Corporate Finance

Many of our major clients gravitate to Hong Kong given its unique geographic location and its position as Asia’s premier financial hub. We understand that navigating the complex world of corporate finance requires a unique composition of legal expertise, financial acumen, and a strategic mindset. To help our clients navigate the complexities and challenges of the corporate world, our team is equipped to provide a practical approach leveraging our knowledge and experience in corporate finance.

Beyond our broad legal experience in corporate finance law, our lawyers are also strategic advisors and trusted partners that can provide invaluable insight to our clients’ investments. Our lawyers pride themselves on their well-established and reputable track record with clients across different industry sectors and differing types of entities, including but not limited to start-up companies, financial institutions, listed companies, and multinational corporations.

Services

We have extensive experience in providing legal services related to the following:

Corporate restructuring (domestic and international)
Pre-IPO investments and restructuring
Capital raising by way of rights issues, open offers, placing and issues of warrants, convertibles and other debt securities
Share repurchase, buyback arrangement, capital reduction
Secondary market equity fund raisings in the form of shares, convertible instruments, warrants etc.
Dim sum bonds, bonds of investment grade, high-yield bonds and green bonds
Private equity and joint venture
HK Listing Rules and Takeovers Code compliance
SFC licensing compliance
Regulatory investigations involving market misconduct in the securities market, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery

Why us

Our Corporate Finance team has a deep understanding of the operation of the finance and capital markets in Hong Kong. Our services cover a wide range of corporate finance matters, including but not limited to private equity financings, pre-IPO investments, listings and secondary fund raisings, joint ventures and investments, mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, spin-offs, asset injections and other corporate restructurings.

We keep abreast of the complex and dynamic listing and regulatory regime in Hong Kong and are equipped to assist our clients in navigating through any significant changes made to the regime and identifying any risks and opportunities at an early stage.

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