Ms. Yang joined Han Kun Law Offices in 2012 and is a partner in the firm's Investment Fund Team. She is based in Han Kun's Shanghai office and travels regularly to the Greater Bay Area and Singapore to cover client relationships in those regions. Ms. Yang focuses her practice on investment fund formation and operation, asset management, and foreign direct investment, with a particular emphasis on private equity and venture capital. She works closely with many of the most prominent PE/VC fund managers and asset allocators in the Greater China region. Her representative clients include FountainVest, HongShan, IDG, DCM, Qiming, Lanchi, CICC, CITIC, Everbright, Meituan Longzhu, Tencent, MircoConnect, Kasikorn Bank, etc.
Ms. Yang is well-versed in both RMB and USD fund formation matters. She is exceptionally experienced in cross-border fund formation and investment matters (e.g., QFLP, QDLP/QDIE, QFII, QDII). She has assisted many prominent international institutions in establishing their onshore managers, funds, and other investment platforms in China and various leading fund managers in setting up their cross-border fund platforms to accommodate investments by global investors. Ms. Yang endeavors to connect China and the world through legal services that facilitate cross-border transactions. She closely monitors the development of China's foreign exchange administration policies, and she has been actively participating in industry efforts to promote regulatory improvements to facilitate the development of China's PE/VC industry.
During her early years of practice, Ms. Yang also acquired extensive experience advising clients on private equity and venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, overseas capital markets, and foreign direct investment matters. Those experiences have equipped her with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the legal issues involved in venture capital and private equity financing.
Before joining Han Kun, Ms. Yang worked at King & Wood Mallesons (Guangzhou and Beijing) and Kim & Chang (Seoul).
