Mid of last month, Chambers Yang was invited by the “Top Capital” Journal to discuss from the legal perspective the backdoor listing case of Paradise Silicon Valley which drew broad attentions across the industry. For that purpose, Chambers Yang wrote the paper “The Legal Risks of VC/PE to Exit by Backdoor Listing”. In this paper, Chambers explained that backdoor listing is indeed an optional exit way other than IPO for VC/PE, however, backdoor listing also has the very high legal risk and financial risk, in addition, backdoor listing may be confronted with risks of disapproval, failure in integration and other related risks such as related transactions, insider trading, stock price manipulation or malicious hype. The “Top Capital” Journal published this paper in the “Research Features” column of its May 2013 issue.
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杨春宝一级律师简介
杨春宝一级律师，大成上海高级合伙人、资本市场部主任、国资基金研究中心主任，大成中国区私募基金专业带头人、科技与文化法律研究中心联合牵头人。执业30余年，长期从事私募基金、投融资、并购重组法律服务，尤其对对赌研究颇深且具有非常丰富的实战经验，并专注于金融机构股权投资业务。2004年起多次入选The Legal 500"私募基金"和"公司与商业"等境内外各类律师榜单，代理的中国法院首例适用外国法律审理外国公司的董事损害小股东权益纠纷案入选上海高院发布的《上海法院域外法查明典型案例》和威科先行"要案头条"。入选上海涉外法律人才库、上海市司法局鼎新法治人才库、上海国有企业改制法律顾问团，具有上市公司独立董事任职资格，系多家知名高校的兼职教授或兼职研究生导师及上海市商务委跨国经营人才培训班讲师。出版《私募股权投资基金风险防控操作实务》等16本投融资法律专著。了解更多常见法律问题
借壳上市对VC/PE有哪些主要风险？
主要风险包括审批不通过、整合失败、关联交易、内幕交易、股价操纵及恶意炒作等，法律和财务风险均较高。
如何防范借壳上市中的法律风险？
需聘请专业法律顾问进行尽职调查，确保合规性，避免关联交易和内幕交易，并制定完善的整合方案。
借壳上市与IPO相比有何优劣？
借壳上市流程更快、门槛较低，但风险更高，易引发监管审查和财务问题；IPO更规范但耗时较长。
以上内容仅供参考，不构成法律意见。如需专业法律服务，请联系杨春宝一级律师：chambers.yang@dentons.cn
