Patrick has been practising corporate law for over 20 years and has assisted clients from different jurisdictions in respect of their needs including fundraising by way of equity and debt, investments, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, takeovers, and mergers and acquisitions. Beginning from pre-listing investments, Patrick shepherds clients through the process of successfully listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Post-listing, he continues to meet clients’ legal needs, including regulatory transactional and governance compliance and secondary market fundraising through placings, rights issues and open offers. While Patrick has assisted clients in achieving a public listing, he has also represented listed issuers in spin-offs and privatisations.
Patrick is often involved in the early planning stages of a corporate transaction, assisting clients in putting in place an optimal structure to ensure that the transaction can be completed in the most effective and efficient manner, having regard to the legal and regulatory implications. In public takeovers, Patrick regularly advises clients on Takeovers Code requirements. By maintaining a constant dialogue with the regulators, Patrick is able to advise clients on the latest developments in the regulatory space.
Prior to joining CFN Lawyers, Patrick has been a partner at Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP for over 15 years.
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