Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1986

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese
• English

Lawyer Overview

A partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Investment Funds Group, Yvonne Y. F. Chan concentrates on the organization of pooled investment funds that raise private equity, including buyout funds, venture funds and funds of funds, as well as the arrangements among fund principals and sponsors. Ms. Chan has also worked extensively on foreign direct investments in China and mergers and acquisitions in the U.S., with a focus on cross-border joint ventures. Ms. Chan is recognized as a leading Investment Fund Formation and Private Equity lawyer by Legal 500.

A New Zealand-trained lawyer, Ms. Chan has worked in the firm's Beijing, Hong Kong and New York offices, and formerly served as General Counsel-North Asia of Glaxo China Limited in Hong Kong.

Ms. Chan is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese. She is qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand.

Areas of Practice

• Communications & Technology
• Corporate

West Practice Categories

Communications & Media Law, Science & Technology Law, Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1990
• New Zealand, 1983

Past Employment Positions

• Glaxo China Limited in Hong Kong, General Counsel-North Asia

Education

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989
  LL.M.
• Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law, Wellington, New Zealand, 1982
  LL.B.
  Honors: With Honors

Published Works

• New York City Adopts New Rules That Limit Political Contributions By Fund Managers, July 11, 2008
• SEC Plan to Register Advisers Fails to Convince, September, 2004
• Adoption of Amended Rule 206(4)-2 Under the Investment Advisers Act, October 15, 2003
• Investment Funds Group Update: SEC Staff Recommends Registration of Hedge Fund Advisers, September 30, 2003
• China Internet Culture Administration Interim Provisions, July 23, 2003
• Investment Funds Group Update: Emerging Issues for GPs and LPs Relating to Carry, July 11, 2003
• Taxation of M&A Transactions in China, July 10, 2003
• Pre-Merger Notification Requirement for Certain Foreign M&A Transactions Under China's New M&A Provisions, May 23, 2003
• Pre-merger Notification Requirement for Certain Foreign M&A Transactions Under China's New M&A Provisions, May 8, 2003
• Interim Provisions on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, April 4, 2003

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