Chao Zhao is an of counsel at Global Law Office (Beijing), with his main practice area focusing on private equity fund formation and fund daily legal affairs.

Chao Zhao has represented numerous leading market-oriented investment institutions in completing the formation of their private equity funds, covering various fund types such as comprehensive RMB funds, deal-specific funds, Co-GP structured funds, infrastructure funds, and secondary continuation funds. The types of investors he has engaged with in fund raising include insurance institutions, fiscal and government-owned investors, government investment funds, fund of funds, industrial investors, wealth management institutions, and high-net-worth individual investors. Additionally, Chao Zhao has provided legal due diligence, agreement drafting and negotiation services for government investment funds, fund of funds, and insurance institutions in their investments in private equity funds. He is well-trained in the common commercial and compliance requirements of both investors and managers in the market-oriented fundraising process of RMB funds, and can skillfully assist both parties in reaching consensus through structural design and contractual arrangements.

Chao Zhao has represented managers and investors in multiple fund restructuring secondary transactions and partnership interests transfer projects, possessing extensive experience in common transaction forms within the private equity fund field.

2020 till now, Global Law Office, Beijing

Admitted in the PRC (2023)

2018-2020 University of International Business and Economics