Ziyi Shi

Vice President, Legal at Real Ventures
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, CA
Languages
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Chinese Limited working proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President, Legal
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Heads the legal function at Real. Building, iterating and implementing legal tools and processes. Advises and supports the leadership, investment and operations teams. Oversees all legal aspects of fund investments, fundraising and day-to-day commercial matters.

    • Diversity and Inclusion Lead
      • Feb 2021 - Present

    • Director of Legal Affairs
      • May 2018 - Nov 2021

    • Canada
    • Law Practice
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate
      • 2014 - 2017

      Lead associate on two of the biggest Canadian VC financings of 2017, a strategic Québec-China private partnership and the creation of the Programme des gestionnaires en émergence du Québec. Frequently advised clients on all manner of corporate matters, including governance, financings, M&A, insolvencies and reorganizations.

    • Articling and Summer Student
      • 2010 - 2014

      Summer and articling student in the Corporate, Litigation and Insolvency departments.

    • Canada
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Legal Counsel, Structured Transactions and Products
      • Apr 2015 - Sep 2015

      External secondment while at Osler. Advised on and reviewed continuous disclosure and regulatory compliance of derivative products. External secondment while at Osler. Advised on and reviewed continuous disclosure and regulatory compliance of derivative products.

Education

  • University of Oxford
    Magister Juris (MJur), Law
    2011 - 2012
  • Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II)
    Certificat élémentaire en droit français et européen
    2011 - 2011
  • Université de Montréal
    Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
    2008 - 2011
  • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
    Summer School at Peking University
    2010 - 2010

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