Loeb Smith Attorneys

Corporate

Ivy Wong is a corporate lawyer based in Hong Kong and qualified in multiple commonwealth jurisdictions including British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, England and Wales and New York. Prior to becoming a Partner of Loeb Smith Attorneys practicing offshore law, she was a Partner of one of the largest international law firms where she served as a regional committee chair and global steering committee member for her practice. Ivy has a diverse and balanced mix of practices and transactional work experience in corporate finance, merger & acquisition, general corporate and compliance work. She has led many unprecedented and high-profile cross-border transactions and completed multiple landmark and innovative deals that won industry awards.

Ivy was shortlisted for Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards for consecutive years and is named one of the leading law practitioners in Hong Kong. She has been quoted and interviewed by international media and journals including Bloomberg, CNBC, The Economist, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. Ivy is one of the panel judges for the Hong Kong Corporate Governance and ESG Excellence Awards co-conferred by the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, and she has also served as a Vice Chair of the Social Sustainability Committee of The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Practice Areas

Ivy’s primary practice focus is on cross-border corporate work, capital markets, corporate finance, merger and acquisition, investment and restructuring, compliance and general commercial work. Specialising in corporate and transactional work, Ivy has extensive expertise in handling international clients and resolving issues arising from different regulatory regimes. Her clients include many reputable fund houses, financial institutions, multinational corporates and conglomerates. She is highly experienced in communicating with regulators, providing solutions that meet both regulatory and commercial needs, and advising board members and senior management in their corporate planning and transactions. With a track record serving a wide range of industry sectors, multiple of her recent transactions include those in new technologies, healthcare, biotech and life sciences sectors.

Ivy has also completed a secondment to a major European investment bank as a senior member of its legal team covering equity and debt capital markets work.

English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)

Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Territory of the Virgin Islands

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales

Attorney of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (Third Judicial Department)

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (non-practising)

Master of Laws degree (LLM) - London School of Economics and Political Science

Bachelor or Laws degree (LLB) and Postgraduate Certificate of Laws (PCLL) - University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) - University of British Columbia.

Lawyer Rankings

Ranked as “Highly regarded” by IFLR1000 in the practice area of “Capital markets: Equity” (2023)

Recommended and named as “key lawyer” by Legal 500 in the practice area of “Capital Markets (Equity)” (2023)

Shortlisted for the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Award for consecutive years (2019-22)