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  • Jesse C. HUANG

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email jessehuang@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Private Equity & Investment Funds, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets

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Jesse C. HUANG

Mr. Huang specializes in investment fund, private equity, and capital markets. He has led private equity fund formation projects across many sectors, covering science and technology, media and telecommunications, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, Internet of Things, shipping, real estate, securities investment, etc. His expertise spans the entire lifecycle of investment funds, from fundraising and investing, through management to exit. Notably, Mr. Huang is active in cutting-edge domains, providing legal services to dozens of RMB and USD funds for their investment in venture capitals of enterprises in internet, enterprise services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, medicine, financial technology, mass consumption, etc. He also has a considerable track record in the capital markets, delivering legal services for asset securitization, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, the issuance of corporate bonds and various debt financing instruments for enterprises in industries including financial leasing, shipping, high-end equipment manufacturing, etc.

Representative Matters

PE/VC Fund Formation 

  • Advised China Shipping Group on its establishment of Shanghai Shipping Industry Equity Investment Fund 

  • Advised COSCO Shipping and CINDA Asset on formation of Yuanhai Shipping Industry Fund 

  • Provided legal services for the establishment of a film, television, and culture investment fund by China Media Capital and Oriental Pearl Group Co., Ltd. 

  • Advised China Huarong on its investment in Yuanyi Zhiyuan Equity Investment Fund 

  • Advised Puying Capital on its establishment of a culture and entertainment industrial investment fund 

  • Advised Ruikang Capital on its establishment of a healthcare equity investment fund 

  • Advised DCP Capital on the establishment of several equity investment project funds 

  • Advised Poseidon Capital on the establishment of several equity investment project funds 

  • Advised Lighthouse Capital on the establishment of its first VC fund 

  • Advised Blue Lake Capital on the establishment of its VC Fund I/II/III 

  • Advised Ameba Capital on the establishment of several VC funds, growth funds, project funds, and other co-investment funds 

  • Advised Yunqi Partners on the establishment of several VC funds 

  • Advised Ivy Capital on its establishment of VC Fund I/II/III 

  • Advised on the establishment of Delta Healthcare Investment Fund by Delta Capital and Fullway Wealth 

  • Advised Ping An Ventures on its establishment of Ping An Anchuang Game VC Fund 

  • Advised Simic Capital on the establishment of several Internet of Things VC funds 

  • Advised SPSP Venture Capital on the establishment of several VC funds 

  • Advised Chenhui Venture Partners on the establishment of several VC funds  

  • Advised STEP on the establishment of Shanghai Angel Capital Guiding Fund (FOF) 

  • Advised STEP on the establishment of Shanghai STEP University Students Venture Capital Fund of Funds (FOF) 


Real-estate Investment Fund Formation 

  • Advised Singapore ARA on the establishment of its first Chinese real-estate investment fund 

  • Advised HK ARCH Capital Real Estate Investment Fund in Jiangsu Yangzhong project, a complex project in Yubei district of Chongqing and a complex project in Quanshan district of Xuzhou 

  • Advised Ping An Real Estate on the establishment of several real-estate investment funds and the investments in a residential project in Guangzhou, a commercial real estate project in Hangzhou, and an industrial real estate project in Suzhou 

  • Advised Forte Capital on the establishment of Fuqi Real-Estate Investment Fund and the investment in an integrated project in Tianjin Airport Economic Zone 

  • Advised Fantasia Group on the establishment of an industrial property investment fund and the investment in an industrial property project in Shenzhen 

  • Advised ProCapital on the establishment of several real-estate investment funds and the investment in the residential projects in Zhejiang's Haiyan and Changxing, among other locations 

  • Providing legal services to WINS Investment for setting up several real-estate investment funds and investing in a residential and commercial project in Changsha, a renovation project in Kunming and a residential project in Kunming 

