Alan’s practice focuses on capital market transactions and corporate finance. He has been involved in a number of initial public offerings, right issues and transactions under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. He advises listed companies on corporate governance and regulatory issues, including regulatory issues in compliance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules, The Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers and the Securities and Futures Ordinance. He received his Juris Doctor degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Alan is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England & Wales. Alan speaks native Cantonese and is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Initial public offering experience includes:*
- Left Field Printing Group Limited (Stock Code: 1540): Advised the issuer on the HK$68.1 million IPO in 2018 (the former company OPUS Group was delisted from ASX and listed in HK through a first-of-its-kind scheme of arrangement). This deal won “2018 Deals of the Year” award from China Business Law Journal.
- C&D Property Management Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 2156): Advised the issuer for the spin-off and listing by way of introduction.
- Trio Industrial Electronics Group Limited (Stock Code: 1710): Advised the sole sponsor and joint bookrunners for the successful listing on the Main Board of the HKEx of Trio Industrial Electronics Group Limited.
- Expert Systems Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 8319): Advised the joint bookrunners for the successful listing on the GEM Board of Expert Systems Holdings Limited.
- Guangdong Adway Construction (Group) Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 6189): Advised the issuer on its up to HK$332 million global offering and listing of its H shares on the Main Board of the HKEx.
Other experience includes:*
- China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 6099): Advised on (1) A share repurchase program, (2) employee stock ownership plan and (3) HK$16.35 billion A+H share rights issue.
- Lai Sun Development Company Limited (Stock Code: 488): Advised the underwriter on its rights issue in 2021 and 2022.
- Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited (Stock Code: 191): Advised the underwriter on its rights issue in 2021 and 2022.
- Coolpad Group Limited (Stock Code: 2369): Advised the underwriter on the HK$719 million 3 for 20 rights issue of Coolpad Group Limited.
- National United Resources Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 254): Advised the issuer on its HK$480 million public offering at a subscription price of HK$0.26 per offer share.
- China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 6099): Advised the issuer on its connected transactions of securities, financial products and service framework agreements.
- China Travel International Investment Hong Kong (Stock Code: 308): Advised on restructuring and compliance of related transactions in the sale of travel agency business to the parent company.
- AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. (Stock Code: 2018): Advised on its HK$450 million acquisition of Toyo Precision Appliance (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., a Japanese company Limited.
- China Nuclear Energy Technology Corporation Limited (Stock Code: 611): Advised China Nuclear Energy Technology Corporation Limited on the compliance matters in factoring contract.
- Confidential clients: Advised on mandatory general offer Waiver in relation to restructuring of different listed companies in Hong Kong.
- Confidential client: Advised on sales of its minority shareholding to a Hong Kong listed company for consideration shares in 2022.
- Confidential clients: Advised on its spin-off application of different Hong Kong listed companies.
- C&D International Investment Group Limited (Stock Code: 1908): Advised on compliance of issuing HK$3 billion permanent convertible bonds.
- C&D International Investment Group Limited (Stock Code: 1908): Advised on its placing and/or top-up placing conducted in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and its restricted share incentive scheme in 2021 and 2022.
- C&D International Investment Group Limited (Stock Code: 1908): Advised on its several very substantial acquisitions, major transactions and connected transactions.
- C&D Property Management Group Co., Ltd (Stock Code: 2156): Advised on its top-up placing conducted in 2021 and its restricted share incentive scheme in 2021.
- Q Technology (Group) Company Limited (Stock Code: 1478): Advised the sole placing agent for the HK$156 million placing of new shares under its general mandate.
- Medicskin Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 8307): Advised on (1) the acquisition of property which constitutes a major transaction and (2) subscription of new shares under general mandate and placing of existing shares by the controlling shareholders.
- BBI Life Sciences Corporation (Stock Code: 1035): Advised on its VIE arrangements which constitute connected transactions and continuing connected transactions.
- Carnival Group International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 996): Advised one of the placing agents for the HK$725 million placing of new shares under its general mandate.
Regulatory experience with the listed companies in Hong Kong includes:*
- Medical and Biotechnology: Human Health Holdings Limited, BBI Life Sciences Corporation, Medicskin Holdings Limited.
- Financial Institutions: China Merchants Securities Company Limited, Hong Kong Finance Group Limited.
- Real Estate and Construction: C&D International Investment Group Limited, C&D Property Management Group Co., Ltd.
*Includes transactions completed prior to joining KWM
