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01.

Corporate Finance & Securities

Tsun & Partners has a strong, active corporate finance and securities practice with considerable experience. The Firm also has in-depth experience in initial public offerings (IPO). For more than 10 years, the Firm’s lawyers have advised on more than 30 IPO projects (including H share and red-chip listings) in Hong Kong (Main Board & Growth Enterprise Market) and overseas. In 1999, the Firm’s securities lawyers handled the first listing on the Growth Enterprise Market. The Firm also advises on a wide variety of merger & acquisition, spin-off, management buy-out, restructuring and reorganization exercise, backdoor listing, corporate rescue and other corporate finance transactions. The Firm is legal advisers to listed issuers, investment banks, securities dealers, investors and investment funds in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

02.

Venture Capital & Private Equity

The Firm has extensive experience in venture capital and private equity in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Firm represents fund sponsors and institutional investors in the formation of a wide range of private equity funds, including venture capital funds, buyout funds and mezzanine funds. In the fund formation, the Firm advises the investors on fund structure, investment policies and objectives, and other key issues relating to the operation of the private equity funds. The Firm assists clients in obtaining the SFC authorization of mutual funds or unit trusts for public offering in Hong Kong. In addition to the fund formation, the Firm regularly advises private equity investors in Hong Kong and Mainland China in respect of private equity investments management buyouts, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other equity or debt financings. The Firm also represents the investors in conducting legal due diligence on the investment projects. The Firm represents leading venture capital funds in both fund formation and venture investment. Through our extensive venture capital network, our clients will build closer relationship with the venture capital financiers in raising their venture capital financing.

03.

Commercial & Securities Litigation

The Firm has extensive experience in complicated commercial and securities litigation matters. Apart from commercial and corporate disputes, the Firm also represents clients in prosecution by the Securities & Futures Commission and Independent Commission against Corruption, investigations by Commercial Crimes Bureau, disciplinary hearings by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and commercial and regulatory crimes. Other areas of litigation include shareholders’ disputes, insolvency, construction and arbitration, insurance, personal injury, defamation and employment matters.

04.

Corporate & Commercial

Apart from corporate finance, commercial & securities litigation, the Firm’s corporate and commercial department also provides a wide spectrum of legal services on commercial matters, including but not limited to continuing obligations of listed companies and general commercial matters:

  • Continuing disclosure by listed companies: annual reports, interim report, quarterly report, very substantial disposal, very substantial acquisition, reverse takeover, major transaction, discloseable transaction, share transaction, connected transaction, disclosure of price-sensitive information, disclosure of directors’ interests.
  • Establishment of audit committee, appointment and resignation of director, assessment on independence of independent non-executive director.
  • Change of substantial shareholder.
  • Change of company name and amendment to articles of association/bye-laws; General mandates to issue and repurchase securities.
  • Syndicated loan, term loan, share pledge, property mortgage, guarantee.
  • Issue of option, warrant, convertible bond and other equity or debt securities.
  • Establishment and registration of overseas companies in Cayman Islands, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Singapore, Malaysia, US and Canada.
  • Internet contracting: e-commerce, internet securities transaction, internet financial services.
  • Shareholders agreement, distributorship agreement, agency agreement, construction agreement, franchise agreement, management agreement, consultation agreement, directors’ services agreement, employment agreement.
  • Legal consultation services on Money Lenders’ Ordinance and application of money lenders licence.
  • Technology transfer transaction, application of industrial rights licence, patent and trademark registration.
05.

Intellectual Property Practice

The Firm’s intellectual property practice provides Hong Kong, the PRC and overseas clients with a wide range of intellectual property services, including registration, licensing, franchising and distribution, transaction, prosecution, dispute resolution and enforcement in patent, trademark and copyright, design, know-how and other intellectual property matters in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Firm serves clients in a wide range of industries, including biotechnology, electronics, software, media and entertainment, health care, medical and equipment devices, materials science and other information technology in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

06.

