With over ten years of experience in funds formation and asset management-related practice areas, Ms. Zhou focuses her practice on the formation and operations of various types of funds, including the structuring and formation of venture capital funds, private equity funds, M&A funds, film and entertainment funds, sports funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, logistics funds, and other investment funds. She has helped design different fund structures, including master-feeder funds, alternative investment vehicles, parallel funds, co-investment funds and other multi-level structure arrangements, together with various organizational forms such as corporate funds, partnership funds, and contractual funds. Ms. Zhou is also experienced in representing LPs of various types (including insurance companies, government funds, and funds of funds) in the course of their fund investments.
Ms. Zhou has represented a number of private equity institutions, including reputable private equity fund managers and sponsors in the market such as CDH, CPE, IDG and CMC, state-owned funds such as China Structural Reform Fund, SDIC National Guidance Fund, and private equity funds sponsored by securities companies such as CICC, CITIC and Huatai. Ms. Zhou has also represented subsidiaries of banks in participating in the earliest market-based debt-to-equity fund projects in China. In insurance-related investment areas, Ms. Zhou has represented insurance asset management companies in the set-up of insurance private equity managers and funds and has also represented insurance funds and issued legal opinions with respect to indirect equity investment. Ms. Zhou has also represented clients in cross-border fund transactions and formation projects, including through QFLP, QDII, foreign venture capital programs, and overseas M&A funds. In addition, Ms. Zhou is also well-versed in private fund investments, corporate financing, general corporate matters, and in the design of incentive programs for fund sponsors and management teams.
Ms. Zhou has a deep understanding of the laws, regulations, and regulatory policies relating to the asset management industry (including the funds, securities, insurance and trust industries, etc.) and has been actively involved as a lawyer representative in communications and policy discussions regarding laws, regulations, and implementing measures in the asset management industry with regulatory authorities such as the CSRC and the Asset Management Association of China.
