Qi HUOPartner

Shanghai Office
Language:Chinese, English
Expertise: Corporate Capital Markets Private Equity and Investment Funds
Tel:+86 199 1654 0715
Email:huoqi@hylandslaw.com

Basic Profile

Education Background

2017-Present | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Law | Master
2013-2017 | Jilin University | Philosophy | Bachelor

Working Experience

2026-Present | Hylands Law Firm(Shanghai Office) | Partner
2020-2026 | Beijing Han Kun Law Offices Shanghai Branch | Lawyer

Professional Qualifications

PRC Bar Qualification
Fund Practitioner Qualification

Professional Background

QI HUO focuses on full-cycle legal services for domestic and overseas private funds, providing comprehensive and integrated support to domestic and international clients in the establishment, management, operation, and investment transactions of private funds and fund managers. His practice covers the formation, compliance operation, and liquidation of RMB and USD private equity funds, securities investment funds, and other types of funds.

QI HUO also specializes in corporate control arrangements and dynamic equity structure design, providing equity scheme design, equity incentive planning, investment and M&A support, and ongoing legal counsel services to numerous startups, growth-stage enterprises, and listed companies.

In the blockchain and digital asset compliance space, QI HUO has extensive practical compliance experience, offering compliance consulting and legal solutions to domestic and overseas blockchain enterprises and projects, as well as providing offshore structure setup and regulatory license application services to overseas crypto funds and investment institutions.

Furthermore, QI HUO has long been dedicated to the entertainment and media legal field, deeply engaging with film and television companies, artist teams, MCN agencies, and cultural creative investment institutions. He excels in film and television project investment, financing, production, and distribution, artist management, IP commercialization, copyright strategy and enforcement, entertainment industry compliance framework building, and complex dispute resolution.

Social Activities

Honors and Awards

Representative Cases

  • Corporate Business
  • Capital Markets
  • Private Equity and Investment Funds
  • Provided corporate control design, dynamic equity structure setup, and equity incentive scheme design legal services to multiple startups and growth-stage enterprises.        
  • Assisted multiple enterprises in completing equity investments, capital increases, M&A reorganizations, and asset acquisition projects, providing full-process legal services including transaction structure design, due diligence, agreement negotiation, and closing. 
  • Served as ongoing legal counsel to multiple technology companies, investment institutions, and platform-based companies, providing comprehensive legal services including corporate governance, compliance and risk control, contract review, and dispute prevention.        
  • Provided compliance consulting, operational architecture design, and legal risk assessment services to multiple domestic and overseas blockchain enterprises and technology projects.        
  • Provided offshore entity setup, regulatory license application, fund structure design, and operational compliance solutions to overseas crypto funds and investment institutions.        
  • Provided legal compliance analysis and institutional framework development for digital asset-related transactions, investments, and business models.        
  • Provided live streaming compliance, short video content risk control, influencer contracting, and commercial cooperation legal services to multiple MCN agencies and internet platforms.        
  • Provided IP licensing, commercialization, copyright strategy, and dispute resolution services to multiple cultural creative investment institutions and IP holders.    
  • Represented multiple private equity investment institutions in enterprise M&A and industry integration projects, responsible for transaction structure compliance design, M&A agreement drafting and negotiation, target company due diligence, and deal closing. 
  • Provided cross-border M&A legal services to multiple technology and manufacturing enterprises, involving entity structure organization across BVI, Cayman, Singapore, Hong Kong, and other jurisdictions, cross-border transaction compliance review, and post-M&A integration legal support.        
  • Provided compliance and risk control services for multiple corporate investment and financing projects, including legal analysis of investment and financing plans, transaction document review, related-party transaction compliance management, and post-investment legal risk assessment.        
  • Provided full-process legal services for film and television project investment, financing, production, commissioned production, distribution, and co-production projects to multiple film and television companies and producers.
  • Represented multiple top-tier domestic private equity investment institutions in establishing RMB special-purpose funds and blind pool funds, covering early-stage, growth-stage, and mature-stage project investments, and providing daily compliance and legal consulting services throughout the fund lifecycle.        
  • Represented multiple state-owned-background private equity investment institutions in establishing fund-of-funds, completing legal due diligence, transaction structure design, and investment compliance review for multiple sub-funds.        
  • Represented multiple domestic and overseas private equity investment institutions in completing QFLP fund establishment, registration, and operational compliance legal services.        
  • Provided private equity and securities investment fund manager registration legal services to multiple institutions, and served as ongoing legal counsel.        
  • Provided compliance operations, institutional development, and ongoing legal counsel services to multiple private securities fund managers and quantitative investment institutions.        
  • Represented multiple top-tier domestic private equity investment institutions in establishing BVI and Cayman USD blind pool funds, providing full-process legal support for cross-border structure setup, fund raising, and operations.        
  • Represented multiple top-tier domestic private securities/quantitative investment institutions in establishing BVI and Cayman SPC umbrella and standalone USD funds.        
  • Represented multiple Hong Kong Type 9 licensed institutions and overseas asset management institutions in establishing BVI and Cayman SPC umbrella USD funds, Hong Kong OFC umbrella funds, and Singapore VCC funds.        
  • Represented multiple domestic and overseas investment institutions in completing Hong Kong LPF fund establishment, compliance registration, and operational management legal services.    

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