• B.Sc. (Hon) University of Hong Kong (1981)
• CPE (Manchester Polytechnic, UK) (1991)
• LLB University of Peking, People’s Republic of China (2000)
• Solicitor of Hong Kong (1994)
• Solicitor of England & Wales (1995)
• China Appointed Attesting Officer (2009)
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (current)

Capital Markets & Listed Companies

• Acting for sponsors and issuers from overseas and Mainland China in the initial public offering and listing of the issuers on the Main Board & GEM Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
• Advising listed companies on their post-IPO secondary offerings including rights issue, share placements, bond & warrants issuance etc and notifiable transactions including reverse takeovers and extreme transactions under the Listing Rules
• Advising listed companies on the various types of employee incentive schemes including share options scheme and share incentive scheme and preparing the scheme and offer documents
• Advising listed companies on their general regulatory compliance by way of an annual retainer

Regulatory Compliance

• Advising listed companies on their compliance with the laws and regulations including the Hong Kong Listing Rules, Hong Kong Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buybacks, Securities & Futures Ordinance (Cap 571, Laws of Hong Kong) , Companies Ordinance (Cap 622, Laws of Hong Kong) and related laws and regulations
• Advising licensed corporations regulated by the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) including types 1,4,6 & 9 licences and relevant SFC rules, codes and guidance notes and application for such licences
• Advising listed companies on their regulatory investigation by the Hong Kong Securities & Regulatory Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and attending interviews with client by the regulators

Mergers & Acquisitions, pre-IPO investments and Joint Ventures

Listed companies

• Advising the offeror and offeree companies in respect of voluntary and compulsory general offer obligations under the Hong Kong Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buybacks
• Advising listed companies on their acquisitions and disposals of assets in compliance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules including application for the relevant waivers from compliance with the Listing Rules

Private Companies

• Advising the sell side or buy side in the acquisition or disposal of shares or assets of the target companies in different industry sectors including pharmaceuticals, high-tech, life science, real estate, hospitality, retail & consumers, financial investments, logistics, heavy industry, dairy, insurance, asset management, manufacturing and telecom sectors and handling the drafting of documentation, due diligence, issue of legal opinions and closing
• Advising clients on the set up of various types of joint ventures in China and overseas in various industry sectors and preparing the joint venture agreements and assisting on closing
• Advising private equity funds, venture capitals, financial and industry investors in their pre-IPO investments of target companies in various industry sectors prior to the listing of the target companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Financing Projects

• Advising lenders and financiers including state-owned corporations in their debt and acquisition financing of borrowers secured against assets in different jurisdictions and preparing the loan and security documents
• Advising lenders on the negotiation and restructuring of loans in default including preparing the refinancing agreements and the amended and restated security documents
• Advising real estate fund in their refinancing of distressed assets in the real estate industry

Debt Restructuring

• Advising white knight in the rescue of listed companies in financial difficulties and winding up involving negotiating and preparing the debt restructuring agreements with the creditors, fulfilment of various conditions precedent, scheme of arrangement, application for resumption of trading of shares, general offer obligation under the Takeovers Code and open offer under the Listing Rules
• Advising lenders or borrowers in financial difficulties on the debt restructuring of the borrowers and negotiating and preparing the debt restructuring documents

China Direct Investments

• Advising clients in setting up various types of joint venture in China including equity joint venture, cooperative joint venture and wholly foreign owned enterprises in different industry sectors
• Advising overseas clients in investing into restricted businesses in China involving VIE structure
• Advising clients in the acquisition of infrastructure targets in China including toll roads and bridges

Other Practices

• Advising single and multi-family offices in the setting up of the offices and their investment projects in various industry sectors
• Providing clients with China attesting services as China Appointed Attesting Officer

• Chairman, Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123, Laws of Hong Kong) (since 2024)
• Chairman, Audit Committee, Hong Kong Baptist University (2023-2024)
• Chairman, Task Force on Review of the Hong Kong Baptist University Ordinance (Cap 1126, Laws of Hong Kong)(2023-2024)
• Council Member, Hong Kong Baptist University (2019-2024)
• Honorary Legal Adviser, Belt & Road General Chamber of Commerce (since 2017)
• Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Committee, Huangpu district, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China (2017-2021)
• Member of the Professional Services Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (2013-2017)
• Honorary Legal Adviser, Central and Western District Children Choir (since 2024）