Lawyers in Hong Kong

Louise Deng

Louise Deng advises private equity and corporate clients in Asia and globally on both buy-side and sell-side transactions. Ms. Deng regularly advises clients across a range of industries on corporate transactions including: Buyouts Minority investments Joint ventures Carve-outs PIPEs Privatizations Drawing on strong bilingual communication skills, and an in-house perspective gained from her secondment at a corporate venture capital team of a leading Chinese technology company, Ms. Deng brings clients a sophisticated understanding of the deal market in China and Asia-Pacific.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Louise Leung

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Luke Gannon

DLA Piper

Lynsey Edgar

Lynsey Edgar advises top-tier sponsors on complex, cross-border financing transactions, particularly investments in energy and infrastructure assets. Lynsey leverages a sophisticated understanding of the market and her international perspective to guide private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as credit funds, in Asia-Pacific and Europe on a broad range of financings and capital structures, including: Leveraged and cross-border acquisition finance Platform debt financings Private credit transactions Mezzanine financings Special situations She keeps her finger on the pulse of global markets to craft innovative financing solutions that provide clients with the flexibility they need to achieve their commercial objectives. Lynsey unlocks the firm’s global platform and collaborates to drive efficiency and integration across the network to benefit clients A recognized leader, both within the firm and the industry, Lynsey serves on Latham’s Asia Knowledge Management and WEB Committees, as well as the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Committee – APAC. She also previously served on the firm's Mentoring Committee, the former Diversity Leadership Committee, and as Chair of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s Young Leaders Committee. She regularly advocates for women in law, including as a former Co-Chair of IWIRC’s Hong Kong Board, and the Women in Finance Asia Steering Committee. Lynsey speaks at industry events on market trends, including on a cross-practice panel for the Hong Kong Venture Capital Association. Before joining Latham, Lynsey worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of another leading international law firm. She has also completed a secondment to Goldman Sachs’ principal investments legal team in Hong Kong, primarily supporting the special situations group and merchant banking division across Asia.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Mabel Lui

Head of Greater China Commercial

Withers

Machiuanna Chu

Partner, Head of Corporate Commercial practice group

Deacons

Madeline Leong

Madeline Leong joined Watson Farley & Williams in 2004 as a consultant and became a partner in 2005 in the firm's international Finance Group. Madeline has over 25 years’ experience practising law on an international basis. Her practice focuses on asset finance, project finance, leasing structures, ECA financings, structured finance, debt restructuring and work-outs. She has acted for most of the leading banks, leasing companies, other financial institutions and major sponsors, contractors, transportation, logistics and shipping companies/operators, and has particular experience in the transportation, natural resources and energy sectors. Recognised by Asia Pacific Legal 500 as possessing “mastery of the subject” of asset finance, a “star” who is “responsive, precise and knowledgeable” in banking and finance and an “intelligent, practical advisor" in the area of debt restructuring and insolvency.Madeline is head of the WFW Hong Kong office and has worked in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. She has considerable experience in Hong Kong, PRC and Korean transactions. She qualified as a solicitor of Western Australia (1989), in Hong Kong (1992) and in England and Wales (1992). Madeline is a regular speaker at maritime and finance international conferences and speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Watson Farley & Williams

Maggie Cheung

Leading international and regional banks, major leasing companies and shipowners come to Maggie Cheung for advice on various matters, particularly in the shipping industry, including: Wide range of cross-border finance and leasing transactions involving broad types of assets Preparing bilateral and syndicated loan documentation Advising on finance structures and security issues Registrations, charterparties and insurances Vessel construction and sale and purchase transactions Maggie speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Johnson Stokes & Master

Maggie Chong

Maggie Chong is an intellectual property and technology lawyer based in Hong Kong. Maggie has years of experience in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters. She assists clients with managing, protecting and commercialising their intellectual property portfolios across Asia and advises on assignment, licensing and franchising arrangements. Her experience covers trade marks, domain names, design rights, patents, copyright and confidential information.

