Anti-Chinese feeling overstated, say US lawyers

While some say Chinese private equity investors may be discouraged from investing in US assets due to perceived anti-Chinese sentiment, lawyers argue their worries are overblown. Although Chinese PE firms tend to focus on the potential financial return of an acquisition – whereas state-owned enterprises have strategic ambitions – some may have principals with family connections to politicians and are likely to face scrutiny as a result, says Carl Valenstein, Washington, DC-based p…