Frank N LEE

We act for a substantial number of listed companies, financial institutions, private equity groups and other intermediaries and offer an extensive scope of services such as:

• initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• private equity transactions and pre-IPO investments
• Hong Kong Stock Exchange transactions including notifiable transaction, rights issue, open offer, warrant, convertible bond and placing
• takeovers and mergers transactions involving listed companies
• mergers and acquisitions
• corporate restructurings and share repurchases

We offer legal services to a wide variety of domestic, Mainland and international corporate clients on a diverse range of commercial transactions including:

• establishment and maintenance of limited companies
• setting up joint ventures and strategic alliances
• franchising, licensing and technology transfer
• agency and distributorship
• mortgage loan and other related security documentation
• loan financing involving participations and syndications

Our Litigation Department has a combined long history and extensive experience which is actively involved in various types of court actions including:

• shareholder disputes
• contractual disputes
• bankruptcy and corporate liquidation
• personal injury and fatal accident claims
• probate and administration
• defamation
• real estate and tenancy disputes
• judicial review
• financial and investment disputes
• insurance
• tax disputes

Our firm is one of the few law firms in Hong Kong for the Professional Indemnity Scheme of the Law Society of Hong Kong. In this role, we represent insurers and the insured in professional negligence claims brought by the ex-clients of the insured. Our insurance team is led by our partner Mr. Edward Tse, our senior consultant Mr. Brian Baillie, and assisted by our associates, Ms. Laura Chien and Ms. Sheryl Shing.