Emily is a corporate registered foreign lawyer in our Hong Kong office. She focuses her practices on capital markets, in particular advising PRC issuers and international underwriters in Hong Kong Stock Exchange initial public offering.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Emily has represented the following:
A consortium of investors, comprising Centurium Capital, PW Medtech Group Limited (HKSE: 1358), CITIC Capital, Hillhouse Capital, Temasek and Marc Chan, in the take-private of China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, at a valuation of approximately US$4.6 billion.This transaction was named "Pharmaceuticals, Medical and Biotech M&A Deal of the Year" by Mergermarket China M&A Awards 2021, "2021 Deals of the Year” by China Business Law Journal, “M&A Deal of the Year” by China Law & Practice Awards 2021 and “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2022
Dingdong (Cayman) Limited (NYSE: DDL), a leading and fastest-growing on-demand e-commerce company in China, on its initial public offering of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange
The sponsors and underwriters on the US$655 million global offering and listing of Nayuki Holdings Limited (HKSE: 2150), a leading premium modern teahouse brand in China, on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
The underwriters on the US$75 million initial public offering of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS), the largest operator of private high schools in Western China and the third largest operator in China
Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL), a Hong Kong-based diversified financial services company, in going public in the United States through a business combination with Proficient Alpha Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq
The underwriters in the US$36.18 million initial public offering and listing on the Nasdaq Global Market of uCloudlink Group Inc., the world’s first and leading mobile data traffic sharing marketplace
Warburg Pincus in the subscription, together with affiliates of 58.com, TPG and certain other investors, of an aggregate of US$230 million in principal amount of convertible notes from Uxin Limited (Nasdaq: UXIN, “Uxin”), the largest used car e-commerce platform in China
Mobvista Inc., in its US$171 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mobvista Inc. operates a leading technology platform providing mobile advertising and mobile analytics services to the app developers globally
Opera Limited, one of the world’s leading browser providers, in the US$115.2 million initial public offering and listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, as well as a concurrent private placement of US$60 million
RISE Education Cayman Limited, a NASDAQ-listed leading education services company in China and a Bain Capital portfolio company, in a US$103.25 million follow-on public offering of American depositary shares held by Bain Capital and other shareholders
SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) IPOs
SVF Investment Corp., a special purpose acquisition company backed by SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its NASDAQ IPO that raised US$603 million
SVF Investment Corp. 2, a special purpose acquisition company backed by SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its NASDAQ IPO that raised US$230 million
SVF Investment Corp. 3, a special purpose acquisition company backed by SoftBank Investment Advisers, in its NASDAQ IPO that raised US$320 million
Global Synergy Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company associated with Everstone Group, in its NASDAQ IPO that raised US$258 million
Prior to joining Kirkland, Emily has represented the following:
The underwriters in the US$761 million global offering and H-share IPO of Bank of Gansu, the only provincial city commercial bank in Gansu province, China, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The underwriters in the US$149 million global offering and IPO of Bestway Global Holding Inc., an outdoor leisure product manufacturer based in China, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The underwriters in the US$491 million global offering and IPO of Crystal International Group Limited, a Hong Kong apparel manufacturer and supplier of leading international fashion brands including Uniqlo and H&M, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Zhongyuan Bank, the largest city commercial bank in Henan province, China, in its US$1.04 billion global offering and H-share IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2021, Hong Kong, Registered Foreign Lawyer
2017, New York
Languages
English
Mandarin
Education
New York University School of LawLL.M.2016
Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityBachelor of English and Law2015