Attorneys
John Wong- LLB. (Hons) : Principal Partner
Areas of Specialisation: Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, International Business Transactions and Japan Business Membership,
Directorships : Hon Legal Adviser, Japan Cancer FundSLI Property (Japan) Ltd SLI International Holdings Ltd
Brief Description of Experience:
John is a graduate from the University of Hong Kong and has practiced with major international law firms in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. John regularly advises major international clients including well known Fortune 500 companies on a wide range of corporate matters including the takeover of companies, IPOs, substantial asset restructuring, capital fund raising, cross border private equity transactions and structured financing in Japan, Hong Kong, China and South East Asia. Yuan also acts for Japan state owned enterprises and Japan domestic companies and entrepreneurs in their various investments overseas. John is also a regular speaker in legal conferences for corporate counsel and business chambers in Japan, Singapore and China.
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Anna Tang – MBA, LLM : Partner
Areas of Specialisation: Corporate, Commercial and Hong Kong Business Others: External Examiner of Hong Kong Practice examination of PCLL of University of Hong Kong.
Brief Description of Experience:
Anna obtained her Master of Business Administration and Master of Laws (Corporate & Financial Law) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Japan respectively. In 1995, she obtained a Second Bachelor Degree in Chinese Law granted by Tsinghua University.
Anna worked in two well-established domestic law firms where she focused on PRC foreign direct investments. She acted for foreign investors and banks in PRC related transactions including foreign direct investments, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and banking and securitization. She then worked in various in-house legal counsel positions including one stationed in China for a sino-foreign joint venture company formed by a multinational telecommunication company and PRC partners. She advised on all legal issues relating to the business development, contractual matters and daily operations of the joint venture.In our firm, Au-Fai specializes in Hong Kong business, corporate and commercial law.
She handles all issues relating to the mergers and acquisitions of PRC domestic companies or sino-foreign joint ventures, pre-acquisition due diligence, transactional and commercial documentation and advises on doing business in Hong Kong generally. She has advised on the restructuring, funding and pre-IPO legal matters of a group of companies engaging in the exploration of natural resources in Hong Kong.
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Lok Cheung – LLB : Partner
Areas of Specialisation: Banking & Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Insolvency, Probate, Regulatory Compliance and Competition Law
Brief Description of Experience:
Lok specializes in commercial litigation and arbitration including handling commercial disputes in the Hong Kong courts, the PRC courts and CIETAC, regulatory matters involving the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, disputes relating to financial services, shareholders’ disputes, contractual disputes relating to international trade, defective goods and debt recovery matters, and intellectual property enforcement matters in the PRC.
Lok has been admitted as a Solicitor in Hong Kong since 2003 and England and Wales since 2004. Prior to joining our team in 2013, Lok was with the Dispute Resolution Team of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (and thereafter Clyde & Co pursuant to their merger in November 2011).
He has been accredited by the Law Society of Hong Kong as a General Mediator since 2009. He further became a member of the General Mediator panel of the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL) in 2013. Apart from these two panels, Lok is also on the Panel of Mediators of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He has mediated a number of disputes.