K&L Gates
Praised for their ‘good expertise and knowledge’, the team at K&L Gates acts for a variety of clients, including start-ups, SOEs and venture backed companies. Working from both the Beijing and Hong Kong offices, practice head Frank Voon has a great deal of experience in assisting financial institutions and global funds on transactional issues across the energy, logistics, and pharmaceutical industries. Virginia Tam is commended for her deep knowledge surrounding joint ventures, capital markets exits, and pre-IPO investments. Amigo Xie is noted for his expertise in PRC law related issues concerning commercial arrangements, while William Ho, hailed as an ’excellent lawyer all round’, regularly advises technology companies on capital raisings.
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Testimonials
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‘Good expertise and knowledge about our industry, prompt response, great attention to detail.’
‘William Ho has in-depth expertise and knowledge, his responses are prompt, his advice is holistic, and his negotiation strategy takes into account the future plans of the firm.’
‘William Ho is an excellent lawyer all round, has a great mix of clients. Great technical knowledge and background, and is a thought leader in the fintech space.’
‘Excellent team, top quality work and consistently meets client's needs and expectations.’
Key clients
- Antalpha Holdings Limited
- Aigens Holdings Inc.
- CBX Limited
- DIC Corporation
- DiDi Chuxing
- GP Industries Limited
- Luye Pharma
- Silicon Motion
- Taiwan Liposome
- Wolfspeed, Inc. (formerly known as Cree, Inc.)
Work highlights
- Advised Silicon Motion Technology Corporation on entering into a US$3.8 bn cross-border take-private acquisition with MaxLinear, Inc., a California-based leading provider of radio frequency, analogue, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
- Advised DIC Corporation in the highly complex acquisition of two chemicals manufacturers in the PRC through asset and equity structures.
- Advised Wolfspeed, Inc. in connection with the sale of its global LED business and transfer of employees in 12 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, India, Germany, the U.K., France and Italy) to SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Frank Voon