Private Equity/Venture Capital

Private Equity/Venture Capital

Private equity/venture capital practice is one of the core businesses of W88优德手机版. W88优德手机版 is the pioneer in this area in China. W88优德手机版 provide expertise to investors and enterprises across the various stages of private equity including the seed stage, start-up stage, expansion stage and mature stage. W88优德手机版 also provide enterprises and founders with year-round legal services regarding equity structure design and reorganization, employee equity incentives and labor/tax/data/dispute resolution. W88优德手机版 advise on domestic and overseas listings, M&A and restructuring, overall sales, buyback and other divestment, making us one of the law firms in China to provide full-process, quality, one-stop legal services.


Our Team


W88优德手机版 has dozens partners engaged in the legal services of private equity/venture capital , some of them with over 20 years of experience. Many of our partners have practiced in famous international and domestic law firms, large financial institutions or investment institutions at home and abroad, gaining solid and extensive professional knowledge as well as international insight.


The International Financial Law Review (IFLR), an international commercial lawyer rating agency, has for many years consistently awarded the “Top Recommended Law Firm” in private equity in mainland China, to W88优德手机版’s private equity/venture capital team for its fabulous performance and reputation.


Core Areas of Practice


Clients represented by W88优德手机版 include private equity/venture capital funds, as well as target companies and their founders, banks providing financing for M&A, and IPO underwriters. W88优德手机版 provides legal services for all stages of the lifecycle including investment, management, operation, exit, liquidation, and dissolution.


Our Services Include:

  • Domestic and Overseas Investment and M&A, including legal due diligence investigation, transaction structuring, drafting and negotiating legal documents, government approvals (including anti-trust reviews and ODI approvals) and closing of equity transfer. We also provide these services from the perspective of target companies and their founders.

  • Year-round legal services for target companies or their founders, including company establishment, equity structure design, employee equity incentives and labor/tax/data/dispute resolution.

  • Domestic and Overseas Leveraged Acquisition, including financing structuring, collateral arrangements, drafting and negotiating legal documents, government approvals, collateral registration and the issuance of bonds in the securities market.

  • Divestment, including overall sale, reorganization, initial public offerings, and dissolution and liquidation by investors of target companies. We also provide these services from the perspective of target companies and their founders.

Recent Representative Cases

GAC Aion's Series A Financing 

GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. (“GAC Aion”), is a new energy auto brand owned by GAC Group. It successfully obtained investment from 53 new strategic investors and completed its Series A financing of approximately RMB 18.3 billion, with the post-investment value of approximately RMB 103.3 billion. The financing is the largest single private placement in the Chinese new energy auto industry in recent years. In this Series A financing, W88优德手机版 on behalf of GAC Aion, participated in the design and demonstration of the transaction plan, conducted the vendor due diligence, drafted and negotiated the transaction documents, demonstrated and reviewed the shareholder eligibility, and performed the procedures for trading on an equity exchange and the closing of the transaction.


Advent International investment in Seek

Advent International completed an equity investment in Seek Pet Co., Ltd. (“Seek”), a leading Chinese pet food manufacturer. This transaction involved an equity transfer and a capital increase. The project team conducted legal due diligence and played a key role in multiple rounds of negotiations with the target company and its selling shareholders. By carefully balancing the interests of the existing and founding shareholders, as well as the other investors, the team successfully facilitated the signing of the transaction documents. During the closing process, the team took the lead in handling the notification of the concentration of undertakings, completed the required filings and obtained regulatory approval within a tight timeframe. W88优德手机版’s team ensured the smooth coordination of the signing, closing, and the remittance of the investment funds, ultimately bringing the project to a successful conclusion.


Worg Pharmaceuticals (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd.’s Series D Financing

As the exclusive legal advisor of Worg Pharmaceuticals (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (“Worg” or the “Company”), W88优德手机版 assisted the Company to complete Series D financing. W88优德手机版 provided full legal services for Worg in this transaction. The project took six months from startup to closing and the team conducted several rounds of communication, discussion and coordination with investors on the transaction arrangements, the transaction documents and the closing arrangements. W88优德手机版 assisted the Company in the execution of the transaction documents and the closing by virtue of their rich experience in financing projects. The team will provide on-going legal services to the Company.

Professional awards

IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards

  • 2024
    Deal of the Year: Private Equity - Chindata Group take-private

Law.com International The Asia Legal Awards

  • 2024
    Deal of the Year: Private Equity - Bain's $3.16 billion take-private of Chindata
  • 2023
    TMT Deal of the Year: USD 4.3 billion take-private of 51job Inc

China Business Law Journal: China Business Law Awards / China Business Law Deals of the Year

  • 2025
    Law Firms of the Year - Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • 2023
    Deals of the Year - Chindata Privatization Deals of the Year - Saudi Aramco's Construction of a Major Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Liaoning
  • 2022
    Deals of the Year - CGN Wind Energy Raises USD4.4bn Deals of the Year - GAC Aion's Series A Financing Deals of the Year - Abogen Biosciences Series C and C+ Financing Deals of the Year - JD Property USD800M Series B Financing
  • 2021
    Deals of the Year - Yangtze Andes under China Yangtze Power Co’s Investment in South American Power Distribution
  • 2020
    Deals of the Year - XPeng’s US IPO and Pre-listing Financing
  • 2019
    Deals of the Year - Formation of China National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (Phase II) Deals of the Year - JD Health's US$1 billion series A financing
  • 2018
    Deals of the Year - JD Finance's B round financing Deals of the Year - Suning Sports' series A financing Deals of the Year - GLP’s privatization Deals of the Year - SenseTime’s series C/C+ round financing
  • 2017
    Deals of the Year - Financing of the Caculo Cabaca hydropower project
  • 2016
    Deals of the Year - Qihoo 360 Technology goes private
  • 2015
    Deals of the Year - Tencent and JD.com’s investment in Bitauto Holdings
  • 2014
    Deals of the Year - Giant Interactive's take private transaction Law Firms of the Year/Private equity & venture capital

IFLR1000 China Awards

  • 2023
    Regional Impact Deals - Guangdong - Finance and Corporate: China Merchants Port Holdings' Private Offering of A-shares and Strategic Investment in Ningbo Port

IFLR Asia Awards

  • 2018
    Deals of the Year - Private Equity - McDonald’s Sale of Business Shares and Business Model Transformation in Mainland China and Hong Kong
  • 2015
    Private Equity Deal of the Year - Giant Interactive LBO High-Yield Deal of the Year - Pactera Take-Private Financing

ALB China Law Awards

  • 2025
    Private Equity Law Firm of the Year
  • 2018
    Private Equity Law Firm of the Year
  • 2014
    M&A / Private Equity Law Firm of the Year

China Law & Practice Awards

  • 2014
    Private Equity Deal of the Year - Giant Interactive privatization

asialaw Awards

  • 2025
    Impact Deal of the Year - PAG's US$6.8 Billion AirPower Technologies Sale
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W88优德手机版 is the only Chinese law firm to be admitted as a member of Lex MundiandMultilaw, two international networks of independent law firms. W88优德手机版 and selected top law firms in major European and Asian jurisdictions are “best friends.” Through these connections, we provide high quality legal services to clients doing business throughout the world.
As the first carbon neutrality fund sponsored by a law firm in China, the BAF Carbon Neutrality Special Fund was jointly established by W88优德手机版 and the Beijing Afforestation Foundation (BAF) to promote carbon neutral initiatives, and encourage social collaboration based on the public fundraising platform to mobilize engagement in public welfare campaigns.