Media & Entertainment

The Firm has an active practice in entertainment law, particularly in the areas of film, media and book publishing. The Firm acts as the legal adviser to film, media and publishing companies, as well as professional directors, famous actors and writers. The Firm also advises companies on the structuring of their film, media and publishing businesses, protection and exploitation of their intellectual property online and in other media formats and investment in cultural and entertainment projects.

07.

Banking & Financial Services

The Firm has extensive experience in serving bank and financial institution clients. The Firm’s services include advice on compliance with banking regulations, drafting and reviewing standard agreements with banks’ customers, preparing loan agreements and security documents, etc.
The Firm has extensive experience counselling clients regarding a wide range of financial services, including:

  • obtaining SFC authorization of collective investment schemes (including unit trusts and mutual funds) for public offering in Hong Kong and overseas, and providing on-going regulatory and compliance advice
  • obtaining licenses and registration required under the Hong Kong securities, futures, foreign exchange, commodities and insurance legislations.
  • providing financial intermediaries with on-going legal and compliance advice including anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regulations and policies.
  • advising on initial and secondary public offering of mutual funds, unit trusts and close-ended investment funds.
  • advising on mergers and acquisitions as well as strategic investments for the financial services business.
08.

China Practice & FDI

With our representative office in Beijing, our China practice team has extensive experience in assisting clients with deal structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation support, regulatory compliance, litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration. Besides serving clients that have business interests in Mainland China, the Firm also advises PRC enterprises in legal, financing, investments and regulatory compliance in the cross-border transactions. The Firm also frequently represents foreign client in foreign direct investments and provide our assistance in the co-operation between the PRC enterprises and foreign enterprises, including initial investment planning and due diligence, assisting in the establishment of joint ventures, wholly foreign owned enterprises or other forms of corporate existence for foreign investment, design of corporate governance, etc. The Firm has lawyers and professional support staff who have an in-depth knowledge of PRC laws and practice. The Firm’s lawyers are fluent in Mandarin and other major Chinese dialect including Fujian and Shanghainese.

09.

Real Property

The Firm has experience in handling a number of land development and redevelopment projects including high-class residential units and office buildings, shopping arcades, hotels and infrastructure projects together with the financing arrangement. The Firm’s real property practice also handles all kinds of real property transactions, including, but not limited to, sale and purchase of real property, property mortgage, as well as commercial and residential tenancy.

10.

Tax, Will, Trust & Immigration

The Firm’s tax practice encompasses tax planning and counselling, and representing clients in litigation and dispute resolution.
The Firm provides individual clients and fiduciaries with a wide range of legal services of trust and estate administration, wealth management, litigation and dispute revolution in Hong Kong & Mainland China.

The Firm advises clients on the following:

  • drafting wills and codicils and other related legal issues
  • income taxation of estates, trusts and beneficiaries
  • designing, structuring and administrating the trust schemes
  • estate planning and administration

The Firm also represents trustees, executors, administrators and beneficiaries in administration of trusts and estates as will as trust and estate litigation.

The Firm’s immigration team advises and represents clients in Hong Kong, and Mainland China.

11.

Private Clients

The Firm’s private client practice continues to expand and flourish. With our strong corporate, trust, taxation and property capability, the Firm advises high-net-wealth private clients in Hong Kong and Mainland China on tax planning, establishment and administration of domestic and overseas family and charitable trusts, estate administration and wills drafting.

The Firm aims to exceed our clients’ expectation. The Firm achieves this by:

  • Reconciling legal solutions with commercial feasibility in order to provide clients with practical, feasible and creative suggestions and legal opinions
  • Emphasizing on communication with clients in order to understand our clients’ needs
  • Stressing on the importance of time and placing equal emphasis on quality and efficiency
  • Establishing long-term alliance relationship with our clients and making active contribution to their future development
  • Converging professional knowledge with practical commercial experience in order to ensure that our service quality can attain the highest professional standard.
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