Mr Billy Au > Mayer Brown > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown
16-19F, PRINCE'S BUILDING
10 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Work Department

Corporate & Securities.

Position

Billy Au is a partner of Mayer Brown. Billy has extensive experience in global offerings, inbound and outbound M&As and other corporate finance exercises of Chinese state-owned and privately-owned enterprises. In the course of his legal practice, he has demonstrated his ability to communicate and interact with the senior management teams of state-owned enterprises and private-owned enterprises of China to serve their commercial goals by way of legal means. Billy is a China Appointed Attesting Officer (appointed by the Ministry of Justice of PRC) and speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Career

Admitted in Hong Kong and England & Wales.

Languages

English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Education

King’s College London, LLM; The University of Hong Kong, PCLL; The University of Hong Kong, LLB.

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Capital markets (equity)

Mayer Brown handles a steady flow of work for issuers and underwriters on mid-sized listings and global offerings on the HKSE, as well as on follow-on offerings and convertible bond offerings. Chinese speaking team head Billy Au  has strong traction among Chinese state-owned and privately-owned enterprises (including within regulated sectors), which regularly instruct him on their ECM work and broader corporate finance mandates.