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  • Yuanyuan TAO

    Equity Partner / Beijing

  • Tel +86-10-5957-2165

    Email taoyuanyuan@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Private Equity & Investment Funds, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets

  • Industries

    Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology, Media-Sports & Entertainment

CV

Yuanyuan TAO

Ms. Yuanyuan Tao's practice mainly covers private equity and investment funds, cross-border investment and M&A, and Hong Kong and overseas capital markets. She has extensive experience in telecommunications and internet, information and intelligence technology, as well as media and entertainment, with a special focus on the sectors of integrated circuit, semiconductor and chip, and surveying and mapping. Ms. Tao has advised many onshore/offshore funds on their RMB and USD investments, a great number of start-ups in their equity financings on red-chip structure and RMB structure, and also a lot of large state-owned enterprises, private-sector enterprises, and A-share listed companies on their onshore/offshore investments, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, re-financings, ESOP, etc.

Representative Matters

Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Advised Enflame, an AI chip design company, on its establishment and financing from seed round through subsequent rounds

  • Advised Jaguar Microsystems, a DPU chip design company, on its establishment and financing from angel round through subsequent rounds

  • Advised Arcomicro, a millimeter wave chip design company, on its establishment and financing from seed round through subsequent rounds

  • Advised YSEMI, a server CPU chip design company, on its establishment and financing from seed round through subsequent rounds

  • Advised 8H, a household enterprise, on its equity financing from angel rounds through to pre-IPO rounds

  • Advised Magene Intelligence, an intelligent cycling equipment solution provider, on obtaining Decathlon's cross-border investment

  • Advised Snowball on its USD 120 million Series E financing

  • Advised China Mobile Equity Fund on its investment in Sino-foreign joint venture Unity China together with Alibaba, G-Bits, miHoYo, OPPO, PCI, and Douyin Group, with a post-money valuation for Unity China of USD 1 Billion

  • Advised China Mobile Equity Fund on its investment in Motorcomm

  • Advised China Mobile Equity Fund on its pre-IPO investment in 4-paradigm

  • Advised China Mobile on its co-investment with China Eastern Airlines and Bank of China in a point reward platform established by Fortunet (HK: 01039), CCB International, and China UMS

  • Advised BCCF on its subscription of iQiyi’s offshore convertible notes together with Baidu, Hillhouse Capital, Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund, Sequoia Capital, etc.

  • Advised Spreadtrum on the offshore equity financing of Altek Semiconductor (Cayman) Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Altek Corporation (TW: 3059), together with Shanghai Guohe


Capital and Delta Capital

  • Advised Wanda Investment on its Series A investment in Le Sport

  • Advised IDG Capital and New Horizon Capital on its Series A investment in Leoao, an O2O fitness enterprise

  • Advised IDG Capital on its investment in Hansight, a big data security analytic solution provider

  • Advised IDG Capital on its Series A investment in Komanic, an e-commerce platform of shoes, and advised Komanic in its acquisition of another domestic shoe company

  • Advised IDG Capital on its Series A investment in a Chinese video platform

  • Advised IDG Capital on its Series A investment in Youth Media, a new media marketing plan company

  • Advised IDG Capital on its Series B investment in 273.com, a Chinese leasing platform of used cars, together with 58.com and other investors

  • Advised PICC on its pre-IPO investment in Boqii, an e-commerce platform of pets

  • Advised Everbright ADV l i n real estate fintech solutions provider

  • Advised ADV Capital on its Series D and Series D-1 investment in Boqii, an e-commerce platform of pets

  • Advised ADV Capital on its Series B investment in Wanka Online, a leading Android mobile ads service provider, together with NLVC, KIP, etc.

  • Advised Linde China on its investment in several joint ventures

  • Advised Xingguangwuyu, a service provider of corporate internal shopping platforms, on its onshore and offshore RMB and USD financings


Cross-border Investment - M&A and Capital Markets

  • Advised Galanz on its tender offer for Whirlpool (600983.SZ)

  • Advised Tsinghua Unigroup on its cross-border acquisition of Linxens, a French micro-connector manufacturer

  • Advised Unisplendour Corporation (000938.SZ) on its cross-border acquisition of H3C from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and its private placement

  • Advised Tsinghua Unigroup Co., Ltd. on its cross-border take-private acquisition of RDA Microelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDA) and related financing matters

  • Advised UNISOC on its CNY 9 billion cross-border equity financing from Intel

  • Advised Unisplendour Technology on the sale of 67.82% equity interest in Unis Holdings (00365.HK)

  • Advised Tibet Unigroup State Microelectronics Investment Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Unimos Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ChipMOS (8150.TW) in Shanghai and the establishment of a Sino-foreign equity joint venture

  • Advised China Mobile on the establishment of a Sino-foreign equity joint venture in internet of vehicles operations with Deutsche Telekom

  • Advised Qualcomm on the establishment of JLQ Technologies, a smart devices and mobile communications chip design company, together with Datang Telecom, JAC, and Wise Road Capital

  • Advised Unisplendour Corporation (000938.SZ) on its contemplated cross-border acquisition of Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC)

  • Advised Tsinghua Unigroup on its acquisition of shares in 500.com, an online lottery operation platform (NYSE: WBAI)

  • Advised China Mobile on its co-investment with China Eastern Airlines, Bank of China, etc. in a point reward platform established by Fortunet (01039.HK), CCB International, and China UMS

  • Advised Zhejiang Henglin Chair Industry Co., Ltd. (603661.SH) on its cross-border acquisition of 100% equity in FFL Holding AG in Switzerland

  • Advised Atlas Holdings LLC on its acquisition of EQI Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries

  • Advised Beijing Unigroup Autonomous Vehicle Technologies Co., Ltd. on the establishment of a Sino-foreign equity joint venture with Mobileye

  • Advised BCCF on its subscription of iQiyi's offshore convertible notes together with Baidu, Hillhouse Capital, Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund, Sequoia Capital, etc.

  • Advised IDG on the leveraged buy-out of Sichuan Shuangma Cement Co., Ltd. (000935.SZ) and related financing matters

  • Advised BlueFocus Communication Group (300058.SZ) on its cross-border acquisition of Domob Group, a mobile advertising platform

  • Advised CAGR, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, on its acquisition of a Chinese gas company and related debt restructuring

  • Advised Plastic Capital on its acquisition of Shengli Weiye, a printing machinery company


Ms. Tao has also represented enterprises from various sectors (including internet, high-tech, telecom, health and life sciences, etc.) in different development stages with different shareholder backgrounds in their ESOP, including design and implementation of ESOP plans, preparation of ESOP related documents, and the host of relevant presentation sessions regarding ESOP to employees.

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Legalband China 30 Under 30, LEGALBAND, 2017

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M. in Civil and Commercial Law, China University of Political Science and Law, September 2009 - July 2012
    LL.M. in European Law and International Law, University of Hamburg, September 2010 - February 2012

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, January 2020 to present
    Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, July 2012 - January 2020

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English