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  • Mo XU

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6061-3666

    Email xumo@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Private Equity & Investment Funds

  • Industries

    Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Media-Sports & Entertainment

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Mo XU

Mr. Xu’s practice areas include capital markets, private equity fund formation and investment, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate matters and so on. Mr. Xu has accumulated extensive project experience in those areas. With professional knowledge of the legal regimes of the PRC and the U.S., excellent communication skills and extensive work experience in Shanghai, Beijing and Seattle, Mr. Xu offers practical legal and commercial strategies in assisting clients regarding establishing, operating, expanding, restructuring, splitting up and dissolving their China-related business and helps them cope smoothly with the complex legal and regulatory environment. Mr. Xu has acted as the lead lawyer in many major deals and has assisted clients in completing all stages of the transactions from initial planning through final closing. Many of such deals were subject to complicated government approval and involved state-owned asset transfer or cross-border deal structuring. Mr. Xu represents clients in diverse industry sectors, including but not limited to private equity funds, investment banking, IT, high tech, pharmaceutical, sport, healthcare, catering, hotels, energy, theme parks, chemicals, logistics, real estate, game and automobile.

Representative Matters

Capital Markets

  • Acted as the sponsor's Chinese legal adviser of Jiachen Flooring's red chips listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Represented Yancheng Dongfang on its acquisition of the shares of Liba Shares (603519. SH).

  • Represented Zhonglu Shares (600818. SH) on its acquisition of Shanghai Yuemu by issuing shares and paying cash.

  • Represented Jinlong Automobile(600686.SH)on its restructuring and refinancing.

  • Acted as the issuer's Chinese legal adviser of a private aviation operating company's H-Share listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Acted as the sponsor's Chinese legal adviser of Yunnan Junfa Property's red chips listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Acted as the sponsor's Chinese legal adviser of Suning Galaxy Property's red chips listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.


Private Equity & Investment Funds

(Fund Investment)

  • Represented CICC Capital on its several investment projects, including Star Charge's round A financing, Meishubao's round D financing, Zongteng Group's round D financing, MoreSec Technology's round D financing, Laifual Drive's round E financing, ZEEMR's round A financing, etc.

  • Represented Brookfield on its serval fund investment and acquisition projects, involving clothing, environmental protection technology, e-commerce, household goods, internet data center, etc.

  • Represented Vstar consumption-culture-sports fund on its investment in Flash Express, Naive Blue, Game of Orange Light, Fireball Buyer, Palaeo Tang Feng, Chocapm, Lion, Ivy Dad, etc.

  • Represented CDH fund on its investment in SVOLT Energy.

  • Represented Greater Bay Area Homeland Fund on its investments in Zhuanzhuan and Xiaoha Battery Swap.

  • Represented Sinopharm Junbai Fund on its investment in Lanmage Medical Image.

  • Represented INCE Capital on the round B+ financing of Shenzhou Yunhe.

  • Represented M31 Fund on its investment in Kechow Pharma and EOI TEK.

  • Represented Sinopharm Finance Leasing on its acquisition of Tenghua Software.

  • Represented Sinopharm Junbai Fund on its investment in Zhejiang Barty.

  • Represented Wuhan Hanyi on its investment in ProMed.

  • Represented Kunshan Runshi to accept the investments of Vision Knight Capital and ByteDance.

  • Represented Adaptrum to accept round A financing;.


(Fund Formation)

  • Representing CICC Private Equity on its formation of CICC Digital Fund.

  • Represented Vstar Capital on its formation of the consumption-culture-sports RMB fund.

  • Represented Sinopharm Junbai on its formation of the healthcare RMB fund.

  • Represented M31 on its registration of private fund manager and formation of RMB fund.

  • Represented Kaiyi Capital on its formation of RMB fund.

  • Represented Glory Capital on its formation of RMB fund.


Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Represented Suning Group on its 20 billion strategic investments in Evergrande Real Estate.

  • Represented Dongbai Group on its acquisition of Aiways Automobile.

  • Represented Sunriver Holding on its acquisition of residential properties in Shanghai Wanjin and 989, Xikang Road.

  • Represented Megvii on its acquisition of Chengdu Westalgo.

  • Represented a USD fund on its acquisition of a large convenience store chain enterprise.

  • Represented the controlling shareholder of Shangzhi Property on the sale of its control right.

  • Represented Henan Jianye New Life on its acquisition of Yunnan Culture.

  • Represented Giant Network on its investment in Bohai Trust.

  • Represented Gino Optical on its acquisition of Rodenstock.

  • Represented China Air Cargo in its financing and restructuring.

  • Represented Zhonglu Shares on its investment in Ningbang Pharmaceutical.


Perennial Legal Counsel

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Shanghai International Medical Center, and participated in its equity incentive and private equity financing (its doctor shareholding plan created a domestic precedent) and joint venture project with Boehringer Ingelheim.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Yingyi Group, and participated in its cooperation with an American stem cell enterprise, and establishment of stem cell hospital in Mexico Cabo San Lucas and Hainan Boao.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Vstar consumption-culture-sports fund.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Glory Capital.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Shanghai Galaxy Xingbang Investment Management Co., Ltd.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of State Grid Yingda International Holding Group Co., Ltd. on fund affairs.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Guochuang Zhongding (Shanghai) Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd.

  • Acted as the perennial legal counsel of Shenzhen Youbixuan Sirius Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.

Honors and Awards

China Top 15 Rising Lawyers,Asian Legal Business 2020

Rising Stars,China Business Law Journal 2021

Rising Star of the Year (Capital Markets),IFLR1000 2021

Listed in The A-List, China Business Law Journal 2022

Rising Star Partner (Capital Markets),IFLR1000 2023

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, All China Lawyers Association

Member, Informatization Professional Committee, Shanghai Lawyers Association

Publications

Private Equity Fund Legal Practices (Chief Editor),China Renmin University Press,2022

Equity War (Co-authored), Peking University Press, 2012

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    LL.M., University of California, Berkeley
    LL.B., Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    JunHe LLP Beijing Office
    K&L Gates Seattle Office
    Fangda Partners Shanghai Office
    JunHe LLP Shanghai Office

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English