Corporate Finance
Our expansive capabilities
capabilities throughout Asia, the Americas, Europe and the
Middle East allow us to handle complex cross-border
cross border deals. We provide a
one-stop
stop shop for both established and emerging market issuers accessing
global capital markets.
Overview
“Recommended law firm
for debt and equity
capital markets.”
– PLC Which Lawyer?
Yearbook 2007
“The firm has a healthy
flow of IPO instructions
largely for Hong Kong
issuers with PRC assets
and underwriters”
– Asia Pacific Legal 500
(2007/2008)
Corporate Finance is at the core of
Mayer Brown’s practice in every one
of its offices worldwide. Our
Corporate
orporate Finance lawyers provide a
full range of legal services on
corporate finance affairs to leading
global companies and financial
institutions with respect to some of
their most important transactions.
Our expansive capabilities
throughout Asia, the Americas,
Europe and the Middle East allow us
to handle complex cross-border
cross
deals
and, at the same time, use our local
market knowledge and deep
understanding of industry-specific
industry
issues to ensure we provide the best
solutions for clients anywhere in the
world.
We are well-known
well
for our counsels
and for our deal-making
deal
capabilities,
and our longstanding clients look to
us as trusted partners involved in the
life of their businesses.
In Asia, we have established a solid
team of bilingual lawyers who can
effectively
ely assist our clients to bridge
any cultural gaps and overcome any
language barrier relating to both
inbound or outbound PRC transac
transactions. Recently, to meet the growing
need of US legal services of our
clients, our Asia practice has
expanded to provide o
on the ground
US corporate and securities legal
support.
“With an “excellent
corporate client base”
and experience across a
range of M&A matters,
the team is much in
demand.”
– Chambers Asia 2009
Fund Raisings
Regulatory Compliance
We have extensive experience in
acting for companies engaged in
different sectors and for
underwriters on listings on the Main
Board and Growth Enterprise Market
of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as
well as listings on the Alternative
Investment Market of the London
Stock Exchange. In addition, we also
advise on equity and debt fund
raisings by listed companies
following their initial public offerings
(“IPO”) and the pre-IPO investments
in to-be-listed companies.
With an excellent corporate client
base, Mayer Brown JSM regularly
advises and excels in its ability to
assist its listed clients in handling
their ongoing compliance with the
Stock Exchange Listing Rules and
other regulatory requirements. Our
objective is to provide in-house
compliance departments with
whatever external support they
require in a manner that
compliments their internal resources.
Mergers & Acquisitions
We advise listed and unlisted
companies on a range of mergers
and acquisitions, some of which are
subject to the regulatory supervision
of the Securities and Future
Commission of Hong Kong and/or the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Our work includes:
● Public takeovers, privatisations
and reverse takeovers
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●
Private acquisitions and disposals
●
Reorganisation
●
Corporate rescue involving
change of control
US Securities Law
Our on-the-ground US corporate and
securities group in Asia enables us to
represent Asian-based issuers,
underwriters and other financial
institutions in accessing the US
capital markets. This new capability
provides additional resources that
allows our clients to enjoy a one-stop
legal service for securities law advice
in connection with global offerings of
equity and debt securities. Our Hong
Kong-based US team advises
corporations, investment funds and
financial institutions on public
offerings and private placements of
securities in the US (including Rule
144A offerings), as well as public
takeovers, tender offers, and
crossborder mergers, acquisitions
and divestitures which implicate US
securities laws and takeover rules.
Talk to Us
HK CORPORATE FINANCE GROUP
Derek Tsang
Partner
+852 2843 2591
[email protected]
Jacqueline Chiu
Partner
+852 2843 2447
[email protected]
Jeckle Chiu
Partner
+852 2843 2245
[email protected]
Chester Wong
Partner
+852 2843 4273
[email protected]
US SECURITIES LAW
Mark Uhrynuk
Partner
+852 2843 4307
[email protected]
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strength means we can offer local market knowledge combined with global reach.
We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges
worldwide. We serve many of the world’s largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX, Hang Seng and
Nikkei index companies and more than half of the world’s largest banks. We provide legal services in areas such as banking and finance; corporate and securities;
litigation and dispute resolution; antitrust and competition; employment and benefits; environmental; financial services regulatory and enforcement;
government and global trade; intellectual property; real estate; tax; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and wealth management.
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