YYC Legal LLP

Corporate and Commercial, Data Protection, Cybersecurity & FinTech, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Fund & Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions

Partner

Sam’s practice mainly focused on corporate and commercial matters and transactional work. He has extensive legal experience in handling cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate restructuring and private equity transactions. He also advises on fintech regulations, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, employment law, data protection, and privacy law.

With over 10 years of legal experience, he has represented listed companies, multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, financial institutions, tech giants, private equity funds and start-ups across different industry sectors in numerous sizeable transactions.

The awards and accolades Sam has received include:

recognised as one of Asia’s and Hong Kong’s top young lawyers in both “LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 2025 – Asia List” and “LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 2025 – Hong Kong SAR List”

recognised as one of Greater China’s top young lawyers in “LexisNexis® 40 UNDER 40 2024 – Greater China List”

recognised as “ALB Hong Kong Rising Stars 2024” by Asian Legal Business (ALB)

shortlisted as a Finalist for “Fintech Lawyer of the Year” at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2024 and 2025

awarded the “China Business Law Journal: Deals of the Year 2024 – M&A” and the “LegalOne Merits (Exemplary)” and recognised in the “LegalOne Deals of the Year 2023 - China” for advising CITIC Group on the sale of its shares in CITIC Limited (00267.HK) for HK$13.6 billion

He is a co-contributor of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guides: Equity Finance 2024 on the key trends and developments of the Hong Kong capital markets. His articles on other legal topics including fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital assets, and real-world asset tokenisation have also been regularly published on the China Business Law Journal.

English, Chinese (Mandarin)

The Law Society of Hong Kong

Civil Celebrant of Marriages, Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong, PCLL

University of Hong Kong, LL.B.

University of Hong Kong, BBA (Law)