JunHe LLP recently announced that cross-border securities and ongoing compliance lawyer Sophie Fu (傅薇) has joined its Beijing office. Ms. Fu previously practiced at Baker McKenzie and its domestic joint operation partner FenXun Partners for 12 years serving most recently as Counsel at FenXun. Her arrival will further enrich the professional team of JunHe in the fields of Hong Kong IPOs for mainland enterprises, offshore Global Depositary Receipt (GDR) issuances, and post-listing ongoing compliance. The firm noted that her practice transfer procedures are currently underway.
Possessing over 12 years of experience in cross-border securities legal services Ms. Fu is qualified to practice law in the PRC and holds admission to the State Bar of New York. Her core practice encompasses H-share offerings, GDR issuances and listings, corporate governance, and ongoing compliance advisory services for Hong Kong-listed companies. Based in Beijing she has consistently provided continuous disclosure, corporate governance, and daily regulatory response services for numerous A-share and H-share dual-listed central state-owned enterprises alongside Hong Kong Main Board listed companies across industries including non-ferrous metals, information technology, logistics, and equipment manufacturing. On the transactional front of capital markets she has spearheaded and participated in the Hong Kong Main Board IPOs of property management and construction materials enterprises while providing Hong Kong securities law compliance support for Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) listing projects of equipment manufacturing and biomedicine enterprises.
Ms. Fu joined the capital markets team at the Beijing office of Baker McKenzie as an associate in August 2014 practicing there for nearly a decade. In July 2024 she transitioned to FenXun Partners the domestic joint operation partner of Baker McKenzie serving as Counsel until her current move to JunHe. She graduated from the China University of Political Science and Law with an LL.B. and subsequently obtained an LL.M. from Cornell Law School.
