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Yuanyuan TAO
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2165
Email taoyuanyuan@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Private Equity & Investment Funds, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets
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Industries
Telecommunications & Internet, Information & Intelligence Technology, Media-Sports & Entertainment
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
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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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