Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Virginia Tam specializes in international corporate finance. Her work has included the representation of issuers, underwriters, and institutional investors in cross-border transactions covering the United States, Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Virginia has a strong technical background in computational physics and has represented a number of technology companies in securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

Matters in which Virginia has participated include:

• public offerings — initial public offerings and secondary offerings in the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore

• Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and private placements — global offering of equity securities and high-yield, exchangeable, convertible, and index-linked debt securities under Rule 144A/Regulation S; top-up placings under the Hong Listing Rules; and block sales of unregistered securities under Rule 144

• private equity — mezzanine debt financings, management buyouts, and leveraged recapitalizations

• mergers and acquisitions — horizontal mergers, tender offers, and reverse mergers; cross-border tender offers; and privatizations and

• regulatory compliance — corporate governance issues under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; restructuring matters under the Hong Kong Listing Rules; delisting from Nasdaq; and regulatory conflicts arising from dual listing.

Virginia was born and raised in Hong Kong and returned to Hong Kong in 2000 after her academic and professional training in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets
• Private Equity
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Representative Cases

• Convertible Bond Offering by Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
• Follow-on Public Offering
• Follow-on Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering by China Merchants Bank
• Initial Public Offering by Fosun International Limited
• Initial Public Offering by Hsu Fu Chi International Limited
• Issuance of Notes and Warrants by Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
• Issuance of Shares by Bus Online (Holdings), Ltd
• PIPE Transaction , (2009)
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Regulation S Convertible Bond Offering
• Regulation S Zero Coupon Convertible Bond Offering by Punj Lloyd Limited

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York

Published Works

• SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) and Various Other Foreign Issuer Reporting Requirements; Revises Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer and Business Combination Rules in Addition to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Guidance on the Use of Company Web Sites for Disclosure to Investors, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to Rule 15a-6 to Improve Regulation of Foreign Broker-Dealers, 2008
• SEC Proposes Revisions to the Cross-Border Tender Offer, Exchange Offer, and Business Combination Rules as Well as Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Certain Foreign Institutions, 2008
• SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption From Registration Under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Other Rules and Forms, 2008

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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