Sammy Li > Hogan Lovells > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells
11TH FLOOR, ONE PACIFIC PLACE
88 QUEENSWAY
HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Sammy Li has a dedicated practice in capital markets and corporate transactional work. He is one of the “go-to lawyers” in advising on Hong Kong equity capital market transactions such as IPOs, global offerings, rights issues and other capital markets fund raising transactions. Sammy also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency, private equity as well as venture capital investments. Prior to re-joining Hogan Lovells as partner, he was the Hong Kong chair at a leading U.S. firm and an in-house counsel for a major investment bank, hence, he has a deep understanding of the finance industry and its regulations, which enables him to give practical commercial advice to clients.

Languages

Cantonese, English, Mandarin

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Capital markets (equity)

Combining ‘unparalleled technical expertise, with a deep commercial understanding and an unwavering client-centric approach’, Hogan Lovells provides ‘solutions-oriented advice’ to issuers and underwriters/sponsors on IPOs and follow on offerings on the the HKSE. Drawing upon vast experience in private practice as well as in-house at an investment bank, Sammy Li is effectively able to ‘navigate complex regulations, and devise highly pragmatic solutions’ to clients engaged in  IPOs, global offerings and rights issues. Nelson Tang is ‘well-prepared and resilient’, traits which are appreciated by clients on ECM transactions, public takeovers and post-listing compliance work. New York-qualified partner Stephanie Tang co-heads the team alongside Li and Tang and regularly advises regional clients seeking to list in the US.