Zhong Lun Law Firm advised on the formation of Bona Film Investment RMB Fund
Zhong Lun Law Firm advised on the formation of Bona Film Investment RMB Fund
Recently, Bona Film Group Limited(the “BONA") and Noah Holdings Limited(the “NOAH") together announced that they have successfully launched a film investment RMB fund(the “Film Fund") with a total fundraising scale of RMB 1 billion, where Bona has made a capital contribution of 300 million and other investors have made a total capital contribution of 700 million. The Film Fund will finance the development and production of BONA’s Film and TV projects. According to the relevant resources, the Film Fund is listed as one of the largest size funds to date in PRC and expected to provide substantial benefits and new capital resource to the film industry of China, enabling Bona to bring not only more but higher quality domestic film and open a new investment field.
The Zhong Lun team, led by Partner Catherine Chen, including associate Stella Wang, Xue Tang and others, provided full legal service in this transaction.
Bona Film Group Limited (Nasdaq:BONA) is the leading film company of China listed on Nasdaq , with an integrated business model encompassing film distribution, film production, film exhibition, film advertising and talent representation. Bona becomes the first film company adopting the fund as capital vehicles to finance the film investment. NOAH is an independent wealth management company and listed on NYSE from 2010 as the first listed wealth management company of China. Noah’s core business is providing high-end wealth management, focusing on diversified asset allocation and wealth management services to the high net worth individuals and institutional investors.