Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Cantonese
• English
• Mandarin

Lawyer Overview

Katherine U focuses her practice on cross-border investments, mergers, and acquisitions in Hong Kong and mainland China. Katherine also advises local and Chinese issuers and investment banks on Hong Kong Stock Exchange listings and secondary fund-raisings, takeovers, and privatizations of Hong Kong-listed companies. She represents many Hong Kong-listed companies in their commercial transactions and regulatory compliance matters.

Katherine recently advised a Fortune 500 logistics company in its acquisition of logistics businesses in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Katherine is a frequent speaker on regulatory compliance and corporate governance for Hong Kong-listed companies.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate & Property Companies

Representative Cases

• Initial Public Offering
• PIPE Transaction , (2009)
• Private Placement
• Rights Offering
• Strategic Alliance with China Mobile

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, Shareholders' Rights, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• British Columbia
• Hong Kong

Education

• U of Brit Columbia - Canada

Address

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

Phones

852.3189.7308 (Business Phone)

Faxes

852.2868.5871 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com