Mr. Hu obtained his LL.B. degree from the Law School of Nanjing University in 2002. In 2004, he obtained his LL.M. degree from Leicester Law School, UK with distinction. Mr. Hu focuses his practice in capital market, private equity investment, cross-border M&As, and foreign direct investment. He has a wealth of experience in various industries such as Value-Added Telecommunications Business (mainly with internet companies), biopharmaceutics, healthcare and life sciences, food, retail, sports & entertainment, real estate, new energy, minerals, advertising & media, department stores, real estate and traditional manufacturing. He has assisted many domestic and foreign private equity funds with mergers, acquisitions, and equity investments involving equity interests and assets in China, and taken the lead in numerous public listing projects of Chinese companies on stock exchanges such as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, the Shanghai/Shenzhen Stock Exchange and other regional stock exchanges. Listed below are some of Mr. Hu’s major awards and honors: 

• He has been recommended by Chambers Global Guide and Chambers Asia Pacific Guide in Capital Market: Stock and Bond Issuance and Private Equity and Venture Capital in consecutive years.

• He has been recognized as Recommended Layer in Capital Markets and Leading Lawyer in Private Equity by The Legal 500 in consecutive years. 

• He has also been consecutively recognized as Recommended Lawyer in Capital market (Equity), Private Investment and Merger and Acquisition by International Financial Law Review (IFLR).