Lin Lin’s LLM ’06, PhD ’10, new monograph, Venture Capital Law in China, has been published by Cambridge University Press

Engineering a venture capital market requires solving a common set of problems, but each country comes to the task having to work with the bricolage left by its history. China’s venture capital market is not just the world’s largest and fastest developing market, it also has the unique distinction of being engineered through heavy governmental intervention. This book breaks new ground by examining and testing established legal theories regarding the law of venture capital through the lens of the Chinese venture capital market. Using a hand-collected dataset of venture capital agreements, interviews with practitioners, and Chinese court judgements, it provides a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the Chinese venture capital market from a legal perspective. Topics covered include the roles of law and governmental intervention in developing the market, the state of investor protection, unique contractual developments, and exits of venture capital investments. By providing an in-depth comparative analysis against the American venture capital market, this book provides critical context and makes the Chinese venture market accessible. It is an invaluable resource for venture capital scholars, policymakers, and practitioners.

The book is included in the prestigious International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation series at CUP, which leads the scholarly and policy debate by publishing cutting-edge, timely and critical examinations of the most pressing and important questions in the field.

Further details about the book may be found here.