Zhixiang（Kevin）ZHOU

Representative Matters

• [Finance & Asset Management]
• As Managing Director of an investment institution, designed asset management plans for multiple family-owned enterprises and ultra high net worth individuals, provided services in relation to residency planning, onshore and offshore asset allocation, establishment of offshore trusts, tax planning, risk isolation, asset protection and wealth succession planning.
• As Managing Director of an institution, accomplished debt restructuring investment and successful exit for Xiamen project of Tahoe Group (Stock Code: 000732), with responsibilities including fund coordination, tax modeling, judicial disposal, contractor negotiations, and government liaison, etc.
• As in-house Legal Counsel of an investment institution, participated in the Pre-IPO investment in Uber Technologies, Inc., with responsibilities including outbound remittance of funds, transaction structure design, cross-border tax planning, and coordination with overseas professional service providers, etc.
• As in-house Legal Counsel of an investment institution, participated in the acquisition of a golf community project in Atlanta, USA, with responsibilities including on-site due diligence, outbound remittance of funds, transaction structure design, cross-border tax planning, and coordination with overseas professional service providers, etc.
• As in-house Legal Counsel of an investment institution, participated in an investment in a U.S. real estate fund, with responsibilities in relation to multifamily housing and other projects, including due diligence, outbound remittance of funds, transaction structure design, cross-border tax compliance, and coordination with overseas professional service providers.
• Provided full-scope legal services to a leading special situations fund for disposal of non-performing assets, including litigation, enforcement facilitation, bankruptcy proceedings coordination, tax modelling for asset disposal plans, and mass incident resolution, etc.

• [Tax Compliance & Wealth Structuring]
• Served as Assistant to the Chairman of a prominent U.S. charitable foundation, assisting with the administration of the foundation’s donations to Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as well as its tax compliance and day-to-day operations.
• Provided legal advisory services on filing of tax return and tax payment issues in relation to an offshore trust established by a Chinese Mainland ultra high net worth individual.
• Provided legal advisory services to an ultra high net worth individual on the preparation of documentation and compliance reporting in relation to the exchange of information under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
• Provided legal advisory services to an entrepreneurial family in relation to cross-border wealth structuring, the integration of existing entities into the structure, and cross-border tax compliance.
• Provided legal advisory services to a real estate entrepreneur on overseas residency and citizenship planning, offshore trust structuring, establishment of family office, and cross-border tax compliance.
• Provided legal services to key personnel of a listed technology company on overseas residency planning, cross-border tax planning and tax compliance for equity incentive arrangements.
• Provided legal services to a new energy company in relation to restructuring its cross-border business operations, including corporate structuring and cross-border tax compliance issues.
• Provided regular legal advisory services to a Singapore-based company, in relation to cross-border structure design, establishment of Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises (WFOEs), tax compliance, and risk incident settlements, etc.
• Provided legal services to a U.S. company in relation to cross-border structuring, establishment of a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE), tax compliance and risk incident settlements, etc.
• Provided tax planning services for equity structure adjustments of a securities investment private fund.
• Provided compliance advisory services to a company on a targeted tax compliance campaign initiated by the State Taxation Administration.
• Provided legal advisory services to a manufacturing company in relation to notice of additional tax payment, including calculation of the additional tax payable and appropriate resolutions.
• Provided legal services for a trust company in relation to the tax planning, issuance and ongoing compliance of a series of trust plans.

• [Finance, Asset Management & Commercial Dispute Resolution]
• Provided legal services for a Singapore-based company in a cross-border litigation of contract dispute in China.
• Provided legal services for a venture capital private equity fund in a litigation concerning valuation adjustment mechanism (VAM) repurchase dispute.
• Provided legal services for a venture capital private equity fund in an arbitration involving investors’ claims for compensation.
• Provided legal services for a company in a litigation concerning investment exit dispute of an investment project.
• Provided legal services to an entrepreneur on a private lending dispute.
• Provided legal services to a real estate company on a financial loan contract dispute.

• [Financial & Commercial Criminal Compliance]
• Provided criminal compliance advisory services for key personnel of a listed company.
• Provided criminal defense legal services for an individual involved in the Shanghai Tiandihui case.
• Provided legal services for a renowned Shanghai-based family-owned enterprise concerning criminal complaint filing in support of internal rectification.
• Provided legal services to a family-owned business in relation to its internal remediation, including anti-fraud investigations and criminal complaint filing.
• Provided criminal legal services for an individual involved in a nationally significant corruption case.

• [Government & Investment Platform Services]
• Provided legal services for a government-led community development public utility project.
• Provided legal services for a government-affiliated investment platform regarding a regional development project involving foreign investments.
• Provided legal services for a government-affiliated enterprise regarding the settlement of a series of risk incidents related to its investment targets.

Education Background

• School of Law, Tsinghua University (LL.M. in International Law)
• The Hague Academy of International Law (Trainee in Private International Law)
• Sichuan University Law School (LL.B.)

Professional Qualifications

• Bar Admission in P.R. China
• Certified Asset Management Professional by AMA of China

Professional Background

• Worked as Managing Director of an asset management company under a listed company
• Worked as Senior Vice President of an asset management company under a central state-owned enterprise
• Worked as Chairman Assistant of a U.S.-based charitable foundation
• Worked as an Attorney in the Finance Department of a renowned law firm
• Worked as Editor-in-Chief of Tsinghua University Law School’s English journal Tsinghua China Law Review during the pursuit of the LL.M. degree