Tom is one the most senior lawyers in the H share market. He has participated more than 40 Hong Kong IPOs, including SOEs (such as Huaneng Power, Shenhua Energy, Sinopec, CNOOC, CCB, ICBC, ABC, CMB, etc.) and red chip companies.
In the areas of post IPO fund raising and secondary offerings (both by way of equity and debts) , Tom participated in the unprecedented case of so called “lightning placing” of H shares (Sinopec), debt issuance by State Grid and China Huaneng Group, rights issues and spin-offs by listed companies.
On M&A side, during the course of 20 years plus practice, Tom has successfully led his team to assist the clients to complete a number of ground-breaking and landmark acquisitions and corporate restructuring (including major transactions, VSA and reserve takeovers under the Hong Kong listing rules), privatisations (Huaneng Renewables, Cangnan Instrument) , and various types of Hong Kong Takeover Code transactions.
One of Tom's strengths is to assist listed clients to handle compliance and regulatory issues relating to information disclosure and inside dealing. His retainer clients include Huaneng Power, Shenhua Energy, COMEC, CMB, Sinopec, Datang, Linda, Honghua, Beijing Gas, etc.
Tom was an adjunct associate professor of the Master of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has long been assisting The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute provide trainings on compliance and regulatory matters to the directors and senior management of listed companies. Currently, Tom is a council member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute.