Clifford Chance recently announced the appointment of Beijing-based Counsel Dayan Jiang (蒋大雁) as the Deputy Head of HK Listing Compliance for Chinese Companies. This appointment aims to further expand the coordinated management and business leadership of the firm across ongoing corporate compliance of listed entities, continuous disclosure, and subsequent capital operations.
Ms. Jiang specializes in capital markets, the offer of shares for public subscription, and corporate compliance of listed entities consistently serving entities across sectors including financial institutions, artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, industrial technology, consumer goods, and healthcare. Highlighting her recent market track record she advised Laopu Gold a luxury jewellery retailer in China on its successful placement of 4.31 million new H-shares in May 2025. Her mandate portfolio also encompasses the fulfillment of post-listing ongoing compliance, follow-on offerings, equity incentive plans, and regulatory responses for securities transactions.
Ms. Jiang joined Clifford Chance in 2011 and was promoted to Counsel in 2020. Prior to her tenure at the firm she served as legal counsel at the HK-listed central government-owned enterprise COFCO Corporation. Before her in-house role she practiced at another top international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer combining extensive cross-border practice experience with internal legal operational insights from a massive corporate group. She holds an LL.B. and an LL.M. from the China University of Political Science and Law alongside an LL.M. from the University of California Berkeley.
Assuming her new role Ms. Jiang will focus on synergistically advancing client development in the Greater China region, deepening the coordination of ongoing compliance legal services, and cultivating professional talent pipelines. The HK listing compliance practice for Chinese companies serves as a core pillar within the Greater China capital markets platform of Clifford Chance. The firm has long represented numerous domestic industry leaders and state-owned enterprises in handling complex post-listing Hong Kong securities regulatory consultations and corporate governance matters.
