Mr Nicholas Norris > Kirkland & Ellis > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Nicholas Norris
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Nicholas Norris has extensive experience advising private equity firms, investment banks and major corporations on a wide variety of corporate matters including public, private and cross-border M&A and private equity, corporate finance, take private and joint venture transactions. He has been recognized for several years as a leading lawyer for corporate/M&A, private equity and capital markets work in Hong Kong and China by highly regarded legal industry publishers. Nicholas is a member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Listing Review Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Asian Legal Business named Nicholas one of Asia’s Top 25 M&A Lawyers and Client Choice Hot 75 Lawyers. He has also been recognized for several years as a leading lawyer for corporate/M&A, private equity and capital markets work in Hong Kong and China by highly regarded legal industry publishers, including Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal: Capital Markets and Who’s Who Legal: M&A and Governance.
Memberships
Member of The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong’s Takeovers and Mergers Panel
Listing Review Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Professional Services Advisory Committee
Education
Warwick University (LLB, 1985)
Lawyer Rankings
China > Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP‘s China team is consistently sought out by public and private companies to advise on high-stakes M&A deals. The multidisciplinary team comprises specialists in public and private M&A, capital markets, finance, private funds and other transactional practices, and it is particularly active in SPAC M&A transactions. The practice is jointly led from the Hong Kong office by Pierre-Luc Arsenault, Joey Chau, David Patrick Eich and Paul Guan, alongside Gary Li, Nicholas Norris
, Jesse Sheley, Peng Yu and David Zhang.
Hong Kong > Corporate (including M&A)
(Hall of Fame)Kirkland & Ellis houses a broad team with deep experience in the full range of corporate transactional issues, regularly assisting both Hong Kong and US listed companies. In the past year, the group has handled debt financing matters, voluntary share buy-back offers, and privatisations. Joey Chau is particularly adept at advising on take-privates, often handling public M&A issues and share buybacks of listed companies. Nicholas Norris has longstanding expertise in acting for private equity investors and investment banks in buyouts and listings, whilst Jesse Sheley represents a wide range of clients, including SPACs and private equity firms, and advises on PIPEs, and leveraged buyouts. Peng Yu maintains a private equity focused practice, often advising on growth capital investments and divestitures within the healthcare, technology, and infrastructure sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency