Shanghaivest's team is multicultural by nature, with a mix of European and Chinese partners and associates. The team is well versed in the intricacies of cross-cultural business relationships. It brings a combination of the legal, financial engineering, business and technology consulting expertise needed to execute highly complex cross-border M&A deals.
Bruno started working with several French VCs on expanding into China in 2006, and joined Ventech (a US$ 500-Mil Fund) as the "first China employee" in 2007. He then went on to set up Shanghaivest, an investment banking advisory firm focused on cross-border M&A and private placement transactions between Europe and China. On the non-profit side: Bruno founded the Shanghai Chapter of MobileMonday (a mobile industry community) in 2006 and joined the Steering Committee of AngelVest, a pioneering China-based angel investment organization in 2010. Bruno shares his time between Europe and China, and is a regular speaker and moderator at technology and investment conferences. Contributor of several articles and theses on China investment and M&A.Read More
Ghislain de Mareuil has been based in China or working on China-related transactions since 2001. He advised numerous European and US companies and funds on how to structure their investments or operations in China and helped them negotiate with their Chinese partners or with Chinese authorities. He also assisted Chinese companies in their dealings with Western businesses. Read More
Lui has been working in China since 2008. From that point in time, as a self-employed business consultant, he advised and helped several Western companies or their China-based subsidiaries (e.g. Gerflor Group, Oxymetal Group, Altrad Group) to expand, develop, restructure, manage and operate their businesses in China. Read More
Phil started his career in finance and IT positions in subsidiaries of companies like Vinci or Electrolux, mainly in construction and retail (BtoB and BtoC), mostly in charge of organisational projects, then join SEGA to be responsible of Southern Europe territories for the mobile gaming business unit based in London.Since 2007, Phil is developing lobbying activities for European companies interested to develop their activities with tech leaders in Silicon Valley. Phil writes chronicles about the startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley several french online magazines.