
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Testimonials
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‘With significant and long-term industry experience in the field of life sciences and healthcare, as well as outstanding achievements in domestic and overseas financing, the team is stable and provides continuous legal support to clients.’
‘We have cooperated with this team many times in the field of private equity investment, and we trust the lawyer members of the team very much. We believe that Zhong Lun is very down-to-earth, diligent, professional, and not lacking in diversity. The team members have educational backgrounds in multiple jurisdictions.’
‘We believe that the team has a certain degree of professionalism, excellent teamwork and collaboration, timely feedback, reasonable fees, and can solve various problems in daily company operations for us.’
‘We appreciate this team very much. In the large-scale investment and financing projects led by our unit, this team is often selected by us as the lead lawyer. We believe that the team members have first-class legal literacy and diverse educational backgrounds, and can meet our different projects. demand.’
‘The team focuses on private equity investment, investment mergers and acquisitions, and fund establishment business areas. Its services cover private equity fund establishment, fundraising, external investment, post-investment management and exit. It is good at providing domestic and foreign investment and financing legal services, involving structure construction, equity or debt financing , business cooperation and other complex forms.’
‘The Zhong Lun team has very good professionalism and can withstand our fast-paced work pressure in financing projects and properly handle various arrangements. Our company and Zhong Lun are long-term partners.’
‘We believe that the team is very professional, efficient, timely, and has good business intuition. All members of the team have first-class legal knowledge, good business vision, and top-level educational backgrounds in different jurisdictions.’
Key clients
- 58 Industry Fund
- 6 Dimensions
- Ascendent Capital Partners
- AstraZeneca-CICC Fund
- Avatar Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.
- Bananain（Sanli People (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.）
- Beijing Lu Kai Zhi Xing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Quantu Medtech Co.,Ltd.
- Blackstone Group
- Boyu
- Bytedance
- Caveman Technologies Limited
- CBC Group
- CDH Investments
- Cenova Management Advisors Limited
- CHINA FAW GROUP CO., LTD.
- China Mobile Investment Holding Co., Ltd.
- China Railway Signal&Communication Corporation Limited
- Chongqing Yufu Capital Equity Investment Fund Management Co. LTD
- CICT Mobile
- Coyote Bioscience Co., Ltd.
- Decheng Capital
- Eightroads
- Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- FAW Equity Investment (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
- Galaxycore Inc.
- GBA Fund Investment Limited
- General Atlantic
- Genesis Capital
- Guangzhou Heige Technology Co., Ltd.
- Hillhouse Capital
- Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited
- Kunlun Capital
- L Catterton Asia
- LFC Investment Hong Kong Limited
- Lightspeed China
- Lilly Asia Ventures
- M31 Navigator Fund LP
- Matridx
- Meituan Long-Z
- MLINK (Beijing Mlink Technology Inc)
- Moore Threads Technology Co. Ltd.
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia
- NeoCura Bio-Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- New Hope Life Science Investment Fund
- OPay Limited
- OrbiMed
- PAG
- PatPat (InterFocus Cayman Ltd.)
- Qiming
- SDP Investment
- Sequoia
- Sequoia Capital China
- Shanxi Puba Real Estate Co., Ltd.
- Shenzhen Qianhai Sanhe Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd.
- SinoUnion Healthcare
- Softbank Vision Fund
- Source Code Capital
- SPD Silicon Valley Bank
- State Grid Overseas Investment Co. Ltd.
- SDP Investment
- State Grid Overseas Investment Co. Ltd.
- SUPERHEXA
- Suzhou HunterSun Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Suzhou SoftBank Yuesheng Venture Capital Management Co. LTD
- Tencent
- TideSwing Technologies Limited
- UK healthcare company (Circle Harmony)
- Vita Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.(VirtaiTech)
- Xiamen Deyi Changqing Venture Capital Partnership (Limited partnership)
- XRSPACE
- Yisheng Medical (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Zhongtian Ronghui Investment Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
- ZONGTENG GROUP
- Blackstone Group
- Ascendent Capital Partners
- L Catterton Asia
- Lightspeed China
- SoftBank Vision Fund
- Noah Holdings Limited
- Princeton Digital Group
- Farizon Auto
- DongGuan Direct Drive Technology Limited
- Guangzhou Gizwits LoT Technology Co., Ltd.
- Energy Singularity
- CNISP Group Technology Co., Ltd
- OPay Limited
- Bytedance
- 58 Industry Fund
- Source Code Capital
- Meituan Long-Z
- Kunlun Capital
- PANEXWD GROUP LIMITED
- Caveman Technologies Limited
- Zhongtian Ronghui Investment Management (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
- Guangzhouheygears Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bank of China Investment Asset Management Co., Ltd中银投资资产管理有限公司
- CITIC Juxin (Beijing) Capital Management Co., Ltd中信聚信（北京）资本管理有限公司
- Suzhou Industrial Park Haohai Chin Chen Investment Management Ltd.(苏州工业园区钦辰浩海投资管理有限公司)
- Moore Threads Technology Co. Ltd.
- Beijing Lu Kai Zhi Xing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Beijing houxin Investment Management Co., Ltd
- China FAW Group CO., LTD.
- China Railway Signal&Communication Corporation Limited
- Suzhou HunterSun Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Zhishu Biotechnology Co., LTD.
- Challenge IM (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.
- Moore Threads Technology Co. Ltd.
- Beijing Lu Kai Zhi Xing Technology Co., Ltd.
- Beijing houxin Investment Management Co., Ltd
- China FAW Group CO., LTD.
- China Railway Signal&Communication Corporation Limited
- Suzhou HunterSun Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Zhishu Biotechnology Co., LTD.
- Challenge IM (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.
- China Mobile Equity Fund
- China Mobile Investment Holding Co., Ltd.
- Unisplendour Corporation
- Guoxin Micro
- Whirlpool (China) Co., Ltd
- Ansteel Group
- T.Y. Lin International Ltd.
- Eagle Quest International Ltd.
- Capcon Limited
- Sichuan Qian Li Beoka Medical Technology Co.,ltd.
- Qingdao Magene Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- AltoBeam Inc.
- Shanghai Enflame Technology Co., Ltd.
- Shenzhen Jaguar Microsystems Co., Ltd.
- TREX Technologies
- Shanghai Yibu Semiconductor Ltd.
- Arcomicro Ltd.
- Redhill Capital
- Jadestone Capital
- Sequoia Capital China
- Doma Biopharmaceutical (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Oriental Newspaper Co., Ltd.
- XRSPACE
Work highlights
- Advised Blackstone on its leveraged buyout of Interplex.
- Advised Meituan Long-Z on investment of a SaaS company with the amount of ¥160m.
- Advised Kunlun Capital on investment in a new energy company for ¥40m.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Catherine Chen, Borong Liu, Lefan Gong, Ping Zhang