Youyou Chen

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A

Private Equity

Investment Funds

Career

2020–2024, Zhong Lun Law Firm (Beijing), Non-equity Partner

2013–2020, AllBright Law Offices (Shanghai), Lawyer

Professional Memberships

Ms. Chen Youyou serves as a committee officer at the Shanghai Lawyers Association's Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring Special Committee.

Publications

Ms. Chen Youyou co-authored the book Insights—Examining Special Rights in Private Equity Investments Through Judicial Practice. The work focuses on twelve special rights for investors in equity investments and examines their practical application by analyzing domestic judicial precedents.

Personal

Chen Youyou is currently a partner at Jinghe Law Firm, specializing in M&A, investment and financing. Ms. Chen has represented investment institutions in the establishment, investment, and risk resolution of financial products such as RMB funds, US dollar funds, trusts, asset management plans, asset-backed securitirization, or bills. She has also served as a lawyer for the financing party, providing legal services such as financing, improvement of the enterprise's internal systems and structures, and the establishment of domestic and overseas listing structures.

Ms. Chen has provided comprehensive legal services, including legal due diligence, transaction structure design, and deal negotiation, for a range of cross-border and domestic M&A projects. These include the joint acquisition of U.S. company TDI by SAIC and Yinlun Shares (SZ.002126), the strategic investment by Jiaoxin Fund in Shengyang Technology (SH.603703), Yicun Investment's acquisition of a subsidiary of Huabao Hong Kong Fund, Agile's strategic investment in Zhongmin Financial Services, Hana Structured Investment in New Ease, and Puyue Investment's acquisition of the Renren Building.

As legal counsel to companies such as Zhibao Technology (NASDAQ: ZBAO), Shengda Technology (NASDAQ: SDA), Anda Biotechnology, Antake Medical, Aima Biotech, Ruiqu Microelectronics, and Fuke New Materials, Ms. Chen has advised on multiple rounds of financing, overseas listings, and post-IPO fundraising. She has also provided legal services for the establishment of private fund products and project investments for renowned domestic and international equity investment institutions, including Guotai Junan Innovation Investment, PICC Capital, Jiading Venture Capital, Shenzhen Angel Mother Fund, XCMG Investment, China Merchants Jintai, SAIC Investment, Zhangke Lingyi, Shanlan Capital, Guangyuan Investment, Industrial Investment Group, Tongchuang Weiye, Jiaoxin Fund, and Langzi Hanya.

Ms. Chen participated in the compilation of the book Insight: Special Rights in Private Equity Investments from a Judicial Practice Perspective. The book delves into twelve special rights of investors in equity investments and examines the practical effectiveness of these rights through domestic judicial precedents, earning favorable reviews within the industry.

Ms. Chen graduated as a first-honored student from University College London (UCL) with a Master of International Business Law. She has been recognized as a "Rising Star" in the Asia-Pacific region by The International Financial Law Review (IFLR) in 2021. In 2024, she was named among the "Elite Under 40" in Greater China by LexisNexis and selected as "Rising Stars" in the 2024-25 China Business Law Journal A-List. She was nominated as “Young Lawyer of the Year: East China – Local” in 2025 by Asian Law Business.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

China

Languages Spoken

Chinese, English

Education