Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Barbara's practice covers China-focused mergers and acquisitions, work for issuers and sponsors in relation to listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as well as private equity transactions. Barbara regularly advises on:

• general corporate and commercial matters, corporate finance, takeovers and mergers, corporate restructuring, securities law and regulatory compliance, and banking

• China inbound investments in a variety of industries ranging from financial institutions to food and beverage processing to infrastructure developments, outbound investments from Chinese entities into Hong Kong and other areas, and resolution of disputes between Chinese entities and overseas investors and

• international business transactions, including start-up for foreign investors, transfer of business, joint ventures, partnerships, franchising, and licensing.

Barbara is a native of Hong Kong and is a member of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising). She is also a China-appointed attesting officer appointed by the PRC Ministry of Justice.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Capital Markets
• Labor & Employment
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• Acquisition
• Acquisition
• Acquisition and investment
• Acquisition and investment
• Acquisition of Eastern Pacific Circuits
• Acquisition of interest in Guangdong Development Bank
• Acquisition of Kazakhstan interests
• Acquisition of Moritex Corporation , (2008)
• Alliance with Deutsche Bank
• Alliance with SingTel
• Charitable Fund Creation , (2007)
• Cross-border M&A
• Follow-on Public Offering
• Formation of Home Media Group
• Hong Kong Student Aid Society
• Identification and Development of Chinese Enterprises
• Initial public offering
• Initial Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering and Institutional Placing
• Initial Public Offering by Antonoil
• Initial Public Offering by G.A. Holdings Limited
• Initial Public Offering by Sinotronics Holdings Limited
• Initial Public Offering by SPG Land (Holdings) Limited
• Initial Public Offering by Texhong Textile Group Limited
• Investments and fund raisings
• ISO International Acquisition
• Issuance of Convertible Bonds by Bonus Earn Investments Limited
• Issuance of Notes by Dynamic Energy Holdings Limited
• Issuance of Shares by Bus Online (Holdings), Ltd
• Issuance of Shares by Great Team Backend Foundry, Inc.
• Joint Venture
• Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, CCB International Capital Limited
• Patent Registration
• Private Placement
• Privatization
• Real estate acquisition
• Regulation S Convertible Bond Offering
• Regulatory compliance issues
• Restructuring
• Restructuring
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes Offering
• Warnaco Buying Agency Acquisition

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• Australia
• Hong Kong
• Singapore

Education

• U of Hong Kong

Published Works

• Legal Considerations for Managing Restructurings in China, 2009
• Tackling the Problem of Company Name Piracy, 2006
• SAFE Specifies Registration Requirements in Relation to Outbound Investment by PRC Residents and Inbound Investment by Offshore Entities, 2005
• SAFE Issues New Rules on Outbound Investment by PRC Residents, 2005
• Investment in the People's Republic of China, 2004
• The CSRC’s “No Objection” Letter: Continuing Uncertainty for Venture Capitalists Looking to Exit from PRC Investments through the Hong Kong Capital Markets, 2002
• Proposed Amendments to the Hong Kong Listing Rules Relating to Corporate Governance Issues, 2002

Address

29th Floor, Edinburgh Tower; The Landmark
15 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Phones

852.3189.7207 (Business Phone)

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