Following our recent hires, we are delighted to welcome corporate specialist Kitty Chan to join the Shanghai office as Partner and the Hong Kong office as Legal Manager (pending admission as “Registered Foreign Lawyer”).
Kitty has 15 years of experience specialising in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, corporate governance and compliance matters, and regulatory enforcements.
Prior to joining Appleby, Kitty worked in Hong Kong at a top PRC law firm and several leading international law firms, and was seconded to the legal team of a leading global bank.
Kitty is native in Cantonese and fluent in English and Mandarin. With her Chinese capability, she has extensive experience in handling PRC clients. She is able to work closely with our wider global team and provide advice on Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands law matters in the Asia time zone.
David Bulley, Managing Partner of Appleby’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, commented: “We are delighted to be adding Kitty’s significant expertise to our Corporate offering. Kitty’s extensive onshore experience acting for corporate clients, sponsors and investors as lead counsel on large IPOs and complex corporate matters will provide a very strong base for quickly building out an offshore book of business utilising our market leading teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and the home jurisdictions and we look forward to continuing to grow our Hong Kong and Shanghai offices to continue to meet the needs of our clients.”
