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Stephenson Harwood Offices
43/F, One Taikoo Place
979 King's Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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Yong Ren
Position
Registered foreign lawyer (New York)
partner Stephenson Harwood LLP London
Career
Yong is a registered foreign lawyer (New York) and partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP, London working in the investment funds/private equity team specialising in the establishment and operation of private investment funds.
Yong’s practice focuses on formation, management and investment of private investment funds, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, distressed opportunities funds, real estate funds, mezzanine funds, funds of funds and hedge funds based in the U.S., Asia (particularly in China) and Europe. More particularly: advising private fund sponsors on fund formation (some at the multi-billion-dollar level), administration, compliance, portfolio investment, and Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act related issues; working with local counsel from offshore jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Luxembourg, on organizing alternative investment vehicles, feeder funds or special acquisition vehicles; negotiating with service providers, including broker/dealer, placement agents, administrators and custodians; and advising on general partner/investment manager compensation arrangements.
Yong also advises institutional investors in structuring and negotiating their investments into private funds, co-investments and secondary transactions (including both portfolio acquisitions and GP-led secondaries transactions), with a focus in Asia Pacific.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Investment funds
The ‘responsive, professional and efficient team’ at Stephenson Harwood provides ‘practical and useful advice’ to fund managers on the establishment and regulation of a range of open-end and closed-ended funds of all types, including hedge funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, and credit funds. Drawing upon ‘a deep understanding of Asia’s asset management market’, team head Penelope Shen delivers a ‘top-tier service’ for fund managers and investors, which are appreciative of her ability to ‘navigate economic, political, and ESG factors’. Yong Ren, who acts for fund sponsors, investors, and managers in the formation of investment funds in Asia, joined from Proskauer Rose LLP in October 2023.
China > Investment funds: foreign firms
(Firms to watch)Headed by Penelope Shen in Hong Kong, the team at Stephenson Harwood showcases particular experience advising clients in the structuring, establishment and regulation of hedge, private equity and real estate funds. The team welcomed Yong Ren who joined from Proskauer Rose LLP in September 2023. Ren focuses on advising fund sponsors, investors and managers in the formation of investment funds in Asia.