Sammy Li > Hogan Lovells > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Hogan Lovells Offices
11TH FLOOR, ONE PACIFIC PLACE
88 QUEENSWAY
HONG KONG
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Sammy Li
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)
The ‘technically strong and efficient’ team at Hogan Lovells provides ‘solutions-oriented advice’ for issuers and underwriters on IPOs, rights issues and block trades and provides a ‘good balance between commercial considerations and risk control’. Drawing upon ‘rich experience’ gleaned through private practice and through his time in-house at a large international bank, the ‘resilient and hands-on’ Nelson Tang is well regarded by issuers and underwriters for his ability ‘to deal with challenging situations and interesting dynamics’ in ECM transactions, public takeovers and regulatory compliance matters. Sammy Li also had prior experience in-house at a major investment bank, and is appreciated for his deep regulatory knowledge, ensuring that he is able ‘to pre-empt potential issues at the IPO preparation stage’. Stephanie Tang co-heads the team alongside Li and Nelson Tang, and spearheads the firms US securities offering from Hong Kong.