About Hardy

Hardy advises clients on structuring and tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border business transactions – including fund formation, venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and capital market transactions. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, advising nonprofit organizations. Before moving to New York in 2021, he spent eight years at a global law firm’s China office, where he advised US multinational clients operating and investing in China on a wide range of Chinese and international tax issues.

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Vanara Capital Announces Firm Launch and Strategic Partnership With TPG

Vanara Capital Announces Firm Launch and Strategic Partnership With TPG

August 19, 2025

Cooley advised Vanara Capital, an investment management firm focused on providing flexible capital solutions for growth-stage technology companies, on its strategic partnership with TPG NEXT.

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Jaclyn Rabin
Partner, New York
David Selden
Partner, New York
Kevin Beckoff
Associate, New York
Benjamin Shulman
Associate, New York
Aalok Virmani
Partner, Chicago
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Meredith Ashlock
Associate, Colorado
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Steven A. Zuckerman
Associate, New York

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Fund Formation
Tax
Mergers and Acquisitions
Venture Capital
Labor and Employment

Cooley Advises SoftEye in Sale to TDK

Cooley Advises SoftEye in Sale to TDK

June 19, 2025

Cooley advised SoftEye, a San Diego-based company developing specialized chips, cameras, software and algorithms for use in smart glasses, on its sale to TDK Corporation, a Tokyo-based global leader in advanced electronic solutions designed for a smarter, more connected world.

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Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Maureen Nagle
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Michelle Liskanich
Associate, Santa Monica
Tucker Cochenour
Associate, Palo Alto
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Norma Chayo Dichi
Associate, Washington, DC
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC

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Emerging Companies

CVP NLH Advisors Limited Closes $115 Million Oversubscribed CVP NoLimit Fund II

CVP NLH Advisors Limited Closes $115 Million Oversubscribed CVP NoLimit Fund II

June 3, 2025

Cooley advised CVP NLH Advisors Limited, an investment firm focused on global blockchain assets, on the closing of its $115 million second crypto fund, CVP NoLimit Fund II.

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Pang Lee
Partner, Hong Kong
Joyce Wang
Counsel, Hong Kong
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Yingnan Tao
Legal Consultant, Beijing
Yitong Pan
Paralegal, Beijing
Xun Zeng
Partner in Charge – Beijing, Beijing
Kepei Miao
Associate, Singapore
Qi Wang
Associate, Beijing

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Fund Formation
Blockchain Technology and Tokenization
Asia
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Scribble Ventures Closes $80 Million Oversubscribed Fund III

Scribble Ventures Closes $80 Million Oversubscribed Fund III

May 21, 2025

Cooley advised Scribble Ventures, an early-stage venture firm that invests in pre-seed artificial intelligence (AI) companies, on the close of its $80 million third fund.

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John Clendenin
Partner, Palo Alto
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York

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Fund Formation
Artificial Intelligence
Venture Capital
Tax

Construct Capital Raises $300 Million Fund III

Construct Capital Raises $300 Million Fund III

April 1, 2025

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John Clendenin
Partner, Palo Alto
Katelyn Kimber
Partner, Washington, DC
Chris Bates
Associate, Boston
Bella Berkley
Associate, Boston
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Jon Turk
Senior Paralegal, Washington, DC

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Fund Formation
Venture Capital
Tax
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Memberships and affiliations

Asia Practice Committee, Asian American Bar Association of New York, co-chair

Central/East Asia & China Committee, American Bar Association International Law Section, vice chair

American Bar Association Tax Section, member

New York State Bar Association Tax Section, member

USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association, member