Bernie is a Legal Assistant of the Corporate group in the DLA Piper's Hong Kong Office. He has been involved in a number of initial public offerings and international corporate reorganisations as well as compliance matters relating to Hong Kong listed companies.
LLB (First Class Honours), the University of Hong Kong
BBA(Law) (First Class Honours), the University of Hong Kong
EXPERIENCE
Initial Public Offerings
(18C) Provided legal support to CICC, the sole sponsor, in connection with the completion of the global offering and H-share listing of Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 6106) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under Chapter 18C of the Listing Rules. The offering raised approximately HKD1.067 billion (equivalent to approximately USD136 million).
Provided legal support to CICC, the sole sponsor, in connection with the initial public offering and H-share listing of Circuit Fabology Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 9630) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The offering raised approximately HKD3.24 billion (equivalent to approximately USD414 million).
Provided legal support to the joint sponsors, CITIC Securities and CCB Securities, and the underwriting syndicate in connection with the initial public offering and H-share listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong of Star Sports Medicine Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 1609), a Chinese sports medical equipment company. The offering raised approximately HKD830 million (equivalent to USD105 million).
(18A) Provided legal support to CICC, the sole sponsor and the underwriting syndicate in connection with the global offering and listing of the Chinese biotechnology company Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 2575) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong pursuant to Chapter 18A of the Listing Rules. The offering raised approximately HKD781 million.
Provided legal support to Shenwan Hongyuan and Zero2IPO Capital, the joint sponsors, in connection with the listing of 160 Health International Limited (HKEX: 2656) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
(18C) Acted as Hong Kong and US counsel to the underwriters for the proposed Hong Kong listing of Zhejiang IPLUSMOBOT Technology Co., Ltd., a general-purpose intelligent mobile robotics company. The project has publicly filed an A1 application.
Representing the joint sponsors in connection with the proposed listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of a technology company specialising in providing high-precision positioning technology for autonomous driving. (In progress)
Representing the joint sponsors in connection with the proposed listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of a technology company specialising in providing a one-stop digital compliance and tax intelligence platform for global cross-border e-commerce sellers. (In progress)
International Corporate Restructuring and Corporate Compliance Matters
Participated in the Hong Kong legal work relating to the corporate restructuring of a multinational group across multiple jurisdictions worldwide, including handling share transfers of several Hong Kong subsidiaries and subsequent cross-border share swap transactions.
Coordinated advisory services on business structure optimisation and compliance matters for a multinational group across multiple jurisdictions in Asia.
Provided advisory services on the continuing compliance obligations of Hong Kong-listed companies.
