Asia Capital Markets Forum 2020

Kris Daswani

head legal, transaction banking, Standard Chartered

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Kris Daswani is Global Head, Legal for Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered and a member of the Clients & Products Legal Management Team. She is responsible for the legal affairs for Transaction Banking which covers Cash, DDP (Digital, Data and Platforms), Trade, Securities Services. Kris’s legal career spans over 25 years across Asia Pacific where she first began her career with then, Masons and them, Simmons & Simmons as a Solicitor before going in-house. First, as a Legal and Compliance officer in a broker-dealer, followed by almost 20 years at Citi in various Asia Pacific regional head and country head legal roles in Financial Markets and Global Transaction Services. She also has spent 2 years as the Regional Head of Asia Pacific Legal at JP Morgan’s Office of the Secretary.

Kris is qualified solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales and sits on Standard Chartered’s Group Legal Diversity & Inclusion Committee./p>

 

 Speaking session 

 

Overview of the capital markets space in Asia

Thursday, November 26, 9.05 - 10.05 HKT

Raymond Goh

group general counsel, international, China Tourism Group

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Raymond Goh is the General Counsel, International, of China Tourism Group Corporation Limited with oversight of the legal and compliance, enterprise risk management, corporate governance and regulatory affairs of the Group’s international operations, principal investments and strategic initiatives around the world.

 

He has received various industry awards over the years, and was recognized as one of the most influential corporate counsels in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist for China and Hong Kong in 2017.

 

Prior to joining CTG, he spent more than 18 years in various senior management, corporate development and enterprise risk management roles with multinational diversified conglomerates, a leading investment bank, and in private practice with Magic Circle and Wall Street law firms where he focused on capital markets transactions, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, technology and telecommunications, strategic acquisitions and initiatives, and principal investments across North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

 

Goh is a graduate of Columbia Law School, New York and The Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program for Senior Executives.

 

 Speaking session 

 

Deal flow in equity capital markets

Thursday, November 26, 10.30 - 11.30 HKT

George Lin

CFO, Hua Medicine

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Mr. George Lin, J.D., a healthcare veteran brings with him over 20 years of investment banking and legal experience working with numerous private and public companies globally. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hua Medicine. Mr. Lin also serves as a member of the Biotech Advisory Panel of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since April 2018. Prior to joining Hua Medicine in December 2017, he was Asia Pacific Head of Consumer, Retail and Healthcare Investment Banking and Head of Hong Kong and Taiwan Investment Banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch based in Hong Kong. As an investment banker and corporate lawyer focused on healthcare, retail and the consumer sectors, Mr. Lin was previously based in Los Angeles and San Francisco before moving to Hong Kong in 2007. His experience entails IPOs, debt and equity financings and M&As for leading companies in Asia, the United States and Europe. In the last 10 years alone, Mr. Lin has led M&A transactions valued (in aggregate) in excess of US$20 billion and raised financings valued (in aggregate) at over US$40 billion.

 

Prior to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr. Lin also worked at Credit Suisse as an investment banker in their Hong Kong, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, and at O'Melveny & Myers LLP as a corporate attorney in their Los Angeles Office. Mr. Lin currently serves as a member of the Biotech Advisory Panel of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mr. Lin received a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California at Davis and a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Chicago Law School.

 

 Speaking session 

 

Debate: pros and cons of a listing venue

Thursday, November 26, 15.30 - 16.00 HKT

Danny Kan

chief counsel, listing & compliance, cum joint company secretary, Ping An Group

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A Danny is Chief Counsel, Listing & Compliance cum Joint Company Secretary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (“Ping An Group”), a company listed on both the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges. He oversees the listing and compliance matters of Ping An Group. Before joining Ping An Group, Danny was Counsel at a Magic Circle firm, specializing in corporate and securities laws with a focus in the telecommunications, media & technology (TMT) sector. He has advised some of the most high-profile, complex and award-winning transactions in Asia.

 

Danny has been driving the development of company and financial laws in the region – he is currently a member of the Company Law Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong and a fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law. Also as a software engineer by training, Danny has been a fervent supporter of legal technology development in Hong Kong.

 

 Speaking session 

 

Debate: pros and cons of a listing venue

Thursday, November 26, 15.30 - 16.00 HKT

Lifen Tang

general counsel, TransAsia Private Capital

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Lifen Tang is General Counsel of TransAsia Private Capital, responsible for all legal aspects of the business. She provides senior management with advice on group strategy and its implementation, manages the legal function, and oversees the panel of external law firms. Prior to her current role, she was a Director and Head of the Banking and Finance practice at Ashurst ADTLaw, a formal law alliance between Ashurst, an international law firm headquartered in London, and ADTLaw, a Singapore law firm, in Singapore. She was a Senior Associate at Allen & Overy, a magic circle law firm headquartered in London, where she spent ten years as a banking and finance lawyer in London and Singapore. Prior to her tenure at Allen & Overy, she was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, a global strategy consulting firm. She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and an advocate and solicitor in Singapore. She graduated from Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK with a BA and MA in Law. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Cantonese.

 

 Speaking session 

 

Overview of the capital markets space in Asia

Thursday, November 26, 9.05 - 10.05 HKT

En Hong

chief compliance officer and counsel, Ward Ferry Management

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En Hong leads the legal and compliance function for a pan-Asia asset manager. Prior to joining Ward Ferry, he was the head of compliance for Greater China at a global custody bank. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science from Emory University.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

Deal flow in equity capital markets

Thursday, November 26, 10.30 - 11.30 HKT

Yongkai Wong

managing director, head of special projects, & co-general counsel, CITIC Capital

executive vice-chairman, GNC

general manager, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group

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Yong Kai Wong is the Executive Vice-Chairman, GNC and also General Manager, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group.

 

Yong Kai Wong is also the Head of Legal and Compliance and is also the Company Secretary. He is responsible for overall legal and execution coverage for CITIC Capital’s investment activities, as well as all aspects of CITIC Capital’s general corporate, company secretarial and legal functions.

 

Wong has over 10 years of experience in alternative investments with broad experience across US, Europe and Asia Pacific in a whole range of transactions ranging from complex debt financings/restructurings, capital markets, structured/securitised products, corporate M&A transactions including corporate real estate/special situations, private equity and hedge fund formations. Prior to joining CITIC Capital, he worked as the Associate General Counsel for APG Asset Management Asia, one of the world’s largest institutional investors with an AUM over EUR300billion under management. Prior to that, he has worked in various reputable international law firms in the U.S., London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

 

Wong has dual qualifications in law and finance. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an LL.M. (First Class Honors) from the University of Cambridge.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

Deal flow in equity capital markets

Thursday, November 26, 10.30 - 11.30 HKT

Yilong Du

general counsel, China and South East Asia, Warburg Pincus

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Yilong Du is based in Hong Kong, joined Warburg Pincus in 2019 and is a Managing Director and General Counsel for China and Southeast Asia. He has served as a Managing Partner of the Beijing office of Latham & Watkins since 2015 and prior to that time, he served as Executive Director in the Hong Kong office of Goldman Sachs, leading the legal efforts for most of the bank’s Investment Banking transactions in China. Yilong also spent several years as a Corporate Attorney for the law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Covington & Burling and Sidley Austin. He holds a B.S. (Honors) from Beijing Universality School of Math, an L.L.M. (Honors) from Beijing University Law School and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

Deal flow in equity capital markets

Thursday, November 26, 10.30 - 11.30 HKT

Esther Wong

associate general counsel, legal - transaction management, global banking, Asia Pacific, HSBC

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Esther Wong is an Associate General Counsel covering Debt Capital Markets in Legal - Transaction Management of HSBC in Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. Wong specializes in a full range of international and domestic debt financings, including by sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, financial institutions and corporates. She has extensive experience in executing DCM products in public and private offerings across the region, including MTN programmes, investment grade and high yield bonds, bank capitals, perpetual securities and liability management exercises. Prior to joining HSBC in 2012, Wong was with Capital Markets Group of Clifford Chance Hong Kong. She is admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales, Australia (New South Wales) and Hong Kong.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

A look at the bond market

Thursday, November 26, 14.00 - 15.00 HKT

Jessica Zhou

partner, White & Case

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Jessica Zhou is a Partner in White & Case’s Capital Markets practice based in Hong Kong. She specializes in the representation of issuers and underwriters in connection with Rule 144A/Regulation S, Regulation S only and SEC-registered debt and equity offerings. Jessica also has significant experience in international financing transactions, including high-yield bond offerings, acquisition finance, transportation and satellite finance, pre-IPO investments and financial restructurings.

 

Prior to joining White & Case, Jessica worked at the New York and Hong Kong offices of another leading international law firm. Her experience also includes a secondment at a major international investment bank, where she advised on capital markets and merger & acquisition transactions in the Asia Pacific region.

 

Jessica is named in the Women in Business Law Guide 2020 by Euromoney’s Legal Media Group.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

A look at the bond market

Thursday, November 26, 14.00 - 15.00 HKT

Stephen Monick

Investment banking counsel, Bank of America

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To be confirmed.

 

 

 Speaking session 

 

Deal flow in equity capital markets

Thursday, November 26, 10.30 - 11.30 HKT