Private Equity and Venture Capital
Access to a relatively untapped consumer base, a rising class of innovative Chinese entrepreneurs, and well-established exit paths for promising Chinese companies have vaulted China to among the hottest markets for private equity and venture capital investment over the last few years. However, successful investment in the region remains tricky, with new waves of regulations governing the way funds and investments may be structured.
O’Melveny’s China Private Equity and Venture Capital Practice is a market leader in private investment-related counseling. Our lawyers regularly publish articles and speak on new investment trends and regulations—including China’s M&A regulations—and have been profiled in such publications as Time Magazine and Forbes for their work. Chambers and Partners ranked us in the top tier in both the China Private Equity and China Venture Capital sections, citing our “strong knowledge of the Chinese market.” And in 2008, market tracking publication Zero2IPO named us “Private Equity Market Lead Legal Advisor for the third consecutive year. We have closed approximately 70 private equity or venture capital transactions per year in the China space for three years running.
Our robust practice represents many of the most active investment firms and most promising companies operating in China, and we regularly work together with colleagues in our U.S. and European offices to provide true global counseling for innovative startups and investors looking at the China space. We have substantial experience in all stages of private investment work, including fund formation (particularly formation of renminbi-denominated funds), early and late stage equity investments, buyouts, and mezzanine financings. We also have a robust practice representing portfolio companies with respect to their financing and exit transactions.