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Bonnie Lau

Special Counsel
Baker & McKenzie

Biography

Bonnie Lau is a special counsel in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Capital Markets Practice Group.

Practice Focus

Bonnie's practice focuses on initial public offering and corporate finance practice, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general commercial transactions. She also provides legal advice to listed companies on their compliance of listing rules and other regulatory matters.

Representative Legal Matters

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Advising a multinational corporation on its proposed takeover of a HK-listed company.

  • Advising the joint offerors on their HKD 1.8 billion privatization proposal for AKM Industrial Company Limited (Stock Code: 1639) by way of a scheme of arrangement.

  • Advised Chong Hing Bank Limited (Stock Code: 1111) on the HKD 5.1 billion privatization by its parent company, Yue Xiu Enterprises (Holdings) Limited, by way of a scheme of arrangement. 

Equity and debt fund raisings

  • Advised China Ruyi Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 136) on its issue of new shares, raising approximately HKD 2.34 billion.

  • Advised Shoucheng Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 697) on its placing of existing shares and top-up subscription of new shares, raising approximately HKD 426 million.

  • Advised Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (Stock code: 73) on its placing of new shares, raising approximately HKD 100 million.

Initial public offerings

  • Advised CLSA Limited and other underwriters on Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co., Ltd.'s GDR listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

  • Advising the managers on a proposed offering and listing of certain global depositary receipts on SIX Swiss Exchange AG.

  • Advised an aviation company on its potential IPO on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Others

  • Advised Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 73) on the successful resumption of trading of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.


Admissions

  • Hong Kong
  • New York~United States

Education

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (PCLL) (2012)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (JD) (2011)
  • University of Hong Kong and London Business School (MBA) (2008)
  • Pennsylvania State University (BS in Information Systems and International Business) (2004)

Languages

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin