JunHe warmly welcomes Mr. Shani CHAN and Ms. FU, Wei to the firm’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices, respectively. Mr. Shani Chan joins JunHe’s Hong Kong office as a partner, and he specializes in Hong Kong capital markets, listings, post-listing compliance, corporate finance, cross-border M&As and regulatory investigations. Ms. Sophie Fu joins JunHe’s Beijing office and focuses on Chinese mainland companies’ listings in Hong Kong and post-listing continuing compliance. The joining of these two partners further strengthens JunHe’s capabilities in cross-border capital markets and cross-border compliance. Ms. Fu’s transfer between law firms is currently being processed.
Shani CHAN | Hong Kong Office
Mr. Shani Chan has over 15 years of experience in capital markets. He has been admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the High Court of England and Wales.
Prior to joining JunHe, Mr. Chan was a senior capital markets lawyer at Paul Hastings’ Hong Kong office where he served as the leading counsel for many Hong Kong IPO projects. He previously worked at the Hong Kong office of a Chinese mainland law firm and served as an independent non-executive director of a Hong Kong-listed company. Mr. Chan also founded a consultancy firm, which provided advisory services to various investment consortiums. Over the years, Mr. Chan has accumulated diverse experience ranging from private practice, team management, corporate governance to advising investors for regulatory matters.
Mr. Chan provided legal services to issuers, underwriters and investment consortiums in areas including Hong Kong initial public offerings, post-listing compliance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and regulatory investigations.
His recent landmark listing transactions include the spin-off listing of Smithfield Foods (the world’s largest pork food company) by WH Group on the NASDAQ in the United States, the global offering of H shares by Lens Technology (a core supplier to Apple), the global offering of H shares by Fibocom (the first domestic company in the wireless communication module sector to achieve an A+H dual listing) and the global offering of H shares by Transsion (the largest smartphone provider in global emerging markets).
Mr. Chan is proficient at providing client-oriented services for complex cross-border capital transactions. He can advise on corporate governance, HKEX compliance and disclosure obligations for Hong Kong-listed companies from the perspectives of both investors and regulatory authorities.
FU, Wei | Beijing Office
Ms. Sophie Fu has over 10 years of experience in cross-border securities and she has been admitted to practice in China and New York State, USA. Prior to joining JunHe, she worked at Baker McKenzie’s Beijing office and its domestic joint operation platform, FenXun Partners. Based in Beijing, Ms. Fu has experience in Chinese mainland companies’ listings in Hong Kong and post-listing continuing compliance. She has provided securities compliance legal services to multiple A+H central state-owned enterprises and Hong Kong Main Board-listed companies and is familiar with the internal governance characteristics and the regulatory environment of Chinese mainland enterprises. Ms. Fu is well-versed in the HKEX Listing Rules and handles practical issues arising from the overlay of dual-jurisdiction regulatory regimes.
Ms. Fu’s practice covers H shares, GDR issuance and listings, corporate governance and ongoing compliance advisory services for Hong Kong-listed companies. She has provided ongoing legal services and HKEX compliance to multiple A+H and Hong Kong Main Board-listed companies, with clients in industries including non-ferrous metals, information technology, logistics and equipment manufacturing. Ms. Fu handles securities legal matters including continuing disclosures, corporate governance and daily compliance, and she has accumulated vast experience in routine compliance services for listed companies. In terms of transactional work, Ms. Fu has participated in Hong Kong Main Board listing projects in industries such as property management and building materials. She has provided Hong Kong securities compliance support for STAR Market (Science and Technology Innovation Board) listing projects in industries such as biopharmaceuticals and equipment manufacturing. Leveraging her practice experience in the Beijing office, Ms. Fu combines the needs of Chinese mainland enterprises to assist clients in handling compliance matters under the regulatory regimes of both Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
