Ms. Elaine Li's practice focuses on offshore funds formation, onshore funds formation and private equity investments. 

Ms. Li represents fund sponsors in forming various funds, including USD-denominated blind-pool funds, project funds, and USD and RMB denominated parallel funds.  She also advises fund sponsors on their internal arrangements, operational compliance and downstream investments. She also represents different investors in connection with their investments in private equity funds.

Ms. Li's recent representative projects include:

■ representing Alibaba in its investments in several USD-denominated funds and RMB-denominated funds

■ representing Challenjers in setting up its first offshore private equity fund, with a target size of US$500 million

■ representing Temasek in its first investment in a QFLP fund

■ representing Pagoda in setting up its third offshore private equity fund, with a target size of US$400 million

■ representing Hillhouse in setting up its USD and RMB denominated parallel funds, with a combined size of over RMB600 million

■ representing Hillhouse in its investments in two USD-denominated funds

■ representing 3W Partners in setting up a single-project fund (with a total size of approximately US$50 million)

■ representing CCB Trust in setting up several single-project funds for a number of sizeable private equity investments

■ representing CCB Trust in setting up its first mutual fund and second mutual fund

■ representing Huagai Capital in settingt up a multiple-projects fund

■ representing Asian Green Fund in settingt up a multiple-projects fund

■ representing CITIC in its investments into two USD denominated private equity funds sponsored by Xinjin Holdings (with a total size of approximately US$1 billion)

■ representing eWTP Capital in its investment of US$15 million into ATM Investment Fund I L.P.

■ representing CLSA in setting up its USD denominated fund, with a target size of US$70 million

■ representing Beijing E-Town International Investment & Development Co., Ltd. in its investment of US$100 million into a USD denominated private equity fund primarily focusing on the German and other European countries

■ representing CX Capital in setting up its first offshore private equity fund, with a total size of US$100 million

■ representing Houwei Mango Dimension in setting up its single-project funds to invest in NetEase Cloud Music

■ representing Green Pine Capital on its equity financing to invest in DJI, with a total size of US$65 million

Ms. Li earned an LL.B. from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, an LL.M. from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Juris Doctor degree from City University of Hong Kong.

Ms. Li is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English.