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Jaguar Growth Partners and JHJ Logistics Acquire Brilliant, a Leading China Logistics Property Company

March 17, 2020

Hong Kong, New York & Shanghai - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Jaguar Growth Partners’ first Asia-focused fund (the “Fund”) and JHJ Logistics Limited in connection with the formation of a joint venture (the “Venture”) to acquire Brilliant (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Brilliant”). Paul Hastings also represented the Fund in the formation of a new private equity fund dedicated to real estate opportunities in Asia.

Jaguar Growth Partners, headquartered in New York, is a privately-held investment management firm focused on real estate companies and operating platforms.
JHJ Logistics is led by Messrs. Jason Lee, Han Chen and Jason Hsu, who were formerly executives with The Carlyle Group’s Asia real estate platform.

Brilliant is a leading provider of management services to the burgeoning logistics industry in China. Brilliant will acquire, develop and manage logistics projects in China.

On behalf of Jaguar Growth Partners, New York Corporate partners Michael L. Fitzgerald and Mike Huang led the Paul Hastings team in connection with the formation of the Venture, which team also included New York Of Counsel, Veronica Rodriguez and associate Guillermo Castellanos. Corporate partners Michael L. Fitzgerald and Lawrence J. Hass led the Paul Hastings team in connection with the Fund formation.

On behalf of JHJ Logistics, Hong Kong Real Estate partner Paul Guan and Shanghai Real Estate Of Counsel Elyn He led the Paul Hastings team in connection with the formation of the Venture, which team also included associate Eugenie Hui and China associate Janet Yuan. Shanghai Corporate partner Sophie Han led the Paul Hastings team in connection with the compliance review on the acquisition of Brilliant, which team also included associate John Tso and China associate Anqi Wei.

The Paul Hastings teams in Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai collectively represented the Venture in connection with the acquisition of Brilliant.

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