Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Firm Profile

‘Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has excellent business capabilities in the private equity field and can provide very professional advice. They can provide us with valuable legal opinions and suggestions in a timely and efficient manner, and they are a professional team we trust very much.’

‘Tim Gardner and Sandy Lin are our regular partners. These two are very professional in this field, have business sense, and actively protect and correct the rights and interests of clients.’

‘Sandy Lin is very down to the earth, could walk in the shoes of her clients.’

‘Tim Gardner is a very active and dedicated lawyer, and Sandy Lin is a great mind who can provide to-the-point and useful solutions to complicated situations.’

‘Working with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a remarkable experience from start to finish. In every single interaction, their team was responsive and thoughtful, from associates through to partners, and they consistently went above and beyond to deliver a complex project across multiple time zones and jurisdictions.’

‘Everyone I interacted with at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP demonstrated unparalleled levels of professionalism, preparedness, and clarity of communication. Of all the professional services I’ve engaged with while running international organisations, these attributes made this engagement by far the most seamless and enjoyable.’

‘The team led by Sandy Lin was most knowledgeable, professional, and efficient. Highly impressed with the quality of their work, and the thoughts that went into crafting framework and contracts.’

‘Sandy Lin, most knowledgeable, and sharpest legal mind we’ve encountered in this part of the world.’

‘Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is our trusted adviser in the field of M&A. They have assisted us in dealing with many acquisitions. The teams work together and mobilize resources. They are efficient and excellent.’

‘Tim Gardner and Sandy Lin have extensive experience in the field of M&A, can provide high-quality legal services, and provide solutions which were considered in multiple dimensions.’

‘Working with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a remarkable experience from start to finish. In every single interaction, their team was responsive and thoughtful.’

‘They consistently go above and beyond to deliver complex projects across multiple time zones and jurisdictions.’

‘The two things value most about the team at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP are the wealth of experience represented on the team, and the deep bench of global expertise at the firm that they drew on to bring excellence to every aspect of the project.’

‘Everyone I interacted with at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP demonstrated unparalleled levels of professionalism, preparedness, and clarity of communication. Of all the professional services I’ve engaged with while running international organisations, these attributes made this engagement by far the most seamless and enjoyable.’

‘Sandy Lin stands out for her depth of international experience, effectiveness, and her talent in assembling and mobilising a brilliant and effective team. It’s rare to find partners like Sandy whose values are as clearly evident as her expertise and impressive track record.’

‘Their practice specialism is in acquisitions.’

‘Weil’s restructuring and insolvency team have an excellent set of lawyers. The team is driven, constructive, solution oriented and commercial.’

‘I have worked with Kathleen Aka and Tara Hamilton for many years now and their practice is absolutely top tier.’

‘Kathleen Aka is an outstanding restructuring and insolvency lawyer. She is very responsive, practical, dedicated, hands-on and solution oriented. Clients are appreciative of her deep domain knowledge, analytical abilities and overall capabilities.’

‘Kathleen Aka is able to navigate commercial and legal situations to find a path forward. For restructuring and insolvency matters in Hong Kong, Kat would be my first point of contact.’

‘Commercial, practical and approachable.’

‘Kathleen Aka is personable, loyal and gets the job done.’

‘Extremely professional and very experienced M&A lawyers.’

‘Fully dedicated and committed team.’

‘Weil has a reputation for being a great M&A firm in China, with deep cross-border knowledge and execution capability. Diversity also stands out as a highlight.’

‘Charles Ching stands out as a great partner – he has unmatched knowledge in both Chinese and international private equity and the M&A market.’

‘Yujing Liu is a very knowledgeable and well-rounded M&A lawyer. Always available and has excellent client management skills.’

‘Yujing Liu is a very experienced lawyer.’

‘A small team but extremely efficient, particularly at the senior level.’

‘Kenny Yu and Charles Ching are two rare finds in the Mainland legal market that really possess the most important skills clients expect from senior attorneys at a top-tier international legal platform, namely: language skills (truly bilingual); commercial awareness; and most importantly, strong drafting capabilities.’

‘With significant and long-term industry experience in the field of life sciences and healthcare, as well as outstanding achievements in domestic and foreign financing, the team is stable and provides continuous legal support to clients.’

‘They have managed to navigate through the crises and remained strong.’

‘Charles Ching has a rare combination of expertise in both US and Chinese PE practices.’

‘Weil is particularly experienced in the private equity market in China, with deep cross-border knowledge and execution capability. Diversity also stands out as a highlight.’

‘Charles Ching stands out as the best partner I worked with who has unmatched knowledge in both Chinese and international private equity and M&A market.’

‘Yujing Liu, who works for us on a couple of deals, is a very experienced legal counsel.’

‘Their practice is rather focused on complex M&A deals, particularly where there is a private equity angle. Their lawyers respond very quickly, precisely and commercially, particularly Charles Ching.’

‘In the mainland legal market, I don’t truly see many outstanding bilingual commercial/deal lawyers but Kenny Yu and Charles Ching are surely the two individuals that stand out of the crowd. The pair is terrific in that they execute deals at lightening-fast speed, and most importantly, at a quality that is reflective of a tier-one international law firm. Kenny Yu is up and coming and surely will go far in this market.’