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Chi YU
Equity Partner / Qingdao
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Email yuchi@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Private Equity & Investment Funds, Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance
Chi YU
Ms. Yu is mainly engaged in the field of private equity, mainland capital market, investment and M&A, and corporate governance has extensive experience in private equity investment, domestic IPO, bond issuance, M&A and corporate governance related matters, and has long served government-guided funds in Shandong Province, Qingdao City and district level. Ms. Yu is a leading lawyer in the Financial and Corporate Tier 1 of the IFLR1000 China Shandong Regional Ranking.
Representative Matters
Fund Projects
Acted as the permanent legal advisor or the lawyer in charge of special legal services for several government-guided funds in Shandong Province, Qingdao City and several districts, participated in the formulation and implementation of their management rules, assisted them in the due diligence of cooperation, cooperation negotiations, drafting and revision of cooperation agreements, assisted them in supervising the post-investment management of several participating sub-funds, assisted several government-guided funds in the transfer of fund shares and liquidation.
Acted as the lawyer in charge of special legal services for a number of market-based funds, assisted in the establishment of the funds, assisted in their cooperation due diligence, cooperation negotiations, drafting and revision of cooperation agreements, and participated in post-investment supervision
Acted as the lawyer in charge of special legal services for a number of structured funds, assisted in fund establishment, assisted in cooperation due diligence, cooperation negotiations, drafting and revising cooperation agreements, and participated in post-investment supervision
Provided services for multiple funds to apply for national emerging venture capital program projects, and participated in the pre-fund establishment due diligence, cooperation negotiation and cooperation text drafting and revision of their funds
Assisted several companies to apply for private equity fund manager registration, such as Qingdao Science & Technology Innovation Fund Management Co., Ltd., Qingdao CAITONG Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd., Runxia Sunshine (Qingdao) Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., Qingdao Shanghe Guoda Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd, Qingdao Runchang Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd..
Assisted several companies in applying for registration of material changes to private equity fund managers, such as Runxia Sunshine (Qingdao) Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., Qingdao Ruihe Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., Qingdao Juchuang Zhongying Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., Chengfa Development Group (Qingdao) Industrial Capital Management Co., Ltd.
Capital Market
Assisted Sinotrans Limited (00598.HK) to issue shares to purchase China Merchants Group's equity interest in China Merchants Logistics Group and share exchange and absorption of Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., Ltd.
Assisted Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. in the integration of Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd. (601298.SH+06198.HK)/ Rizhao Port Co., Ltd. (600017.SH)/Yantai Port/Bohai Bay Port Group
Assisted Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. (601966.SH) in its public offering of additional shares and issuance of convertible bonds
Assisted Qingdao Hiron Commercial Cold Chain CO., LTD. (603187.SH) in the public offering of convertible bonds and equity incentives
Assisted Qingdao Huatong Sate-owned Capital Operations (Group) Co., Ltd. in issuing overseas US bonds
Assisted Qingdao Haifa State Owned Capital Investment and Operation Group Co., Ltd. in issuing overseas US bonds
Assisted Weifang City West Investment Development Group Co., Ltd. in issuing overseas euro bonds
Assisted Qingdao Urban Construction Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. in issuing overseas USD bonds
Investment, M&A and Corporate Governance
Assisted CIMC (000039.SZ+02039.HK) and Yantai State-owned assets to jointly establish Yantai CIMC Offshore Co., Ltd. and Yantai Marine Protein Group
Assisted Qingdao Urban Construction Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. to acquire part of the equity of Qidi Holdings Co., Ltd. held by Tsinghua HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Acted as lead counsel to Qingdao Urban Construction Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. in its investment in Chinese Express (Gaohe Auto) project
Represented CIMC (000039.SZ+02039.HK) in its acquisition of 100% stake of Maersk Container Industry and its reefer container business of Maersk Group
Assisted Qingdao state-owned joint investment entity in its overseas investment in the Daily Fresh project
Assisted CIMC Offshore Holdings Limited in introducing a strategic investor, Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund(L.P.)
Acted as lead counsel to Qingdao municipal government investment entity in connection with the acquisition of control of Chery Holdings and Chery Automobile by Qingdao Wudaokou Fund
Assisted Rizhao Port (600017.SH) in increasing its capital in Bank of Rizhao Co., Ltd.
Assisted Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. (601966.SH) in its investment and M&A projects, including the acquisition of a stake in Kumho Tire in Korea
Assisted COSMOPlat in its investment and M&A projects with various companies
Assisted Qingdao Emu Town Investment Group Co., Ltd. in its investment and M&A projects with various companies
Assisted Qingdao Guoxin Development (Group) Co., Ltd. in industrial restructuring
Assisted Qingdao Haifa State-owned Capital Investment and Operation Group Co., Ltd. in accepting the transfer of the state-owned property rights of the film and television business segment without compensation
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Outstanding Lawyer in Qingdao City
The First Top Ten Female Lawyers in Qingdao
First level Leading Lawyers, The 2nd IFLR1000 China Shandong Regional Ranking List , Finance and Corporate
Memberships & Affiliations
Supervisor, Qingdao Equity and Venture Capital Association
Member, the expert pool of the Investment Decision Committee of Shandong Provincial Government-Guided Fund
Core member, the expert pool of Qingdao Municipal Government-Guided Fund
Arbitrator, Qingdao Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator, Shijiazhuang Arbitration Commission
Related
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Deals Related
Zhong Lun Advises on Haier Smart Home’s H-Share Issuance and Privatization of Haier Electronics
Zhong Lun Law Firm acted as the PRC legal counsel, in this transaction, to CICC and JP Morgan (as the joint sponsors), as well as in the onshore material asset restructuring, to CICC (as the financial advisor) and Zheshang Securities (as the independent financial advisor).
2020-12-23 -
Awards Related
30 Zhong Lun Lawyers from Eight Regions Took Spots in “IFLR1000 China” Regional Ranking
Zhong Lun honored on the “IFLR1000 China” regional ranking.
2024-09-03
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 1992
Economist’s Intermediate Credentials, 1992 -
Education
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law, 1989
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Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2014-Present
Senior Partner, Wincon Law Firm ,1997-2014
Legal Personnel, Heimei Mining Group of Heilongjiang, 1989-1996 -
Languages
Chinese
English