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Private equity & venture capital

Fundraising, investment structures, fund/manager regulation, portfolio investment and exit for PE/VC transactions.

First job Separate fund regulation from portfolio-company FDI, corporate and tax issues.

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Key considerations

The first questions are about urgency, governance and preservation — before collection expands or interviews begin.

  1. Scope — Fundraising, investment structures, fund/manager regulation, portfolio investment and exit for PE/VC transactions.
  2. Immediate task — Separate fund regulation from portfolio-company FDI, corporate and tax issues.
  3. Boundary — If another practice owns a distinct issue, use Related topics below rather than duplicating that analysis here.

Decision map

Keep the question bounded.

  1. Map fund and investment layersIdentify manager, fund vehicle, investors, portfolio company, investment instrument, domicile and whether domestic or foreign capital is involved.
  2. Build the fundraising and deal fileCollect manager and fund registrations, offering materials, subscription documents, side letters, investment approvals, diligence and portfolio transaction agreements.
  3. Separate regulatory workstreamsAddress fund and manager compliance independently from portfolio-company corporate, FDI, antitrust, tax, employment and exit requirements.

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Helpful to prepare

Facts that make the next conversation clearer.

These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.

The document, decision, contract, policy, licence, order or record that created the issue.The relevant parties/entities and their roles.A short chronology including notices, deadlines, filings, payments, incidents or procedural status.

Counsel hand-off

What to bring when you instruct

This topic route organises the national legal question. It does not decide rights, strategy, liability, approval outcome or procedural result on the facts. Use qualified PRC counsel where fact-specific advice or representation is required.

Local context

Add the city only when it changes implementation.

Add city or province context only when the responsible authority, court, registration practice, permit process or local implementation changes after the national route is identified.

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Capital-markets counsel can align offering, fund, disclosure and investor arrangements with the applicable approval and compliance framework.

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