Private Equity and Investment Funds-北京观韬律师事务所

Guantao has a market-leading practice in PE and investment funds. Over the past two decades, Guantao has grown with the industry and accumulated experience in delivering advice on the full cycle of fund raising, deployment, management and exit. We offer innovative and comprehensive solutions with a high degree of industry sensitivity and insightful understanding of industry operation and regulatory changes. We deliver training services and guide our clients through the latest regulations and emerging trends.

We built a team of private equity and investment funds at an early stage of the industry development, and after years of growth, our PE & funds team of experts includes over 50 lawyers based in major cities like Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Xiamen, Hangzhou and Shenzhen. Through Guantao Ashurst (Shanghai Free Trade Zone) Joint Operation Office and its global presence, we can provide comprehensive, cross-cultural, multi-jurisdictional and multi-language foreign-related legal services for private funds, including onshore investment by means of qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII) and qualified foreign limited partners (QFLP), as well as offshore investment by means of qualified domestic institutional investors (QDII), qualified domestic limited partners (QDLP) and qualified domestic investment enterprises (QDIE).

Our PE & investment funds team works closely and widely with onshore and offshore private funds. The diversity of our client base, including government bodies, central and local government-guided funds, industry funds, and market-based top private equity houses, covering various types of funds such as national fund of funds (FOF), government-guided funds, industry investment funds, PPP funds, insurance funds, cross-border direct investment funds, listed companies' buyout funds, and venture capital funds, enables us to provide unrivalled expert advice and legal support across a broad range of PE funds products and vehicles and gain rich experience in dealing with sophisticated and complex projects.

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Scope of Services

Private Fund Managers' Compliance

Advisory services for private fund managers and private funds Registration of private fund managers Changes to significant matters of private fund managers Construction, self-examination and rectification of compliance system of private fund managers

Private Fund Post-investment Management

Review of compliance matters for investment project Advisory services for private fund post-investment management

Private Fund Raising

Structure design of private fund Drafting and review of private fund contract Preparation of private fund raising and filing materials Advisory services for private fund raising and filing

Exit of Private Funds

secondary fund transactions Liquidation and exit of fund Fund shares transfer

Private Fund Investment

Due diligence on equity investment, review of transaction documents and advisory services Due diligence on sub-funds' investment, review of transaction documents and advisory services

Private Fund Dispute Resolution

Dispute over investor appropriateness Dispute over investment ownership confirmation and shareholder identity and rights Dispute over PE fund manager's performance of duty of care Dispute over investment exit of private funds including repurchase

Professionals

Field

All Dispute Resolution Cross-border Trade and Trade Compliance & Remedies Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Securities & Capital Markets Administrative Law Data Compliance and Cyber Security Corporate and M&A Antitrust and Competition Shipping Restructuring & Insolvency Employment Energy & Infrastructure Criminal Defense in Economic Crimes and Criminal Risk Management Financial Services, Insurance and Derivatives Tax Sports and Entertainment Real Estate and Construction Private Equity and Investment Funds Healthcare and Life Sciences Intellectual Property Family Law and Private Wealth Management Compliance and Investigation Tourism and Hospitality Technology Mining International Arbitration

Office

All Beijing Shanghai Xi'an Chengdu Dalian Shenzhen Ji'nan Xiamen Hong Kong Tianjin Guangzhou Hangzhou Sydney Suzhou New York Wuhan Toronto Nanjing Fuzhou Zhengzhou Haikou Chongqing Hefei Qingdao Luolong Nanchang Wenzhou Ningbo Taiyuan

Position

All Executive Partner Consultant Managing Partner Partner

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