Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Don Hess focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and telecommunications. He has a wealth of experience in corporate strategic and operational decision-making in various industries.

Based in Hong Kong since 1994, Don has practiced as a lawyer in Australia, the United States, and Hong Kong; and he has more than 20 years experience advising clients doing business and investing in Asia.

Don has acted for global clients such as Schneider Electric, Thomson Corporation, Amcor, Kraft Foods, Macquarie Bank Group, DuPont, All Nippon Airways, and Sinopec.

His experience includes several years as director of legal affairs and company secretary of Hong Kong's leading telecommunications company, publicly listed Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd (formerly called Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. or Hongkong Telecom) and, following its acquisition of Hongkong Telecom in August 2000, as general counsel and company secretary of PCCW Limited.

Don is a member of the bars of Victoria (Australia), New York, and California; and he is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong. He has served as vice chair of the Partnerships Committee and chair of the Limited Liability Company Sub-Committee of the California State Bar and was the principal drafter of the California Limited Liability Company Act, which was enacted in 1994.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Government Regulation
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Telecommunications

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Defense Contracts, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Federal Contracts, Food & Drug Administration, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Housing & Urban Development, Joint Ventures, Law Enforcement Agencies, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Contracts, Trade Associations, Venture Capital, Veterans' Affairs, Welfare

Bar Admissions

• Hong Kong

Education

• Monash University - Australia

Published Works

• Chapter on In-House Counsel, Professional Conduct and Risk Management in Hong Kong, Thomson/Sweet & Maxwell, 2007
• Chapter on Limited Liability Companies, Venture Capital and Public Offering Negotiation, Aspen Law & Business, 1995

Address

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

Phones

852.3189.7211 (Business Phone)

Faxes

852.2868.5871 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com