  • Advised SRE Group on the establishment of Shangxin Huafu Real-Estate Investment Fund and the investment in a residential project in Liyang, Jiangsu Province 

  • Advised LLT Capital on the establishment of real-estate investment funds and the investment in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng of Henan Province 

  • Advised Hehui Funds on the establishment of Hehui Xuyue Real-Estate Investment Fund of Funds and the investment in an integrated project in Xinxian New Area of Shanxi Province 


PE/VC Investment and Financing 

  • Advised Ameba Capital on the angel round, Series A, and Series B investment in dozens of projects, such as Mogujie, Kuaidi, WM-Motor, Jushuitan, Leyan Technology, Xiaoyang Education, Yaobangmang, Collov, AirDroid, Porotech, CoutLoot, Seed, VPGAME, 2Dfire, TechNode, Unipet, Unotel, and Zugeliang 

  • Advised BioTrack Capital on the investment in dozens of projects such as SeekGene, Bestcovered, Aibo Medicine, Feitelan, Qitantech, Jiahua, Brise Pharmaceutical, SMT, Intelligent Health, Seeneuro Medical, Astrabio, Ambrosia Bio, and Acchrom Tech 

  • Advised Blue Lake Capital on the investment in several projects, such as Cospowers, Vevor, Qikeduo, Intellirocks, Shunzao, Shopastro, and Sensing 

  • Advised Delta Capital on Series A investment in several projects, such as Adwo Media, Itouzi, Idachu, Sunvalley, and Firebright 

  • Advised Guoxin Venture on Series A investment in several projects, such as Netis, Meix, Baiwang, Kingstar, Archforce Technology, and Guanan Information Tech 

  • Advised Qiming Venture on investment in several projects, such as Zuzuche, Zhaosuliao, and CashBus 

  • Advised Vision Capital on the investment in several projects, such as Lingdi Tech and Shopfly 

  • Advised Yunqi Partners on the investment in several projects, such as Youpeiliangpin, CEEWA, Keenon Robotics, TCE, Yunhua Tech, and Xiaoyang Education 

  • Advised Ventech China on the investment in several projects, such as BIZVANE, DgwyTech, E-Health Now, Yingkedi, and Honghu 


Strategic Investment and M&A 

  • Advised Cowell Health on the merger and acquisition of several domestic pharmaceutical retail enterprises 

  • Advised China Shipping Group and its financial holding platform on the preparation or strategic investment of Shanghai Insurance Exchange, Shanghai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Shanghai Property Insurance Co., Ltd., ICB Fund Management Co., Ltd., and other financial enterprises 

  • Advised Yeepay Group on the preparation or strategic investment of Jiahua Fund Management Co., Ltd., Jinshang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd., Tianchuang Cloud Credit Information Co., Ltd., etc. 

  • Advised Orient International Container (Lianyungang) Co., Ltd. on the merger of Lianyungang Wuzhou Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

  • Advised Xiami.com on its selling to Alibaba 


Capital Markets 

  • Advised TJK Machinery (832578), Landa Soft (834048), DF Robot (870180), and other enterprises on their initial public offering on the National Equity Exchange and Quotations System 

  • Advised China Shipping (Group) Company on its issuance of USD 500 million of offshore bonds, CNY 6 billion of MTN, and CNY 20 billion of SCP 

  • Advised COSCO Shipping (601866.SH) on its issuance of CNY 5 billion of MTN, CNY 10 billion of SCP, CNY 8 billion of corporate bonds, and CNY 6 billion of renewable corporate bonds 

  • Advised COSCO Leasing on its issuance of CNY 1.3 billion of MTN and CNY 1.3 billion of corporate bonds (corporate bonds for epidemic prevention and control) 

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar
    The Fund Qualification Certificate

  • Education

    LL.B. / B.Ec., East China University of Political Science and Law

  • Professional Experience

    Equity partner, non-equity partner, and associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Associate, Dacheng Law Offices
    Associate, Yishi Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English