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Zhong Lun Advises Italian Fashion Group, Pianoforte Holding S.P.A, on the Establishment Joint Venture Company
Zhong Lun Advises Italian Fashion Group, Pianoforte Holding S.P.A, on the Establishment Joint Venture Company
Recently, the Italian Fashion Group, Pianoforte Holding S.P.A ("Pianoforte"), Eve Group and ChinaEquity Group signed an investment agreement in the Peoples’ Great Hall under the witness of Prime Ministers from Italy and China to jointly set up Yaku Fashion Co., Ltd. Zhong Lun Law Firm acted as the PRC legal adviser to Pianoforte and assisted Pianoforte in the drafting of term sheet, business negotiations, the drafting and modifying of the Joint Venture Contract and Articles of Association and other various aspects. Zhong Lun’s team was led by Jessica Li and the team includes Zhao Dian and Li Na.
As the parent company of Yamamay, a famous Italian lingerie brand, and Carpisa, a famous Italian handbags accessories brand, Pianoforte achieved an annual sales of nearly 400 million Euros in 2013, and it has more than 1,200 sale stores in European market. Eve Group was founded in 1994 with business scope involving clothing, living aesthetics, gifts, cultural and creative and many other fields. Eve Group owns high-ranking men fashion brands, such as EVE de UOMO, EVE de CINA, Kevin Kelly, NOTTING HILL, JAQUES PRITT etc., and agents Versace, Kenzo, Fendi and other famous international brands. ChinaEquity Group is one of China’s earliest independent organizations dedicated to venture capital and private equity investments. The Group was founded in 1999 and it is China’s leading venture capital company mainly investing in Chinese high-tech industry, and it has a number of investments in the fields of Internet, cloud computing, big data, health technology and environmental technology etc. ChinaEquity Group is also an investor of Aston Martin.
