Corporate

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.

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.

Vincent is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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.

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