On November 4, the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Office of Yenlex Partners and the “Innovation Protection and Compliance for Long-Term Success Practical Salon” were held at Hong Kong Plaza in Huangpu District, Shanghai. Mr. Zhao Mengda, CEO of Longcharm Group, Executive Chairman of Shanghai Prospect Development Institute (SPDI), and Chairman of the China Culture Promotion Association Industrial Investment Association (CCPAIIA), attended the event as an invited guest. Together with legal professionals, industry partners, and corporate representatives, he discussed topics including trade secret protection, corporate compliance governance, and capital market development.
Yenlex Partners serves as the dedicated legal counsel for Longcharm Group and also acts as legal counsel and specially engaged expert partner for Shanghai Prospect Development Institute (“SPDI”). The opening of the Shanghai office not only marks an important step for Yenlex in improving its national legal service network and deepening its presence in the East China market, but also creates more convenient conditions for deepening cooperation in Shanghai and enhancing service synergy with Longcharm Group and SPDI.
Professional Strength and Industry Influence Underpin Collaborative Development
Yenlex has accumulated extensive experience in private equity investment, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and cross-border investment, while continuously expanding its legal services in intellectual property, data compliance, and corporate outbound expansion. In 2026, Yenlex was recommended in the Private Equity and Venture Capital practice area of Chambers Greater China Region Guide, and was ranked in the M&A and Private Equity practice areas of the IFLR1000 Asia-Pacific rankings, reflecting its professional capabilities and market recognition.
Yenlex possesses a deep project track record in serving leading institutions and innovative enterprises. According to its official website, Mr. Zhao Menghan, Founding Partner and Director of Yenlex, has led his team in providing legal services for over 3,000 investment and financing transactions. Representative clients include well-known institutions and enterprises such as Matrix Partners China, Legend Capital, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Capital, ByteDance, and Xiaomi. This practical experience provides important support for understanding complex transactions, grasping industry needs, and coordinating the interests of multiple parties.
For Longcharm Group and SPDI, deepening cooperation with Yenlex not only helps secure professional legal support, but is also expected to leverage the experience, credibility, and professional network built through serving leading institutions to promote effective connections among industry, capital, talent, and professional service resources—translating the catalytic role of professional institutions into tangible value for project advancement and organizational development.
Leveraging Institutional Presence in Shanghai to Promote Closer and More Efficient Cooperation
Shanghai is a key fulcrum for Longcharm Group’s industrial layout and SPDI’s educational services. At present, Longcharm Group and SPDI have established multiple institutions in Shanghai, forming a local foundation for industrial cooperation, education and training, and resource matching. The opening of Yenlex’s Shanghai office provides both parties with more convenient communication conditions and service support closer to business operations, building on their existing advisory relationship.
Longcharm Group focuses on six major sectors—technology, culture, education, health, resources, and capital—and continues to promote industrial investment and resource integration. SPDI, meanwhile, is deeply engaged in cadre training, talent cultivation, and lifelong education. The advancement of industrial projects, the expansion of educational services, and the development of cross-regional cooperation all require professional legal services to support governance standards, rights protection, and risk prevention.
Building on the institutional presence of both parties in Shanghai, future efforts can further strengthen routine legal consultation, project assessment, contract review, and thematic exchanges—integrating legal services earlier into business planning and project execution, improving cooperation efficiency and risk response capabilities, and using this as a foundation to expand regional synergy across the Yangtze River Delta.
Connecting Industrial Investment and Talent Cultivation to Expand Professional Cooperation Scenarios
The salon examined trade secret protection from the perspectives of labor law, intellectual property law, and criminal law, and facilitated exchanges on compliance governance for startups, key decisions in Hong Kong IPOs, and risks and responses across all stages of private fund fundraising, investment, management, and exit. These topics are highly aligned with Longcharm Group’s industrial development needs and SPDI’s talent cultivation direction.
In terms of industrial investment, Longcharm Resources—a subsidiary of Longcharm Group—focuses on full-industry-chain investment in gold and other precious metals and is planning to establish an overseas gold M&A fund. Regarding cross-border resource M&A, fund structuring, transaction arrangements, and post-investment management, professional legal support helps balance commercial objectives with compliance requirements. Building on the existing advisory relationship, the Group will continue to strengthen professional communication with Yenlex, embedding compliance management throughout project screening, investment decisions, transaction execution, and post-investment management.
In terms of education and talent cultivation, SPDI can draw on Yenlex’s expert resources and practical experience to explore training programs, case-based teaching, and thematic salons on topics such as corporate compliance, intellectual property protection, investment and financing legal practice, and cross-border operational risks. By transforming frontline legal practice into targeted learning content, these initiatives can help business managers and relevant professionals enhance their capabilities in law-based operation, standardized governance, and risk identification.
Mr. Zhao Mengda stated that Longcharm Group has always attached importance to cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta region led by Shanghai, and regards compliance governance as an important foundation for industrial development and capital operations. The establishment of Yenlex’s Shanghai office provides a new opportunity for both parties to deepen exchanges and strengthen local synergy, and creates greater space for integrating industrial practice, education and training, and professional legal services.
Creating Economic and Social Value Through Professional Synergy
Going forward, Longcharm Group and SPDI will take the opening of Yenlex’s Shanghai office as an opportunity to further strengthen exchanges and collaboration on the existing foundation of cooperation, promoting mutual empowerment among industrial resources, educational resources, and legal professional capabilities.
By supporting standardized corporate operations, protecting innovation outcomes, enhancing professional talent capabilities, and promoting the steady implementation of industrial projects, all parties are expected to extend the value of cooperation to a broader range of enterprises and social groups—contributing to industrial upgrading, talent development, and the building of a law-based business environment in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region, and achieving shared enhancement of economic and social value.
Reference Links:
Chambers ranking information:
https://www.yenlex.com/index.php/news/content_763.html?lang=en-us
IFLR1000 ranking information:
https://www.yenlex.com/news/content_842.html