近期，环球律师事务所代表红星美凯龙成功完成了26亿元人民币的融资项目。此次融资由环球合伙人林华伟律师负责带头。

华平投资集团、中信产业基金、复星集团和渤海产业基金联合向国内大型连锁家居购物中心零售运营商红星美凯龙注资。

此次多方联合投资是继2007年华平投资集团近2亿美元注资后，红星美凯龙获得的的第二轮融资，也是目前中国家居行业史上最大的一宗融资案例。

Global Law Firm, led by partner Lin Huawei, has recently secured a US$389m investment for Red Star Macalline, a leading furniture retailer in China, from investors including Warburg Pincus, CITIC Private Equity, Fosun Group and Bohai Industrial Investment. The investment marks the largest ever financing transaction of its kind for the local furniture industry.

The investment is Red Star’s second round of financing. In 2008, Warburg Pincus, a US PE fund, invested US$200m into Red Star in exchange for a 20% stake. Red Star was then advised by Llinks partner David Yu.

According to Red Star, the company plans to open at least 200 chain stores across China by 2020. The furniture retailer is also looking to speed up its IPO plans in order raise capital for its planned outlets.

Established in 1986, Red Star operates 66 stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other 40 cities in China. Sales in 2009 exceeded RMB313m, ranking it first in the nation's retail furniture industry.

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