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About

Provided by Chao Gao

Greater China Region

Practice Areas

Private equity and venture capital, Mergers and acquisitions, Foreign direct investment, Capital markets, Investment fund formation and operation

Career

Mr. Gao has extensive experience in a variety of fields and industries. His major practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, formation and deployment of private equity funds, securities offerings, and corporate restructurings. Mr. Gao has been legal counsel to numerous leading investment institutions, multinational companies, and unicorn companies, for their various cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing projects in industries covering internet, computer software, entertainment media, education and training, consumer and retail, and healthcare services. Over the years, Mr. Gao has been actively involved in structuring and establishing onshore and offshore China-focused private equity funds for both foreign and domestic fund sponsors and investors, and has represented many well-known institutional investors and industrial investors in various private equity investments and M&A transactions. Mr. Gao has also advised issuers as well as underwriters in several high-profile overseas IPOs involving Chinese companies or operations.

Professional Memberships

Member of the PRC Bar

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Education

Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

LL.B.

Awards

Recommended Lawyer in Private equity

Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021-2024

Recommended Lawyer in TMT

Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2021, 2023-2024

Highly Regarded Lawyer in Private Equity

IFLR1000, 2022-2023

Highly Regarded Lawyer in Private Equity

IFLR1000 China

2023

Commended External Counsel of the Year

In-House Community, 2022-2023

2021 China Top 15 Lawyers – Consumer and Retail

Legalband

2021

Recommended Lawyer in Corporate and M&A

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

2020

Recommended Lawyer in Healthcare and life sciences

Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2018-2019

Recommended Lawyer in Investment funds

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

2019

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