Brian Ho

Brian Ho is a partner in Howse Williams' corporate practice. He specialises in corporate finance, initial public offerings, secondary fund raising exercises, mergers and acquisitions, direct investment and corporate restructurings and reorganisations. He also advises on corporate governance and compliance. Brian qualified as a barrister and solicitor in the State of Victoria, Australia in 1997 and admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2000. Brian has led, executed and completed IPOs for companies based in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia in consumer products, medical, construction, industrial, technology, food and beverages, property, financial sectors. He previously practiced in the corporate and securities department of various leading local and international law firms in Hong Kong and has advised blue chip listed companies, PRC privately owned or state owned enterprises and multi-national corporations in various corporate finance and corporate compliance transactions. Prior to joining HW, Brian has gained substantial investment banking experience at Standard Chartered Bank in which he has led and participated in the completion of various high profile ECM transactions. · Howse Williams

Hong KongCorporate / M&A, Capital MarketsEnglish, Cantonese, Mandarin

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Brian Ho is a partner in Howse Williams' corporate practice in Hong Kong, specialising in corporate finance, IPOs and other equity capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, direct investment, and corporate restructurings, as well as corporate governance and compliance. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria (1997) and as a solicitor in Hong Kong (2000), and has advised listed companies, PRC enterprises and multinationals across multiple sectors and jurisdictions, having also worked in investment banking at Standard Chartered Bank.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsRestructuringCorporate Governance & CompliancePrivate Equity / Direct InvestmentBanking & Finance

Office

Hong Kong

Howse Williams · Brian Ho is a partner in Howse Williams' corporate practice. He specialises in corporate finance, initial public offerings, secondary fund raising exercises, mergers and acquisitions, direct investment and corporate restructurings and reorganisations. He also advises on corporate governance and compliance. Brian qualified as a barrister and solicitor in the State of Victoria, Australia in 1997 and admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 2000. Brian has led, executed and completed IPOs for companies based in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia in consumer products, medical, construction, industrial, technology, food and beverages, property, financial sectors. He previously practiced in the corporate and securities department of various leading local and international law firms in Hong Kong and has advised blue chip listed companies, PRC privately owned or state owned enterprises and multi-national corporations in various corporate finance and corporate compliance transactions. Prior to joining HW, Brian has gained substantial investment banking experience at Standard Chartered Bank in which he has led and participated in the completion of various high profile ECM transactions.

Hong Kong

Expertise

Equity Capital MarketsInitial Public Offerings (IPOs)Consumer ProductsHealthcare / MedicalConstructionIndustrial ManufacturingTechnologyFood & BeverageReal Estate / PropertyFinancial ServicesPRC Enterprises (state-owned and privately owned)

Education

MBA, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), 2008
LL.B, Monash University, 1997
B.Com (Accounting), Monash University, 1995

Admissions

Barrister and Solicitor, State of Victoria, Australia (admitted 1997)
Solicitor, Hong Kong (admitted 2000)
Member, Law Society of Hong Kong
Member, CPA Australia

Languages

EnglishCantoneseMandarin