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Cathy Yeung

Cathy Yeung

Position

Cathy Yeung serves as Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Greater China Practice and formerly served as Global Vice Chair of the firm‘s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices. She advises on a full range of PRC-related corporate transactions.

Ms. Yeung draws on more than two decades of experience to advise leading investment banks and Chinese companies on the following types of corporate transactions:

    • Capital markets, including initial public offerings and secondary offerings
    • Mergers and acquisitions, including public M&A
    • Privatizations
    • Private equity

She also advises listed companies across a full range of industries on regulatory and compliance as well as corporate governance matters.

Ms. Yeung, a native mandarin speaker, was born and raised in China, and received her legal education in China and Hong Kong, so brings a strong understanding of Chinese culture and business practice to her work. She regularly leads global teams of market leading-colleagues from across the firm to efficiently and seamlessly address Chinese clients’ needs.

She served as the company secretary of Bank of China from 2008-2015.

Ms. Yeung speaks at seminars regarding the rules governing the securities listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and corporate governance.