Michael is a partner of the firm and chief representative of the Beijing office, where he has been based since October 2002.
He has broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and corporate finance work in Hong Kong and in Mainland China. His IPO experience includes some of the world's large international IPOs, including H-share and red-chip transactions - acting as Hong Kong counsel on the world's largest IPO. In M&A, he has extensive experience in acting for purchasers and investee companies in regional and PRC M&A transactions, including private equity and strategic investments.
Michael is a native English speaker and also speaks Mandarin (Putonghua) and Cantonese.
Credentials
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China on its record-breaking US$21.9 billion flotation. The IPO was the world's largest to date and the first company to list simultaneously on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges
- China Agri-Industries Holdings on its spin-off from COFCO International, a Hong Kong-listed company, and its HK$2.6 billion global offering comprising a Hong Kong IPO and international offering
- China Shenhua Energy, as lead partner, on its H Share listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange raising HK$23 billion (US$2.9 billion), the largest IPO worldwide in 2005 at the date of listing
- BP on its US$580 million investment in H shares of PetroChina Company Limited and on its subsequent sale of these shares and separately BP’s sale of H shares in Sinopec by accelerated book-built offer, raising US$1.65 billion and US$742 million respectively
- various investors and investee companies on their strategic and pre-IPO investments including such diverse fields as mining, aviation, consumer products and online gaming