PRC firm Han Kun Law Offices has boosted its capital markets practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Ethle Tang and Tao Li join as partners of Han Kun’s associate firm Miao & Co.
Tang has more than 14 years of experience in advising clients on a range of corporate transactions, in particular, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. She has acted for issuers and underwriters on IPO transactions and has been involved in many first-of-a-kind Hong Kong IPOs, including the first PRC trust company IPO, the first RMB equity offering and the first A- followed by H-listing.
Tang was a counsel at Simpson Thacher prior to her departure. She spent seven years at that firm, and was appointed as counsel in January 2015. Earlier in her career, she had stints as an associate at Linklaters and Stephenson Harwood & Lo (as the firm was called then).
Li, who was an associate at Simpson Thacher, has more than 11 years of experience in Hong Kong capital markets and general corporate matters. She specializes in TMT, consumer, real estate, financial institutions, energy and industrial sectors, and has acted on a number of Hong Kong Stock Exchange listings.
Recently Li advised on the listings of Qeeka Home, Honma Golf, Zhou Hei Ya, JNBY and Zhenro Properties. After starting her career with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Beijing, she joined Simpson Thacher in Hong Kong.
“The arrival of Tang and Li will further strengthen our capability in Hong Kong capital markets and corporate practice,” Han Kun said in a statement.
The hire of the duo continues Han Kun’s streak of luring away top talent from international firms. Early this year, the firm hired Yang Tiecheng, former head of the China financial regulatory practice at Clifford Chance. Last year, Duan Min, former partner and the only counsel in Morgan Lewis’s Beijing office, Li Xiaoming, former head of White & Case’s China practice and Ye Yurong, former counsel with King & Wood Mallesons, all joined Han Kun.
Hun Kun has over 300 professionals in its Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong offices. The firm established its Hong Kong office in November 2014 and now it has about 12 lawyers there, including five partners.
两位新合伙人加盟汉坤香港联营律师行
汉坤香港联营律师行迎来两位新合伙人邓芷皓律师和李涛律师加盟，进一步夯实其资本市场业务实力。加入汉坤前，邓芷皓在美国盛信律师事务所北京及香港办公室担任顾问律师，李涛在美国盛信律师事务所香港办公室担任律师。
邓芷皓有超过14年的执业经验，向客户就不同种类的企业交易提供法律咨询，尤为专长于证券发行和跨境并购。作为发行人和承销商的代表律师参与香港上市项目，当中许多为行内首宗。
李涛在香港资本市场以及一般公司事务等领域有超过11年的执业经验，参与的项目遍布TMT、消费品、房地产、金融、能源及制造业等不同行业。
“邓律师与李律师的加入将进一步巩固并增强我们在香港资本市场和公司法律咨询领域的能力。”汉坤在其新闻稿中称。
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