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  • Yanchun ZHAO

    Equity Partner / Shanghai

  • Tel +86-21-6085-3860

    Email zhaoyanchun@zhonglun.com

  • Practices

    Private Equity & Investment Funds, Financial Products & Trusts, Litigation & Arbitration

  • Industries

    Real Estate, Urban Infrastructure, Information & Intelligence Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

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Yanchun ZHAO

Zhao Yanchun has in-depth research and extensive experience in the compliance, establishment, raising and investment of private equity & investment funds, ABSs, trust plans, asset management plans and other financial products. Zhao has provided legal services for private equity & investment funds such as FoF, VC, PE, M&A funds, Real Estate funds, etc., covering fields of biomedicine, real estate, semiconductor, new energy, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumption industry, artificial intelligence, Fintech, education, environmental protection, etc. Zhao also provides financing, M&A services for a large number of leading real estate companies. Zhao's enriched experience of Real Estate funds' investment and acquisition projects crosses over the whole process of first-level development, land acquisition, development and construction, completion acceptance, property sale/leasing, etc., project targets of which include residential/commercial/office buildings, hotels, logistics zones, etc.

Representative Matters

  • Establishment of Private Equity Funds

  • Provided legal services for Forebright Capital to establish Forebright Digital Intelligence Fund as legal counsel of the GP

  • Provided legal services for SunLand Fund to establish medical industry funds in Heze, Shandong province and Hefei, Anhui province as legal counsel of the GP

  • Provided legal services for Shanghai Trust and Yingke PE to establish Puxin Yingke Fund as legal counsel of the GP

  • Provided legal services for Shenzhen Angel FOF to invest Forebright Digital Intelligence Sub-Fund as legal counsel of the LP.

  • Provided legal services for Everbright Limited to invest Kunpeng Forebright Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Provided legal services for Shanghai Industry Investment (Group) to invest New Material Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Provided legal services for PICC Capital to invest Proxima Ventures Phase III Fund and KingMed (Jinhe) Phase II Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Provided legal services for Jiading Venture Capital to invest IoT Phase III Fund, Bosch (China) Growth Fund, Jinpu 5G Fund and Summitview Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Provided legal services for Guotai Junan Innovation Investment to invest Boyu Phase IV Fund, Oriza Medical Fund III, Beidou Fund, KingMed (Jinhe) Phase II Fund and Unicom Kaixing Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Provided legal services for PingAn-UOB Huitong to invest Zeus Entertainment Industry M&A Fund as legal counsel of the LP

  • Private Equity Investment Projects

  • Provided legal services for Cowin Capital’s USD Fund to invest Eternal Grace Technology as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for Minsheng Wealth to invest WM Motor and Ronbay Technology as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for Forebright Capital to invest Denglin Technology, Up-Edge Technology, Lide Robot, VoiceAI Tech, Huishang Tongying, EverSafe Online, BAILIAN.AI and MEMS as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for China Merchants Jintai Capital to invest Eigencomm Technologies as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for SeaTown Project City as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for Jingyue Investment to invest IP3 Technology, Konjin Biotech and Cellres Biotech as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for ALAN AMC to invest ProLogis, New Ease and other logistics real estate projects as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for Hefan Asset to invest Xi'an LongFor project, Jiading Gemdale-Keppel cooperation project and Hangzhou-Yuexiu project as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for SAIC Investment and Yinlun Machinery on the establishment of cross-border acquisition joint venture platform and the acquisition of  TDI in Delaware, US, as legal counsel of the investor

  • Provided legal services for Anda Bio’s Series Seed and A financing rounds in introducing Huatai Zijin Investment, China Southern Asset Management Fund and other investors as legal counsel of the company

  • Provided legal services for ZhibaoTechnology’s Series Pre-A, A and A+ financing rounds in introducing Homsun Capital, Koala Fund, Vangoo Capital,1898 Fund and other investors as legal counsel of the company

  • Provided legal services to Artechmed’s Series C1 and C2 financing rounds in introducing Zhangjiang (Zhangkeherun) Venture Capital、Leading Capital、SunLand Fund and other investors as legal counsel of the company

  • Provided legal services for Operate Robot’s Series C financing round as legal counsel of the company

  • Provided legal services for Valvaid’s Series A financing round as legal counsel of the company

Honors and Awards

For Individual

Recommended lawyer in Private Equity, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

Leading lawyer (Shanghai, China), IFLR1000 2020

Recommended lawyer in Investment Funds, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022

Client's First-Choice Lawyer, ALB China 2022

Highly Recommended lawyer in Private Equity, IFLR1000 2023

Publications

“Insight: Preferred Shareholder Rights of Private Equity Investors in Judicial Practice”, Intellectual Property Publishing House, August 2019

Related

  • Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications

    PRC Bar

  • Education

    FMBA, China Europe International Business School
    Master of Law, Fudan University
    Bachelor of History, Nankai University

  • Professional Experience

    Partner, Zhonglun Law Firm
    Senior Partner, Jintiancheng Law Firm
    Lawyer, Shanghai Branch of Zhongzi Law Firm

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English