DaHui Lawyers is a boutique law firm based in Beijing.

Focusses / specialisms    

The firm services private equity and venture capital investors to include hedge funds and other investors forming and investing in funds.

Key clients   

Key clients include China International Capital Corporation, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Yinxiang Biji, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Alibaba.

Research period review: 32^nd edition (2022/2023)     

The firm performed well in capital markets in 2021. They worked—mainly as lead counsel—on several (de-)SPAC deals as well as some IPOs and numerous pre-IPO private placements and share transfers.

In 2020, the firm assisted on over a dozen matters centred around funds—not counting many private equity or venture capital investments that just involved funds—and the total value involved was over $1 billion. Highlighted cases include Tiger Brokers’ various confidential transactions, Lenovo’s investment in Cyclone, and Xiaomi’s investment in a Chinese company. Although most of its cases are confidential, the legal issues and solutions involved have shown the professionalism of the firm.

Last year, the firm hired Lucy Lu from Morrison & Foerster. She focuses on cross-border investment and M&A. In 2021, the firm added Zhao Pei, a funds specialist, from Shearman & Sterling.

Deal highlights

All highlight cases the firm submitted are confidential.