Consultant
LL.B (HKU), Grad. Cert in Dispute Resolution (UTS), LL. M (UNSW)
Year of Admission: 1994 (Hong Kong)
Edward is a solicitor admitted in Hong Kong, Australia and England & Wales. His experiences are a combination of private practice in Hong Kong and Australia and various in-house roles. He started his legal career as a commercial litigator in Hong Kong, handling primarily cross-border commercial disputes involving companies investing in Mainland China, disputes over landed properties and legal proceedings relating to corporate insolvency and restructuring.
He then went in-house and worked with various renowned listed Chinese enterprises in Hong Kong in diverse roles of counsel, head of legal, director of M&A and company secretary etc. In the last 10 years, he has been mainly focused on the law and commercial practice relating to cross-border M&A, corporate finance and listing compliance, while helping Chinese enterprises acquire strategic assets overseas. He has also served as an executive director of an ASX listed gold mining company based in Perth.