JunHeLLP recently announced that capital markets and corporate expert Shani Chan (陈信贤) has officially joined its Hong Kong office as a partner. Mr. Chan previously practiced at Paul Hastings. His arrival will further enrich the partner roster of the firm across capital markets, corporate M&A, and regulatory compliance sectors.
With over 15 years of experience in the Hong Kong capital markets Mr. Chan provides comprehensive legal services to issuers and underwriters regarding Hong Kong initial public offerings, post-listing compliance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and regulatory investigations. He possesses extensive experience handling cross-border listing projects involving Chinese Mainland enterprises serving clients across a broad spectrum of sectors including TMT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, media, telecommunications, consumer goods, manufacturing, energy, logistics, education, real estate, and financial institutions.
Highlighting his exceptional market track record Mr. Chan has spearheaded numerous landmark cross-border capital operations. His recent notable mandates include representing WH Group the largest pork food enterprise in the world in the spin-off and Nasdaq listing of Smithfield Foods. Furthermore he advised on the global offering of H-shares for Lens Technology a core supplier to Apple, the global H-share offering for Transsion a global provider of smart devices and mobile internet services holding a leading market position in Africa, and the global H-share offering for Fibocom Wireless the first domestic wireless communication module enterprise to achieve an A-share and H-share dual listing.
Prior to joining JunHe Mr. Chan worked as a senior capital markets lawyer at the Hong Kong offices of Paul Hastings and Tian Yuan Law Firm where he served as leading counsel for major projects and frequently liaised with Hong Kong regulatory authorities on behalf of clients. Before these tenures he served as the General Counsel for the investment management firm WSGL and practiced at the Hong Kong local firm Chiu & Partners for over seven years.
The addition of Mr. Chan expands the total number of partners at the Hong Kong office of JunHe to 17. This marks another lateral talent acquisition completed by the Hong Kong capital markets team of the firm following the recruitment of capital markets partner Ryan Choi from Kirkland & Ellis earlier this year.