Norton Rose Fulbright

Maggie Lo

Maggie Lo has over 20 years of experience and has a track record of advising both lender-side and borrower-side on cross-border financings, including project finance, acquisition finance, fund finance, receivables finance, pre-IPO finance, corporate loan transactions, non-performing loan transactions and restructuring mandates. Apart from advising international financial institutions on their transactions in Greater China, Maggie also focuses on advising Chinese financial institutions on significant outbound financings and investments, particularly in the real estate, manufacturing, energy and resources, infrastructure and industrials sectors.

Clifford Chance

Mahogany Bean

Mahogany is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working in the dispute resolution and litigation team. Mahogany has developed a broad practice within the dispute resolution and litigation department taking a key interest in government and public sector work, regulatory and general civil and commercial matters.

Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited

Manas Chandrashekar

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis

Mandy Wong

Mandy Wong advises clients on equity and debt capital markets, with a focus on Hong Kong listings. Ms. Wong advises on a broad spectrum of general commercial and corporate finance transactions, including: Capital markets, including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings Debt offerings Mergers, acquisitions, and public takeovers and listing rules compliance matters She was seconded to the Listing Department of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019. During her secondment, she was involved in several Hong Kong listing initiatives, including the secondary listings, the paperless listing initiatives and the modernization of the Hong Kong settlement process (FINI-Fast Interface for New Issuance). Ms. Wong rejoined the firm in August 2020. Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Wong was an executive director in the legal and compliance department of a leading investment bank, where she managed legal compliance and regulatory issues in North Asia.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Marc Waha

Marc Waha leads our Asia Antitrust and Competition Team. He is based in the Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. Marc advises international companies on antitrust regimes in East Asia, and Asian companies on global competition compliance issues, multi-jurisdictional merger filings and international cartel investigations, particularly in Europe and Asia. For more than 20 years he has represented clients active in a wide variety of industrial and services sectors, with a focus on advising Asian companies on global antitrust and competition law matters.

Norton Rose Fulbright

Marcus Gordon

Marcus has represented many shipping companies, oil companies (including oil majors), aviation companies, banks, FPSO owners, contractors, subcontractors and yards, in a variety of disputes, with certain claims exceeding US$1billion. Marcus is dual-qualified, in England & Wales and Hong Kong. “Marcus and his team in Hong Kong conducted the synchronised arrest and sale of numerous vessels in Hong Kong efficiently and cost effectively. The WFW team was extremely knowledgeable, responsive and easy to deal with and got a great result – a 100% recovery on the claim and legal expenses.” (Leading Bank Executive, 2020) “… the ‘amazing’ Marcus Gordon is recommended” (Legal 500 2014)

Watson Farley & Williams

Marcus Lee

Marcus Lee represents clients doing business in Asia in public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as issuers and underwriters in a range of capital markets matters. Marcus represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as emerging companies on: Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets transactions, including IPOs Venture capital financings General corporate matters and compliance issues As a versatile and commercially minded lawyer, he advises clients at all levels of the capital structure. Marcus draws on particular experience handling transactions in Southeast Asia jurisdictions and Asia outbound transactions.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Margaret Tan

DLA Piper

Maria Sit

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Marjory Ding

Partner

Zhong Lun Law Firm

Mark Chan

Mark is admitted in New South Wales, Australia, England and Wales and Hong Kong. He specialises in a wide range of debt and equity-linked capital markets products. Mark advises both issuers and underwriters on standalone debt issuances, medium term note, certificate of deposits and commercial paper programmes, convertible and exchangeable bonds, corporate hybrid capital and regulatory (bank and insurance) capital products, ESG-related issuances, liability management exercises (including tender and exchange offers and consent solicitations and debt restructurings) as well as bespoke private capital markets financings.

Clifford Chance

Mark Chiu

Partner

Tanner De Witt

Mark Lin

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Mark Stevens

Partner

Deacons

Martin Lo

Partner

Vivien Chan & Co