Biography
Ms. Lu has extensive experience in securities investment funds (the “Fund”) and other types of asset management business. In Fund area, Ms. Lu has provided ongoing legal services for nearly 60 domestic and foreign invested securities investment fund management companies and represented dozens of onshore and offshore financial institutions to participate in the establishment, merger and acquisition of securities investment fund management companies. Meanwhile, Ms. Lu acts as the legal advisor for nearly 500 domestic open-ended Funds in the PRC, which involve varieties of Funds including equity fund, hybrid fund, bond fund, money market fund, ETF and many innovative Funds. In addition, Ms. Lu acts as the legal advisor for dozens of QDII Funds offered in the PRC, representing domestic QDII Funds to develop cooperation with well-known offshore banks and global asset managers. Ms. Lu also has extensive experience in the operation of QFII and RQFII and is expert on assisting offshore institutions to apply for QFII and RQFII licenses and providing QFII and RQFII with legal support on ongoing legal and compliance requirements in the PRC.
Ms. Lu has extensive experience in Stock Connect, Bond Connect and Mainland-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds and is often engaged by offshore asset managers as PRC legal advisor.
Since 2016, Ms. Lu has represented a large number of well-known global asset managers to set up WFOE, QDLP WFOE and PFM WFOE in the PRC and assisted them to obtain different types of business licenses in the PRC and issue various fund products.
Ms. Lu also provides professional legal services for enterprise annuity fund, social security fund and investment mandate. Meanwhile, Ms. Lu acts as the legal advisor of kinds of asset management products issued by commercial banks and trust companies. Ms. Lu represents onshore and offshore financial institutions to provide legal services for the establishment and acquisition of joint venture securities companies as well.
Ms. Lu is often invited by regulators to provide legal advice on the latest legislation. Moreover, Ms. Lu frequently provides training on PRC asset management business for fund industry associations in Mainland China, Hong Kong, the United States and Luxembourg.