Mr Vincent Chan > Appleby > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
Suites 4201-03 & 12, 42/F, One Island East
Taikoo Place, 18 Westlands Road
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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Mr Vincent Chan
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Vincent Chan is a partner in the Corporate department of Appleby´s Hong Kong office. He has more than 15 years of offshore law experience specialising in IPO/equity & debt capital markets, pre-IPO restructuring & financing, public & private mergers & acquisitions, privatisations (by way of schemes of arrangement, mergers and tender offers & compulsory acquisitions), private equity investments & venture capital, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. Clients include Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands companies listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, New York, NASDAQ and London, as well as private companies, banks, financial institutions, private equity houses and asset management firms.
Career
Vincent has been selected as one of the region’s 10 most notable offshore lawyers in the Asian Legal Business’ Offshore Client Choice in 2020, and was ranked in the 2019 Asian Legal Business “top 40 under 40” list which highlights “outstanding legal professionals in the region”. He has been widely recognised by legal directories, with IFLR1000 2019 and 2020 noting him as a “Notable Practitioner” and with Legal500 (Asia Pacific) 2019 noting him as “very impressive” and a “key equity capital markets practitioner” who also “handles a significant amount of M&A mandates“, with “ability to provide timely and practical Cayman law advice”. Clients have also described Vincent as “highly professional, diligent and responsive, with precise and timely advice” and “being able to meet client’s needs (often with a tight deadline) without compromise in quality“.
Vincent regularly speaks at seminars for LexOmnibus, Academy & Finance, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, Professional Development Resources Centre, as well as for international and local law firms, and writes for journals.
Languages
Vincent is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Memberships
Vincent was admitted as a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (non-practising), a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Australian Capital Territory and as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (non-practising), and registered as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia. He is registered with the Bermuda Bar and is a member of the Law Society of Hong Kong (registered foreign lawyer), and has also been a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (TEP) since 2013.
Education
- Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (Actuarial Studies) – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Bachelor of Laws – The University of Melbourne (Australia)
- Master of Laws (Legal Practice) (Merit) – The Australian National University
- Diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising (Distinction) – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes – STEP
- Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients – STEP
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Offshore law firms
Acting on its own, as well as collaborating closely alongside other key offshore offices, including Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands, Appleby provides ‘very responsive, practical and cost-effective advice’ directly to clients as well as in a referral capacity across a wide range of transactional, regulatory and litigation matters. In his dual role as managing partner and corporate head, David Bulley has guided the firm through a challenging market, and has been very effective in picking up a considerable volume of distressed M&A for fund clients, as well as a number of key roles advising on the offshore aspects of Chinese real estate restructurings. One of many in the office with excellent language skills, the ‘proactive and commercial’ Judy Lee is ‘popular among Chinese clients’ on the offshore advice pursuant to both debt and equity capital markets matters. The ‘very approachable and technically sound’ Fiona Chan also has exceptional language skills which she harnesses to good effect across a range of banking and finance work. Other key transactional lawyers include Vincent Chan, who is ‘approachable and knowledgeable’ on M&A and IPO matters, and Chris Cheng, who provides ‘practical insights and advice’ on both international and HKSE listings. Eliot Simpson heads up the office’s litigation team and is noted, in particular, for shareholder and corporate disputes work as well as contentious insolvency matters. Richard Grasby heads up the office’s nascent private client offering and is ‘very strong on the technical points of both trusts and the regulatory issues’.