Dennis Yeung

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Dennis Yeung

Partner

 T:    +852 6088 4849

WeChat  Denniskky

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About Dennis

Dennis has over 20 years of legal experience in the corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions (M&As), securities and public listings and private equity sectors. Based in the Beijing office of international law firms for the past 16 years, Dennis has a thorough understanding of Chinese and international markets and practices, which he leverages to help clients achieve their strategic goals by bridging legal and cultural differences, including Chinese corporates seeking international presence.


Over the years, with a China focus, Dennis has advised many public and private companies, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions and private equity funds on sophisticated cross-border or offshore transactions, including offshore listings, corporate financings, M&As of listed and private companies, private equity investments, regulatory compliance and trust. 


Dennis is the co-contributor of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guides: Equity Finance 2024 on the trends and developments of the Hong Kong capital markets.  He is also the author of "International Offerings - Secondary Listing in Hong Kong and Other Jurisdictions" in ALB – Hong Kong IPO Handbook 2020, "Specific Issues in IPOs" in IPO Handbook for Hong Kong 2017 and "Listed Company Compliance Issues" in IPO Handbook for Hong Kong 2015. He also spoke at various seminars and webinars on Hong Kong listings and offshore trust in recent years.


Prior to joining this law firm, Dennis was a Representative and Senior Counsel at a leading international law firm. Prior to that, he was Of Counsel at various international law firms.


Dennis is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

Education

  • China University of Political Science and Law, Second Bachelor of Laws 
  • University of Hong Kong, PCLL
  • King’s College London, University of London, LL.M.
  • City University of Hong Kong, LL.B. (Hons)

Qualifications

  • Solicitor, High Court of Hong Kong

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Advising a world leading manufacturer of flash memory products in its sale of supply chain management business in Asia
  • Advising a HK-listed provider of coal supply chain services in China in its acquisition of a public mining company in Canada
  • Advising a HK-listed leading sportswear company in its disposal of equity interest in a famous athletic equipment brand in China
  • Advising a state-owned fund in its acquisition of a HK-listed entertainment company and its subsequent mandatory general offer to the shareholders of the HK-listed issuer
  • Advising a HK-listed construction company in its acquisition of shares by the acquirer and the subsequent mandatory general offer by the acquirer to its shareholders
  • Advising a HK-listed forestry company in its acquisition of shares by the acquirer and the subsequent mandatory general offer by the acquirer to its shareholders
  • Advising a HK-listed issuer in its voluntary conditional share exchange offer to acquire all of the issued shares of another HK-listed issuer
  • Advising a HK state-owned securities company in its acquisition of a GEM listed issuer and its subsequent mandatory general offer to the shareholders of the GEM listed issuer 
  • Advising a HK-listed issuer in its disposal of petroleum distribution business to a HK-listed state-owned energy company
  • Advising a HK state-owned asset management company and other vendors in their sale of a private company to a HK-listed issuer

Securities and Corporate finance

  • Advising a PRC leading dairy farming company in its pre-IPO investments, IPO and Hong Kong Main Board listing
  • Advising a PRC leading provider of coal supply chain services in its IPO and Hong Kong Main Board listing
  • Advising a Chinese manufacturer of oil refining agents and fuel additives that reduce undesirable emissions in its IPO and Hong Kong Main Board listing 
  • Advising a PRC leading producer of tantalum- and niobium-based metallurgical products in its IPO and Hong Kong Main Board listing 
  • Advising a PRC micro-credit company and a finance leasing company in its IPO and Hong Kong Main Board listing
  • Advising the joint sponsors in the IPO and a PRC leading hotel group in its Hong Kong Main Board listing
  • Advising the sole sponsor in the IPO and a well-known Chinese software company that provides PC/smartphone hardware and system benchmarking services in its Hong Kong Main Board listing
  • Advising the sole sponsor in the IPO and a Chinese manufacturer of industrial coated glass in its Hong Kong GEM listing
  • Advising on numerous Hong Kong IPOs of companies engaged in various industries, including food & beverage, retail, medical equipment, logistics, construction, financing, landscaping and mining
  • Advising a HK-listed issuer in its issuance of high-yield senior notes listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange 
  • Advising a HK state-owned investment bank (as the sole global coordinator and the placing agent) in the placing of H shares by a HK-listed local commercial bank in China
  • Advising a HK-listed issuer in its loan capitalization and issue of capitalization shares
  • Advising various HK-listed issuers in shares or convertible bonds placement, rights issue or other corporate finance transactions

Corporate, regulatory compliance, trust and others

  • Advising a Chinese hydropower group in the private equity investment by International Finance Corporation and other investors
  • Advising a private equity fund in its participation in the strategic investment of a multinational financial services company in a Chinese state-owned asset management company
  • Advising a PRC leading battery manufacturer in the private equity investments by two private equity funds
  • Advising a private equity investor in its pre-IPO investment in a leading Chinese medicine company
  • Advising a private investment company in the establishment of a joint venture for the development and operation of a timeshare hotel in the U.S.
  • Advising various HK-listed issuers on Hong Kong regulatory compliance 
  • Advising a world leading computer hardware and electronics producer in connection with its proposed establishment of a game-related social media platform 
  • Advising a number of HK-listed issuers in analyzing how US and European sanctions and export controls affect their historical or proposed transactions involving sanctioned countries
  • Advising a trust company in the establishment of an account receivables trust in Hong Kong
  • Advising on various family trust formations

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