Practice areas

Capital markets; M&A;Private equity, venture capital & funds

Introduction

Joey Zhou has more than 10 years’ legal experience, with rich practical experience in the fields of private equity, investment, M&A and capital markets.

She has served more than 30 private equity management institutions and investors, providing legal services for all stages such as fund formation, investment, management and liquidation.

In fund formation, Zhou has represented GPs in the manager’s registration and establishment of various master funds and special funds, and represented various LPs (including government-guided funds and market-based fund of funds, as well as listed companies and high net-worth clients) in fund investment, participating in more than 50 fund formation projects.

In the field of equity investment, Zhou has completed hundreds of renminbi or US dollar investment projects on behalf of PE/VC funds, large enterprises and other investors, and has rich project experience in high-tech (semiconductor, new energy and materials, intelligent manufacturing, software and artificial intelligence), as well as education, medical, consumer, high-end manufacturing, military and other industries.

She has also been the legal adviser to many listed companies, large private enterprises, state-owned enterprises and startups for years, providing legal advice for their daily operations and legal support in projects such as setting up joint ventures, and equity mergers and acquisitions.

In particular, Zhou specialises in serving startups, providing legal services on their shareholding structure design, employee incentive plan, and construction and demolition of red-chip structure. She has represented them to complete dozens of renminbi or US dollar financing projects, from angel round to pre-IPO round.

Zhou has also served many listing or restructuring projects in China and overseas capital markets including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and the US.

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