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Private Equity Fund/PE Fund
China has no code governing the PE (Private Equity) activities, which has experienced a high growth over the past years. The State Council and provincial governments have announced a series of national and regional rules and regulations to regulate the PE conduct such as fund establishment, operation, management and investment. PE is becoming an integral part of High Mark’s practices as we serve our PE clients, such as institutional and accredited investors and fund managers, helping them to manage investment risk.   
  
High Mark’s PE service includes without limitation:

 ● Participation in plans for fund establishment;  
 ● Reducing investment risk by improving investors’ internal governance structure;
 ● Design and evaluation of legal framework for fund establishment; Defining the rights and obligations of investors and fund managers;
 ● Developing and revising core legal documents, such as fund charter, internal governance rules, limited partnership agreement, etc.;
 ● Participation in negotiations between investors and fund sponsors; and developing and modifying related legal documents;
 ● Preparation of attorney opinion letter regarding PE fund manager registration; 
 ● Assistance in the risk control and investment regulation systems for fund managers; 
 ● Becoming a member of the investment decision committee as external legal counsel; participation in the meetings of investment decision committee to provide legal advice on important investment projects;    
 ● Evaluating the impact of changes in policies, rules and regulations, and market conditions on fund operations; and providing immediate solutions;
 ● At the stage of investment, assistance with investors in due diligence, designing investment framework, and developing and modifying legal documents required for each investment project.
 ● At the stage of project management, assistance with PE funds in improving a target company in corporate governance and in exercising shareholders’ rights; providing compliance training for target companies to go public;  
 ● At the stage of exit, assistance with our clients in selecting the right exit channel and developing an exit plan; offer legal services such as IPO, mergers and acquisitions, buyback and liquidation according to different exit plans.