Arthur is a partner in our Hong Kong office. Arthur has extensive experience advising on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity financings, outbound investments, private equity investments, corporate restructuring and regulatory compliance.
Arthur has represented multinational corporations, issuers, majority shareholders, underwriters and global sponsors in high-profile initial primary offerings (IPOs), secondary offerings, secondary listings and dual primary listings. He has also represented a wealth of private equity investors, investment funds, financial consortiums and professional investors in a wide range of transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, general offers, privatisations, strategic investments, takeover bids and investments in equity and convertible instruments. He also regularly advises Hong Kong listed companies, major shareholders and SFC licensed persons on compliance matters, handling trading resumption proposals, shareholder disputes and other regulatory issues.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Arthur was global co-head of Equity Capital Markets at another international law firm. He was also a partner at a U.S. multinational law firm, where he worked with the two current co-heads of the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for more than 10 years. Earlier in his career, he held roles at another U.S. multinational law firm as well as Morgan Stanley.
