Vincent Cheng

Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Vincent has been involved in the following selected transactions:

• An Asia real estate fund managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) on its formation of a joint venture with the management team at Haoyang Data and Mandarin Capital to acquire an 80 per cent interest in a data center asset known as Baoding No. 1 Data Center Project in Hebei Province, China 
• LaSalle Investment Management, a leading global real estate investment firm, on the formation of a joint venture with Bluetown Group, a renowned high-quality developer in China, for the bidding and acquisition of a large scale mixed-use land near Hangzhou, China. The land is expected to be developed into a modern living community with a gross floor area of over 200,000 square meters 
• Sino-Ocean Prime Office Partners I LP, a US$1.4 billion fund formed by Sino-Ocean Capital, on the acquisition of Ocean Office Park and Project Z6, two grade-A office projects located in the central business district of Beijing

Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Vincent has been involved in the following selected transactions:

• SDP Investment in the formation of a joint venture with an international institutional investor in connection with the acquisition of U-Show Plaza in Beijing for an investment amount of approximately RMB4 billion
• A Chinese real estate asset management company in its joint venture with a leading global logistics and warehouse developer and an Asian multinational conglomerate, and the formation of a private equity fund focusing on real estate investments in the Greater China area
• A leading Chinese asset management company, in its joint venture with a Hong Kong based asset manager and the formation of a private equity fund focusing on special situations investments in the Greater China area
• A fund sponsor backed by a leading global logistics company in its formation of a private equity fund focusing on commercial real estate investment in mainland China
• A leading global cryptocurrency exchange in its investment in Series A round financing of a U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange and subsequent disposition of its Series A preferred shares with a value in excess of US$2 billion
• A leading Chinese credit management company in its Series B and C rounds of pre-IPO financing and subsequent U.S. IPO related matters
• A Chinese sovereign wealth fund in a variety of asset management and hedge/PE fund transactions
• One of the largest insurance companies in China, in its investments in multiple private equity funds across multiple industries and strategies
• A leading international financial institutions in China, in its formation of offshore private equity fund of funds for investments primarily in private equity funds managed by U.S.-based or Europe-based managers, as well as its investment in various funds around the globe